Farm Customs/ Principles Flashcards
“hoisting of the flag”
“observed every week without fail”
ceremonies valued animalism and focused on its core beliefs in the beginning
Hoisting is SYMBOLIC of the focus and respect of the original ideals at the beginning
green flag
represents the green fields of England
hoof and horn
ALLEGORICAL REPRESENTATION of sickle and hammer on the communist Russian flag
“The Meeting”
General assembly where resolutions were put forward- value input from all animals
The Meeting always ended with the singing of beasts of England
ceremonies valued animalism and focused on its core beliefs and goals in the beginning
Farm customs at the beginning are a REPRESENTATION and are are SYMBOLIC of socialist ideal before it was warped into communism
The gun is fired twice a year on the anniversaries of the rebellion and the Battle of the Cowshed
Important celebrations focused on the farm’s growth and achievements
Sunday morning meetings abolished immediately Snowball is vanished and Napoleon comes to power
Orwell MAY have used this as a TURNING POINT in the novel where the cyclical structure makes its largest shift back to dictatorship. The animal’s only tether to DEMOCRACY is destroyed.(Freedom of speech is gone)
“receive their orders for the week”
What Sunday meetings are for now; HIGHLIGHTS the MAJOR TURNING POINT back to totalitarianism upon Snowball’s exile and Napoleon’s rise to power as the new Jones a DICTATOR
Farm customs represent/ are symbolic of…
The socialist ideal before it was perverted and warped into communism.
Chapter 5 significance?
Orwell uses this final chapter of the first half of the novel as a TURNING POINT-
Napoleon(Stalin) rises to power, communism and its ideas really begin to be established on the Farm and a totalitarian rule has emerged
The Pigs move into the farmhouse in Chapter 6
More drastic shifts from the Socialist Utopia to the Communist Dictatorship
Napoleon takes up the title of “leader”
Blatant warping/ abuse of Socialist principles
