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Animal Farm Flashcards

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What three types of story is Animal Farm?

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  • Fable
  • Allegory
  • Satire
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What does Animal Farm as a whole represent?

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The Russian Revolution

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What figure does Mr Jones represent?

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The Tsar.

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Describe how Mr Jones represents the monarchy of Russia before the revolution.

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He lives off the produce of the animals - The Tsar didn’t provide for his people.
He is brutal and doesn’t look after the animals - The Tsar was despotic.
He indulges himself with his friends - The Tsar supported the rich.

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What figure does Old Major represent?

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Karl Marx

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Describe how Old Major is parallel to his real life counterpart.

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  • He dies before the revolution just as Karl Marx did.

- He believes in unity and equality between workers which is representative of Marx’s -communism.

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Which figure does Snowball represent?

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Leon Trotsky

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Describe how Snowball is parallel to his real life counterpart.

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  • He wants to make life better for everybody.
  • His views are idealistic.
  • He is chased into exile by a new leader, just as Trotsky was by Stalin.
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Give an example of how Snowball tries to improve the lives of all the animals.

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-He devises a wind turbine in order to reduce the work of the animals.

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Who does Napoleon represent?

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Josef Stalin

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Describe how Napoleon is parallel to his real life counterpart.

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  • He is devious and corrupt.
  • He works behind the scenes for his gains.
  • He isn’t intellectual so kills opponents using minions.
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What role does Squealer play?

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He releases the propaganda and works for Napoleon.

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What role do the dogs play?

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  • They represent the KGB.
  • They use force to oppress people.
  • They are loyal only to Napoleon.
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What is Moses representative of?

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The Russian Orthodox Church

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Describe how Moses is parallel to his real life counterpart.

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  • He is the opiate of the masses.
  • People follow him regardless of what he says.
  • He depicts Sugarcandy mountain as a paradise much like heaven.
  • He serves his own ends.
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What is Clover representative of?

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The Russian matriarch.

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What is Boxer representative of?

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The ideal of the working class. ie. noble, hard-working.

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What is Molly representative of?

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The Russian upper class.

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Describe how Molly is parallel to her real life counterpart(s).

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  • She doesn’t work.
  • She likes luxuries such as sugar.
  • She is selfish and runs away.
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What is the significance of Moses not being present? (pg 3)

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It shows how religion separated itself from communism.

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What is the significance of the use of the word “comrade”?

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  • It implies equality

- It is repeated several times in a persuasive manner.

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What is the meaning of old Major’s “strange dream”? (pg 3)

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  • It is the ideal life.

- It displays the opportunities of a better life.

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How is the use of short sentences useful? (pg 3)

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-It engages the audience.

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What is the significance of “I will not be with you”? (pg 3)

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Karl Marx died before the communist Russian revolution.

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What is the significance of “I may say”? (pg 3)

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  • It shows humility.

- Old Major was a man of the people.

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What is the significance of “I understand the nature of life… as well as any animal now living.”? (pg 3)

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-It gives credibility to his speech.

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What is the significance of “let us face it”? (pg 3)

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  • It shows the truth.

- He is showing the way (a prophet).

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28
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What techniques are used in “our lives are miserable, laborious, and short?” (pg 3)

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  • Tricolon

- Curt ending for impact

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What is the significance of “forced to work to the last atom of our strength”? (pg 3)

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  • The animals are enslaved.

- The use of hyperbole is persuasive.

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30
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What is the significance of “we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”? (pg 3)

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  • Emotive so persuasive.

- Depicts life from their perspective.

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What is the significance of “ours”? (pg 3)

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  • A possessive adjective.

- Gives ownership to everybody (ie. communism)

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32
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What techniques are used in “a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep”? (pg 4)

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  • Tricolon

- The numbers get bigger each time suggesting prosperity.

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What is the significance of “living in comfort”? (pg 4)

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-It represents a dream for peasants.

34
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What is the significance of “our labour is stolen”? (pg 4)

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  • Emotive

- The oppression of the tsar & aristocracy.

35
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What is the significance of “-man. Man is the only real enemy”? (pg 4)

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  • Pause for effect, time to think.
  • Simplistic argument, suitable for uneducated.
  • Ingenuous
  • Man is where the problem lies.
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What is the significance of lines 10-15? (pg 4)

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-Humans are weak.}
Persuasive
-Humans are greedy.}
-Combative language.

37
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What is the significance of “And you hens”? (pg 4)

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-He addresses the audience which is persuasive.

38
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What is the significance of “for all of your labours, what have you ever had”? (pg 4)

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-The animals have the same desires as humans.

39
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What is the significance of “Jones will sell you to the knacker”? (pg 5)

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  • Real truths.
  • Foreshadowing
  • No room to object
40
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What is the significance of “Rebellion! I do not know when this time will come, but I know”? (pg 5)

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  • Grounded image

- Reliable

41
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What is the significance of “No argument must lead you astray”? (pg 5)

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  • Exhorting

- Spreading the word

42
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What is the significance of “let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship”? (pg 5)

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  • Pure communism

- Forgets greed

43
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What is the significance of “remember always your duty of enmity towards man”? (pg 6)

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-The animals have signed up.

