#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.
3 What did Napoleon do with the nine puppies? Why do you think he did this?
He took them up to his loft. I think he took them there for him to train them into becoming his bodyguards.
3 Who was drinking the milk? Who were the windfall apples for? How did the others feel about this? What did Squealer say that made the animals who didn’t get to eat the windfall apples satisfied?
The pigs drank the milk and the windfall apples were for the pigs. The others were persuaded by squealers into thinking that Jones would come back if the pigs did not get their “brain food” so they probably were scared of Jones returning. That Jones is certain not to come back.
4 How did animals who were not on Animal Farm view the rebellion at Animal Farm?
They took inspiration from Animal farm and the song and the animals all started their own rebellion against their owners.
4 How did the humans view the rebellion at Animal Farm?
Humans were terrified and anxious that their own animals would rebel against them; so they created false hope for themselves that the animals who rebelled wouldn’t be able to take care of the farm and would starve.
4 What happened at the Battle of Cowshed?
The first deaths happened at the battle of cowshed, one of them being one of them being a sheep.
4 What does the Battle of Cowshed show us about Snowball, Boxer, and Mollie?
The Battle of Cowshed shows us that Snowball is very clever and a very good strategist. For Boxer it shows us that he is very very powerful however is a kind soul, hence why he felt sorry for killing someone. For Mollie it shows that she is a coward and someone who gets scared easily.
4 What human customs did the animals adopt to celebrate the Battle of Cowshed? What is the purpose of these customs?
They would fire the gun like a piece of artillery next to the flagstaff for the celebration on October 12th and on midsummer day. The purpose of this was to celebrate the days where they defeated man.
5 Why does Mollie run away from the farm?
She runs away because the other farm owners gave her sugar and ribbons, and because we know that Mollie is someone who only cares for their own needs, this is enough for her to leave the animal farm.
5 What changes does Napoleon make after his dogs chase Snowball off the farm?
He gets rid of the sunday meetings and wants to start a Windmillfarm
5 Why don’t the other animals protest Napoleon’s decisions?
The other animals don’t protest because they are scared of the dogs and don’t want what happened to the snowball to happen to them.
6 Was working on Sunday in fact voluntary for the animals?
No, it wasn’t truly voluntary because if the animals did not do it, their portions would be cut in half.
6 Who was essential to the work of building the windmill?
Boxer, because he was the only one with the strength to lift the limestone and break them.
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In what ways were the original commandments being broken? Who was breaking th
The pigs by now practically already broke every rule of the original seven commandments, as seen in this chapter commandment 4 originally was written as “No animal shall sleep in a bed” however the pigs edited the 4th commandment and added “in sheets” to the end. This loop-hole they found now allowed them to sleep in beds. Other examples are the pigs killing animals, inequality in the farm, and engaging in trade
6 How did Napoleon and Squealer use Snowball to control the animals?
They used Snowball as a scapegoat where all there mistakes and issues were all blamed on Snowball so the doubts of the animals would be pinpointed towards snowball instead of Napoleon.
7 What did the humans think caused the windmill to fall down? What did the animals think caused the windmill to fall down? Did all the animals agree on what caused the windmill to fall?
The humans believed that the walls of the windmill were too thin. The animals thought that it was a snowball but some others didn’t think it was and some belived it was too thin
7 Who inspired the animals to work on the windmill?
Boxer
7 How did the animals conceal the fact that they were running out of food? Why did they do this?
They concealed it by filling the barrels up to the brim with sand and placing food on top of it. This way when Mr Whymper toured the farm he would see that there was plenty of it and would report it to the outside world. They did this because the windmill just collapsed and another bad thing would tarnish the reputation of the farm.
7 How did Napoleon treat the other animals?
He treated them like how Jones treated his animals when he was still the head of the farm, uncaring and selfish.
7 How was Snowball being used on Animal Farm?
Snowball’s name kept on being used so that the animals had a common enemy. He was also being used to make Napoleon look better such as when they were retelling the tale of the battle of cowshed.
7 Why did the dogs attack Boxer?
Boxer was questioning Napoleon.
7 Why do you think the hens were actually working with Snowball? If not, why did they confess to being with Snowball?
The hens confessed to being with the snowball because they had nothing left in the world to live for; their children died, their kind died, and they were living on a farm with a murderer, Napoleon. This is similar to how Kamal’s father killed himself after Kamal died.
8 In what ways do the pigs use the other animals’ illiteracy and lack of intelligence to keep the animals from rebelling against the pigs?
The pigs banned the beast of england song.
Altered the commandments
Basically rewrote history by tricking everyone
Fed everyone lies
- In what ways is Napoleon treated like a very special animal? Why do the pigs want Napoleon to be considered special?
Unlike the other animals the pigs get to sleep on beds and get most of the food. But Napoleon’s vip status is taken to the next level by having his own apartment separated from the other pigs, eating his food elsewhere with guard dogs protecting him, and even getting the gun to be fired on his birthday. The pigs want Napoleon to be considered special because he is the leader and they want him to be seen as a god to the other animals.??
