It’s because American schools don’t teach international history or reading comprehension. Animal farm was basically my introduction to Russian history at 14 years old and I had to Google Stalin, Trotsky, and Lenin to figure out wtf was going on.
What is embarrassing is that people come back to the text as adults (many college educated!) when they’re supposed to be smarter and they read it with the critical skills of a 15th century Bavarian peasant.
It’s because American schools don’t teach international history or reading comprehension. Animal farm was basically my introduction to Russian history at 14 years old and I had to Google Stalin, Trotsky, and Lenin to figure out wtf was going on.
What is embarrassing is that people come back to the text as adults (many college educated!) when they’re supposed to be smarter and they read it with the critical skills of a 15th century Bavarian peasant.