44
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What is the significance of “we must not resemble him”? (pg 6)

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-Foreshadowing

45
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What is the significance of “they had begun singing it themselves”? (pg 8)

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-Reminiscent of previous revolutions.

46
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What is the significance of “beasts of every land”? (pg 8)

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  • They wanted their system worldwide.

- Similar to Soviet plans.

47
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What is the significance of “the cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it…”? (pg 8)

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  • The animals are unified by the song.

- Brought together by a common cause.

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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of the Bolshevik Revolution 1917?

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The Animal rebellion

49
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of the anti-revolutionary dissent?

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The Battle of the Cowshed

50
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of Stalin’s five year plan?

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Building of the windmill

51
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of the German invasion of Russia?

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Battle of the Windmill

52
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of the Tsar’s imperial palace?

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The farmhouse

53
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of Stalin’s purges?

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The trials and confessions in the barn.

54
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of Stalin’s use of propaganda?

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Squealer’s speeches

55
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What is the Animal Farm equivalent of the raising of the Soviet flag?

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The raising of the hoof flag.

56
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What is the main theme of Chapter two of Animal Farm?

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The rules of Animal Farm become distorted.

57
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What is the significance of “there was much secret activity”? (pg 9)

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-Similar to Bolshevik cells

58
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What is the significance of “a completely new outlook on life”? (pg 9)

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-A game changer in politics.

59
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What is the significance of “they clearly saw that it was their duty to prepare”? (pg 9)

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  • They had to take part.
  • They were compelled.
  • Persuaded by old Major.
60
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What is the significance of “a reputation of getting his own way”? (pg 9)

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  • Napoleon is a doer.

- Other people do the talking.

61
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What is the significance of “he could turn black to white”? (pg 9)

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  • Very persuasive speaker
  • He uses style rather than substance.
  • He writes the rules.
62
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What is the significance of “talked of the duty of loyalty to Mr Jones”? (pg 9)

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  • Upper classes were in favour of the Tsar.

- They had a dependency.

63
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What is the significance of “liberty is worth more than ribbons”? (pg 10)

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-The rich were fine with their situation.

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What is the significance of “Sugarcandy Mountain”? (pg 10)

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  • The church were renowned for fabricating stories.

- It was difficult for the communists to push out religion.

65
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What is the significance of “their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses”? (pg 10)

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  • They represent the uneducated working class.

- They are easily indoctrinated.

66
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What is the significance of “the Rebellion was achieved much earlier and more easily than anyone had expected”? (pg 11)

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-The rebellion was relatively easy.

67
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What is the significance of “Mr Jones had been a capable farmer, but of late had fallen on evil days”? (pg 11)

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  • WWI meant Russia lost a lot of money.

- The Tsar lost power.

68
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What is the significance of “occasionally feeding Moses on crusts of bread soaked in beer”? (pg 11)

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-The Tsar used the church to control the population.

69
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What is the significance of “the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed”? (pg 11)

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  • Russia was in a state of disarray.
  • The country was destroyed.
  • The borders were distorted.
  • The population was starving.
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What is the significance of “the situation was quite out of their control”? (pg 11)

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-There had never been a mass rebellion.

71
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What is the significance of “Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her”? (pg 12)

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-The church fled with the aristocracy.

72
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What is the significance of the detail Orwell uses in pg 12?

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  • It makes the reader sympathetic towards the oppressed masses.
  • The small things built up to an unbearable level.
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What is the significance of “all the animals should go naked”? (pg 12)

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-It returns the animals to their original purity.

74
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What is the significance of “Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones”? (pg 15)

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-The animals wanted to prove their worth.

75
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What is the significance of “Jones used to mix some of it in our mash”? (pg 16)

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-The Tsar used to give some comforts.

76
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What is the significance of “Never mind the milk, comrades. Placing himself in front of the buckets.”? (pg 16)

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  • Ironic

- He suggests equality.

77
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What is the significance of “it was noticed that the milk had disappeared”? (pg 16)

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  • Said in an innocent way.
  • No dissent.
  • Animals are not intelligent.
78
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What is the significance of their first experience of work without Jones? (pg 16)

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-It represents the peak in their story.

79
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What is the significance of “the implements had been designed for human beings”? (pg 16)

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-Highlights the difference between animals and humans.

80
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What is the significance of “the pigs were so clever”? (pg 16)

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  • Gives an initially positive implication.

- Actually sinister foreshadowing.

81
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Give four things to include in an Animal Farm essay.

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  • General techniques.
  • How the animals’ situation gets worse and why.
  • Brief comment on allegory/satire.
  • How Orwell uses the story to make a point.
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