Animal Farm Character Context Flashcards
1
Q
Snowball
A
- Trotsky
2
Q
Boxer
A
- proletariats/the working class
3
Q
Squealer
A
- propaganda
4
Q
Napoleon
A
- starlin
5
Q
Old major
A
- Lenin
6
Q
What type of novel is animal farm classed as ?
A
- Allegory
- fable
- allegoristic fable
7
Q
The dogs
A
- the secret police
8
Q
Mr jones
A
- Nicolas ll
9
Q
What is Orwell’s message
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- power corrupts
- warning us about the abuse of power
- communism doesn’t work, there will always be someone leading
10
Q
Real life moment when snowball is exiled
A
- trorksky was banished by starlin, and later killed by his men
11
Q
Real life moment when boxer was sent to the knackers as he could no longer work
A
- labour camps were set up, if you didn’t do the work you were killed
12
Q
Real life moment when squealer would lie to and manipulate the animals
A
- Starlin controlled the media, hid all the bad things
13
Q
Animal farms overall structure
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- Cyclical structure
- napoleon mirrors mr jones at the end
14
Q
Real life moment for the pigs stealing the milk and apples
A
- collectivisation
- Stalin stealing peoples farm land
15
Q
Real life moment for napoleon using the dogs to fear monger
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- starlings purges (mass killings)
