What was the world like in 1944?

Question

In terms of economy, population, conflicts, and government (throughout the world)
this is my last resort for a essay on Animal Farm, sorry!

Answer 1

THe following things happened in 1944:

D-Day invasion of Normandy by allied forces
Franklin Roosevelt is elected President for a fourth time
TS Eliot wrote "Four Quartets"
Somerset Maugham wrote "The Razor's Edge"
Sartre wrote "No Exit"
The movie "Going My Way" won the academy award for best movie
The cost of living in the US rose almost 30%
USC won the Rose Bowl
The St Louis Browns beat the St Louis Cardinals in the World Series
More than 165 people were killed in Hartford when the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey circus caught fire.
Edvard munch died
Lots of Jews were killed by the Germans
Naval Battles in the Sea of the Philippines

Answer 2

The world animal farm is about is not The US or even England in 1944 but about the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union. By the end of 1944 WWII was drawing to a close with a clear victory for the Allies ( US UK and Russia) and Animal Farm was a warning to west to beware of Stalin. For a description and details at
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture10.html

"In the end, totalitarianism meant a "permanent revolution," an unfinished revolution in which rapid and profound change imposed from above simply went on forever. Of course, a permanent revolution also means that the revolution is never over. The individual is constantly striving for a goal which has been placed just a hair out of reach. In this way, society always remains mobilized for continual effort. The first example of such a permanent revolution the "revolution from above," instituted by Joseph Stalin in 1927 and 1928. After having suppressed his enemies on both the left and the right, as well as the center, Stalin issued the "general party line." Anyone who deviated from that line was condemned to either exile or execution -- in most cases, execution. Stalin's aim was to create a new kind of society and a new human personality to inhabit that society: socialist man and socialist woman -- Homo Soviets. At the same time, a strong army would have to be built as well as a powerful industrial economy. Once everything was owned by the State, Stalin believed, a new kind of human personality would emerge. The Soviets under Stalin were by no means successful. Just the same, the Soviets did build a new society, one whose basic outlines survived right down to the late 1980s.

However, Stalinist society did have its frightening aspects and none was more frightening than the existence of brutal, unrestrained police terrorism. First used against the wealthy peasants or kulaks during the 1920s and 1930s, terror was increasingly used against party members, administrators and ordinary people. No one would ever be above suspicion -- except Stalin, of course. Some were victims of terror for deviating from the party line -- others were victims for no apparent reason other than Stalin's moodiness. One Soviet recalled that in 1931, "we all trembled because there was no way of getting out of it. Even a Communist can be caught. To avoid trouble became an exception."

Answer 3

For starters everyone was still involved in WWII it wasnt over until 1945 as far as economies everyone was on a war economy the US was the strongest by far. The population was hard to tell more than 2 million died in the war so it was changing daily.

Answer 4

Well Farm animals had it easy expect when they came into the line of fire. the rest of the world was buzzing with the activities of producing and waging war.

Answer 5

For starters, it was in the middle of World War II. Take it from there.

Answer 6

Fish stocks were improving nicely, because fisherfolk weren't out there fishing.

There were also lots of loud noises in inconvenient places.