#FINAL #notgonnabefun #willmissfreshman year Flashcards
What is an allegory
story, picture, or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one
Ex: Animal farm is an allegory because On its surface, Animal Farm is a story about farm animals that rebel against their farmer. The underlying story, however, concerns Orwell’s disillusionment with the Bolshevik Revolution and is an indictment of the Russian government.
Napoleon
Stalin
Snowball
Trotsky
Old Major
Karl Marx & lenin, Fathers of communism
Boxer
Working class of Russian men
Clover
Working class of russian woman
Benjiman
Those who were aware of Stalin’s unjust polices but did nothing to stop it
Squealer
The soviet press/propaganda
Mr Jones
Russia Tsar
Mr Pilkinton
Allied forces during WWII
Mr Federeick
Hitler
Mollie (white horse)
Middle classs
The dogs
The Soviet secret police
1 Why are all the animals going to the barn
All the animals are going to the barn because Old Major had a dream that he wished to communicate to everyone.
1 Describe Boxers character (personality) and give examples of things that show that.
Boxer is stupid but is a hard worker. He is also well respected because of his steadiness
hard worker, strong, loyal and caring
1 “The life of an animal is misery and slavery.” Old Major says that. Do you think he was right about that? Why?
Yes, because animals on farms usually just work and eventually get slaughtered for us to eat.
1 What do the humans do that makes them evil in Old Major’s eyes?
He says that humans are the only creatures that consume without producing. He also says that humans set animals to work just to give them back the bare minimum while keeping the rest to themselves.
1 What does Old Major warn the animals against doing after they defeat the men?
To not resemble man. For example, don’t live in houses, don’t drink alcohol, don’t engage in trade, don’t sleep in beds. Also never kill one another.
1 How does Old Major inspire the animals?
He sings them beast of england a song used to connect the animals
2 What are the animals preparing for? When do they think it will happen?
The animals are preparing for a rebellion against Jones. They didn’t know when the rebellion would happen, but they thought that it was their responsibility to prepare for it.
2 Read the paragraph about Snowball and Napoleon. What do you think it means when the author says, “Snowball…..was not considered to have the same depth of character.”?
Snowball wouldn’t go to the extremes to get what he wants unlike Napoleon.
2 What is the name the pigs give to Old Major’s ideas?
Animalism
2 What are some objections the other animals have to working for the revolution?
Some animals said that Jones was gone then they would starve to death. Others said that if the rebellion were to happen, what difference would it make if they worked for it or not.
2 What are two things Molly is scared she will lose after the revolution?
Sugar and her ribbons
2 What finally convinces the animals to fight?
Mr Jones was drunk and didn’t feed the animals for a few days.
2 Why do they destroy the horse ribbons?
They thought that clothing was too human. #NAKED
2 What rules are set out for the animals, who thought of them, and who writes them?
The seven commandments, which were invented by the pigs and written by Snowball.
2 What do you think happened to the milk?
Napoleon drank them.
3 What was the first harvest like after the rebellion? Who didn’t do any of the hard work and why?
The first harvest was rough because the animals weren’t allowed to use any tools that involved standing on their hind legs. Because of this a lot of hard work had to be put into the harvest from the animals on the farm. The pigs were the only ones that didn’t do any work and just monitored everything. However it was the biggest harvest that the farm has ever seen.
3 Which animal was doing an enormous amount of work? What did the other animals think of him?
Boxer was doing the most work. And everyone else admired him.
3 Describe how the animals felt after the first harvest. Had the work habits or behavior of all the animals changed after the rebellion?
After the first harvest the animals were probably glad that they rebelled against Jonas because they all got to eat mouthfuls of food. The work habits in my opinion didn’t change much because everyone was still working however the behavior of the animals changed. For example no one grumbled over their rations, no one stole, and no one was jealous.
3 What was Snowball’s and Napoleon’s relationship like?
Their relationship was like fire and ice, their ideas always clashing against one another and they would never be on the same page.