Animal Farm - Key Moments Quotes Flashcards
OLD MAJORS SPEECH
quote 1?
analysis?
“All men are enemies. All animals are comrades”
- statement helps rally the animals against man
- foreshadows this may eventually not be true
OLD MAJOR’S SPEECH
quote 2?
analysis?
“ Now comrades, what is the nature of this life of us? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious and short.”
- comrades=unity
- rhetorical question to make the animals think, but also offer his own opinion
- short and to the point
- rule of three
OLD MAJOR’S SPEECH
quote 3?
analysis?
“ The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth”
- misery=emotive language
- short sentences for impact
- opinion presented as fact
^ emphasises his point abt inequality
BATTLE OF COWSHED
quote 1?
“ The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball’s back and sheep dropped dead”
BATTLE OF COWSHED
quote 2?
“They were gored kicked bitten trampled on”
BATTLE OF COWSHED
quote 3?
‘ “I have no wish to take life, not even human life” repeated Boxer and his eyes were full of tears’
SNOWBALLS EXILE + THE DOGS
quote 1?
analysis?
“Nine enormous dogs wearing brass, studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for snowball”
- nine=outnumbered
- brass studded collars= symbols of man’s oppression
- start of Napoleons dictatorship with tyranny
SNOWBALLS EXILE + THE DOGS
quote 2?
analysis?
“Though not yet full grown they were huge dogs, and as fierce looking as wolves”
- simile paints menacing picture in your mind
SNOWBALLS EXILE + THE DOGS
quote 3?
analysis?
“But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.”
- Napoleon ruling through fear/ tyranny
- suppression of opposition
CONFESSIONS AND EXECUTIONS
quote 1?
analysis?
“(Napoleon) with his nine huge dogs frisking round him and uttering growls that sent shivers down all the animals’ spines. They all cowered silently in their places, seeming to know in advance that some terrible things were about to happen.”
- foreshadowing and ominous
- shivers down animals spines=fear
CONFESSIONS AND EXECUTIONS
quote 2?
“The dogs promptly tore their throats out and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess”
CONFESSIONS AND EXECUTIONS
quote 3?
“And so the tale of confessions and executions went on until there was pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood”
CONFESSIONS AND EXECUTIONS
quote 4?
analysis?
“They were shaken and miserable”
- short sentences make it definite
THE BATTLE OF THE WINDMILL
quote 1?
analysis?
“The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets, and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them they were soon driven back.”
-could not face terrible explosions=less capable,less brave,unprepared,no snowball,starving and tired
-terrible=the power and advantages of men
-stinging pellets=battle of cowshed when snowball was ‘scored by pellets this time it’s worse
-driven back= Unable to fight equally (unlike before)
THE BATTLE OF THE WINDMILL
quote 2?
analysis?
“It was a savage, bitter battle. The men fired again and again, and when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots”
-savage=wild, uncontrolled and harsh, -bitter battle=plosive alliteration which shows strong feelings of resentment reflective of explosions
-again and again=consistent + more dragged + polysyndetic list -lashed=emotive language
-sticks and their heavy boots = weaponry and man’s power, men are more prepared