8 What clues are there in the account of the Battle of the Windmill that Napoleon might be a coward and that Squealer probably is a coward?
During the Battle of the Windmill, Napoleon and Squealer weren’t seen fighting at all, with Squealer not even being present nor mentioned. The only impact Napoleon had during the fight was when he directed the animals at the rear.
8 How does Squealer “spin” the Battle of the Windmill to make the animals happy and proud? Why does he do this?
Squealer manipulates them into thinking that they had in fact won just because they took their land back. He does this to rally the animals together again because after the war they all seemed to have fallen apart and did not have the energy to work and do the pigs’ bidding anymore.
9 What was Boxer looking forward to at the beginning of the chapter? Did he get to realize his desire? What happened to Boxer in this chapter?
Boxer was looking forward to retirement, however he never got to retire because the pigs killed him during his weakest hours. Boxer was looking forward to the windmill
9 Which animals’ rations were not reduced? Why?
The pigs and dogs because squealer said it would be contrary to the beliefs of animalism.
9 What techniques did the pigs use to make the animals think their lives were okay? How did they get the animals to forget their problems?
The pigs added a new celebration day where they would march around the precincts in military formation. These celebrations were enjoyable and so the animals believe once again that they were truly their own masters
9 In what ways were Napoleon and his family treated differently from the other animals
The animals treated Napoleon and his family however Napoleon desired. He built the young pigs a school room, had other animals stand aside while the pigs would walk through, and they would even have the privilege to wear green on sunday.
9 Who returned to the farm after being gone for a long time? Why do you think the pigs allowed him to stay?
Moses, the raven, they allowed him to stay maybe to make the other animals a little more happy about an after life?
9 What did Squealer tell the animals about Boxer’s fate? How did Squealer and Napoleon twist the truth about Boxer in order to strengthen themselves? How did the pigs use Boxer’s body?
He told the animals that Boxer died while being treated at the hospital. Squealer and Napoleon incorporated two slogans of boxers “ I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right” into their speeches to inspire the animals to work harder, and listen to Napoleon. I think they sold boxers’ bodies.
10 Which animals got to retire?
None because Napoleon probably killed them once they became too weak.
10 Which animals benefited from the rebellion and which did not?
The pigs and dogs, because they were the only intellectual animals and were classified as better.
10 The pigs started walking on their hind legs in this chapter and they began carrying whips. What do these things symbolize? Why was it important for the sheep to learn “Four legs good, two legs better”?
I think this symbolizes that they are no different from Mr Jones and it shows the cycle happening once more this time with Napoleon being the oppressive dictator/totalitarian leader.. It is important for the sheeps to learn this because the pigs walk on two legs.
10 In his toast, what was it about Animal Farm that Mr. Pilkington admired?
The lower class giving the lower class lesser food is an excellent example and it should be the model for the other farms
10 What happened to the name Animal Farm? Why?
Napoleon abolished the name Animal Farm and changed it back to Manor Farm. This change is another example of how the pigs take on human characteristics and completely lose sight of what the rebellion was actually for.
How does Totalitarianism get presented
Totalitarianism is presented through the corruption of Mr Jones and the pigs. They are the dictators of the entire society.
Revolution & Corruption
This theme is presented through the revolution that was unified through the animals, however late because of the lust for power, some animals, the pigs, became corrupted.
Class Warfare
Class Warfare is represented through how some animals have to work day and night and get their potions cut while the pigs dont work at all and still get to have full bites of food
Language as power
This theme is represented through the maxims and speeches that are created through the pigs advanced knowledge of language
The Soviet union
This theme is represented through the entire book because each action/event is parallel to the event of the soviet union
The revolution is similar to what
Russian Revolution of 1917
what does old majors speech mirror?
His speech as a whole mirrors The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, in that the problem is the ruling class and that the lower classes are allowing themselves to be subjugated.
What does the attack on animal farm represent after Jones was kicked
The attack by the men on Animal Farm mirrors the Russian Civil War, which took place not long after Tsar Nicholas was forced out.
What does Napoleon kiicking out snowball represent
Stalin killing Trostky
What can the hens rebellion be seen as?
The hens’ rebellion can be seen as a parallel to a variety of rebellions that took place in the USSR in response to Stalin’s Five Year Plans.
What does the timber sale represent
In the years preceding World War II, Stalin flirted with making deals with both the Allies (Mr. Pilkington) and with Hitler (Mr. Frederick).
This is symbolized in the novel by the sale of the timber, which (in theory, at least), would improve relations with whomever Napoleon chooses to sell to.
What did the confessions represent
These confessions and executions, especially those of the four young pigs, mirror Stalin’s “show trials,” in which many people confessed to all sorts of crimes and were killed for it.
What does the attack by Mr Federeick and his men represent
The attack by Mr. Frederick and his men parallels the opening of the Eastern Front of World War II, in which Hitler’s armies began to invade the USSR, and within months were within 40 miles of the capital city of Moscow.
What is Napoleons dinner similar to
Napoleon’s dinner is a parallel to the Tehran Conference, in which Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Stalin met to talk about how to create peace after World War II.
