Animalism Old Major Snowball Napoleon Squealer Boxer Mollie Benjamin The Hens The Dogs Moses Mr.

Jones

Napoleon is always right Who/Theme Know the allegorical equivalents of the following: (Fill in the Blank)

1. Snowball- Trotsky 2. Napoleon- Stalin 3. Boxer/Clover- Dedicated, deceived, commoner 4. Squealer- Propaganda 5. The Dogs- KGB 6. The Sheep- mindless followers 7. Frederick-Germany 8. Pilkington-England 9. Animalism- Communism 10. Moses the Raven- the Russian Orthodox church

Be able to answer the following questions: (Multiple Choice and Short Answer)

1. According to Old Major, what is the source of all the animals problems?
-The Humans

2. What motto does Major give the animals? (Hint: It is later adopted by the sheep)
-4 legs good, 2 legs bad

3. What are the original seven commandments?

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend 3. No animal shall wear clothes 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed 5. No animal shall drink alcohol 6. No animal shall kill any other animal 7. All animals are equal

4. What is the message of the song The Beasts of England?

-The Beast of England stirs the emotions of the animals and gives them courage and solace in hard times. The song serves to keep the animals focused on the Rebellions goals so that they will ignore the suffering along the way. The message is that of animals having power over humans and ending their exploitation at the humans hands.

5. What kind of work do the pigs do on the farm?

-The intelligent work that requires brain power, they basically are observers and point out things to be done while the others work.

6. What does Snowball do during the Battle of the Cowshed?

-He fights at the head of the army. He attacks Jones and gets wounded in the process.

7. Why does Snowball want the windmill (What does he plan to do with it)?
-So they can have electricity. Use it to make machines to do all their work for them so they can relax

8. How does Napoleon get rid of Snowball?

-He uses his dogs to run him off the farm during a barn meeting

9. How does Squealer convince the animals of what he says?

-Squealer uses rhetoric and language to twist the truth and gain/maintain social and political control

10. How does the windmill get destroyed?

-The first time the storm destroys it and the second time the humans blow it up with dynamite.

11. What does Napoleon say destroyed the windmill?

-He says Snowball destroyed the windmill

12. What two maxims does Boxer have? (Hint: One is from the beginning of the book, and the other after Napoleon
takes control.) -I must work harder and Napoleon is always right

13. What happens to the hens when they protest selling their eggs?
-They are trapped in the barn and are not given food. A lot of them die too.

14. Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing The Beasts of England? What song replaces it?
- He says the song is pointless because the Revolution is over and the animals have earned their freedom; Minimus writes the song Animal Farm, Animal Farm to replace it. Another poem, called Comrade Napoleon, is written to glorify Napoleon as well.

15. How are the commandments about sleeping in beds, killing other animals, and drinking alcohol altered?
-Two words are added to each commandment. With sheets is added to no sleeping in beds, No sleeping in beds with sheets. No killing other animals becomes No killing animals without cause. No drinking alcohol becomes No drinking alcohol to excess.

16. What are the three rhetorical appeals (names only)?

-Ethos, Logos, Pathos

17. What are the differences between the three appeals? (What does each appeal to?)
-Logos makes sense and convinces you logically. Pathos appeals to the emotions. Ethos appeals to the sense of right and wrong.

18. What happens to Boxer when he can no longer work?

-He gets sold to the knacker and is killed. The animals are told that he died heroically in an expensive hospital.

19. Describe the pigs at the end of the novel.

-They start to act exactly like the the humans, but even worse than the actual humans. They turn into humans. They drink alcohol, sleep in beds, wear clothes, and gamble.

20. What is the single, final commandment on the barn wall?

-All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Respond to the following in two or more paragraphs: (Longer Answer, be sure to use EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT!!!)

1. Napoleon uses a series of scapegoats. Who does he use, and what is the effect of each? Which rhetorical
appeals does he use with each? Which appeal is more effective with the animals on the farm? Explain why, giving reasons based on examples from the story. -Snowball: Receives blame for problems on the farm after expulsion.

windmill uses him (snowball) to make himself (napoleon) seem better... telling animals he actually led human forces in
battle, etc. -Mr. Jones: Uses fear tactics (pathos?) to make animals think what he is doing is for the best. Think do you want Jones to come back?

2. Write a brief rhetorical analysis of Old Majors speech from chapter 1 (this will be attached to the end of the test
for reference, but you should probably practice this one ahead of time). -review old majors speech pgs. 6-13 -review ethos, pathos, and logos. see how parts of his speech relate to each appeal. i am interpreting the Farm as the animals country and all farms as the animals world if that makes ethos easier to understand in this case. -it also seems like a good idea to study how the speech affects the animals POV and how it changes life on the farm. The speech essentially spurred the animals into the rebellion and changed their lives forever. -make a SOAPS chart and fill it out... commit those details to memory! those are like the backbone to rhetorical analysis so that should be really helpful. -the easiest thing to do is talk about how the speech states the problem, gives a vision of a better future, and then gives the animals a plan to get there (rebellion) -Mr. Daiss.

3. What is the object of satire in Animal Farm (there are several, actually, but just pick one)? Explain how Orwell
achieves his satire. What elements from the plot, the characters, and rhetorical devices does he use? The major object of satire I see is the Russian Revolution. Orwell depicts this throughout his book by the way of the pigs. Orwell shows this by there leadership/ taking over of the farm as with what stalin did to try to consolidate his rule. Just as Stalin tried to overthrow Trotsky , the pigs try to overthrow the humans/Mr. Jones.

The rhetorical devices i see here are what i think are pathos. Orwell appeals to, in reality the working class. He depicts this through Napolean.of pathos here also because Napoleon appeals to the animals feeling by saying everything on the farm would be SO much better. (working for themselves, NOT humans). In addition, I believe that Orwells satire is effective because everything is brilliantly planned. All aspects of the Russian Revolution have a very transparent and relevant parallel drawn in Animal Farm. That makes the satire easy to understand and adds a touch of humor. I feel the end scene where they have the pigs and the humans together is a very important part of this satire with a powerful message as well.

remember that satire goes after human folly (foolishness) and flaws, so specifically, greed and lust for power are also good targets for satire-Mr.Daiss