Moses Flashcards
(13 cards)
Role
Allegory for the Russian orthodox church/ organised religion- charactonym from the bible
Isn’t present at old major’s speech
ALLEGORICALLY REPRESENTS the church’s lack of want for the revolution as they were supported by the Tsaric monarchy and would lose their priviledges.
“Mr Jones’ especial pet”
SATIRICAL REPRESENTATION OF CHURCH
Funded and kept living lavishly by Tsars.- Suggesting the church is a pet and will blindly obey the Tsars.
“told tales and did no work”
How the animals felt about moses- How working class felt about religious leaders
“Tales”- reflects Orwell’s own religious beliefs (diminishing religion to tales)
“Sugar candy mountain”
Satirical allegory for heaven- Some animals believe in it as they believe they will get their reward for all their hard work from here
“Sugar candy mountain”- Orwell?
Sarcastic representation of heaven to portray orwell’s own atheism and distrust of organised religion
“Mr. Jones’…
especial pet”
“told tales…
and did no work”
“Sugar…
Candy Mountain”- Heaven
When did Moses re-appear on the farm?
He re-appeared after the Battle of the windmill when the animals were starving and struggling to re-build the windmill again
Significance of when Moses re-appears on the farm-
This shows the power of religion as a tool used in the hands of corrupt leaders to continue exploiting people by giving them hope of a better life after death and, therefore, encouraging them to accept the hardships given to them by dictators.
It mirrors Stalin allowing Russian Orthodox churches to re-open when the Soviet Union was significantly suffering in order to boost patriotism and give people hope
Moses receives an “allowance of a gill of beer a day” from the pigs
Orwell is allegorically representing the role of the Russian Orthodox Church as workers for the corrupt communist government under Stalin- They were paid to prevent people from rebelling and served as agents for the corrupt rule in Russia
“allowance…
…of a gill of beer a day”
