Allegory, Fable, and Moral

• 1. A story that can be interpreted toALLEGORY: reveal a hidden meaning,typically a moral or political one.

2. FABLEA short story, typically withanimals as characters,conveying a moral.Example:The Tortoise and the Hare 3. MORAL wrongA lesson of right orderived from a story 4. The Dog and The BoneA dog found a bone and showed it off to his neighbors. 5. The Dog and The BoneWhen crossing a bridge over a stream, the dog saw his own reflection butthought it was another dog with another bone. He wanted it for himself. 6. The Dog and The BoneWhen he opened his mouth to bark at the other dog, hedropped his bone, and it was swept away in the stream. 7. The Dog and The BoneSo whats the moral? 8. REVIEW How is Animal Farm an allegory? How is it a fable? What is the moral of the novel?