Orwell’s masterpiece, Animal Farm, was inspired by the power struggle in post-revolution Russia, where a one-party authoritarian rule slowly began to take shape under the guise of Communism. The book outlines the playbook of many dictators, past and present, from the way they use propaganda and false nationalism to sway mass opinion to the way they accuse dissidents and critics of treason to silence them. In Part II on Animal Farm, my cohost Su, a Burmese teacher in Chiang Mai, and I discuss which historical figures the main characters are supposed to represent, and how the plot foreshadows the rise of tyrants in Burma and other parts of the world. Tune in to hear about how the pigs and dogs hijacked a well-meaning revolution and turn it into an authoritarian nightmare. (Music courtesy of Pixabay)Vocabularyပီပြင်တယ် to be vividဝါဒဖြန့်တယ် to spread propaganda အားကောင်းမောင်းသန် full of strength ရုပ်လုံးကြွတယ် to be three dimensionalသာတူညီမျှ to be equal မူဝါဒ policyမျက်မှောက်ခေတ် contemporary era, the present eraအာဏာရတယ် to gain powerအရင်းရှင်နိုင်ငံ Capitalist countryအဓိဋ္ဌာန် pledgeသုံးသပ်တယ် to analyzeစည်းစိမ်ယစ်မူးတယ် to be addicted to privilege သရော်တယ် to mock, to satirize မျက်ဝါးထင်ထင် to be able to visualize, to see clearlyနိုင်ငံပိုင်ရုပ်သံလှိုင်း national airwave, government broadcast အာဇာနည် martyr မဏ္ဍပ်ထိုးတယ် to pitch a pavilion or tent မကွဲပြားဘူး to be indistinguishable ဖြည့်ဆွက်တယ် to fill a gap, to add, to augment Have a question about a Burmese word or phrase you heard here? Send us a message.

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