Chapter 8 Flashcards
What has happened to napoleons image
He inflates it using propaganda making himself all the more powerful, the animals are taught to praise him
Same technique Stalin used to increase his power
What does Napoleon do about the timber
Wavers back and forth on whether to sell it to each farm, when one side was favoured nasty,temporary rulers circulate the farm
USSR did with Germans and allies when deciding who to sign treaties with
What do the pigs continue to do
Rewrite the rules and corrupt the tenets of animalism for their own benefit, they begin to manipulate facts and the animals are blind to it and just chose to trust the pigs
What happens with the forgeries
Given by Frederick reflects the germane invading the USSR after faking an non aggression agreement, fredericks men attack blowing up the windmill sparking rage in the animas caused them to att k killing and injuring
Millions died pushing the Germans back an infrastructure
What happened after the battle of the windmill
Pigs led days of patriotic celebrations and the memory of the forgeries was forgotten. Pigs found some whisky making a mockery of the dead by indulging in alcohol. Reveal in their inexperience by failing to distinguish napoleons hangover from imminent death
See it as a success as they didn’t put in any work
What is squealer caught doing
Literally rewriting the commandments to suit the pigs whims but the animals are unable to make sense of what’s going on, Orwell highlights how the population eve faced with direct evidence of the clear political malpractice they will not necessary be able to make sense of the event due to pure exhaustion or lack of education
What does Benjamin do
Offers a sceptical insight from the beginning of the pigs yet his passivity renders him fundamentally ineffective pointing out that knowledge of corruption does not necessarily lead to changing it
Quote showing no change from jones
“Fed no better than they had done in jones day”
2quotes showing napoleons status
“Referred to in formal style”
“Leader comrade Napoleon”
Quote showing napoleons paranoyer
“Four dogs guarding his bed”
Quote showing bead leadership
“Alter the slogan death to Frederick to death to Pilkinton”
3quoted showing the battle of the windmill
“Deafening roar”
“The windmill ceased to exist!”
Savage,bitter,battle”
2 Quote showing the pigs took it as a victory
“This is our victory”
“We will built another windmill”
Quote showing the pigs lack of intelligence
“Comrade Napoleon was dying”
