Write two to four sentences in which you identify Orwell's purpose for writing and describe how he achieves that purpose. Include one or more examples from the text to support your ideas.

The major theme in Orwell's well-known work is dystopia. His writing purpose is to provide cautionary tales to alert his readers to what could be a logical result of the issues he sees in society. Both Animal Farm and 1984 depict bleak futures. In the case of Animal Farm, a parable of what he sees as the dangers of communism, he aimed to discourage western adoption of the socialist model.