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Animal Farm Notes
Introduction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDrhX2DrKjk
Background Questions
1.What is an allegory?
2.What real life event is Animal Farm
discussing?
3.Who is George Orwell?
4.What is a totalitarian government?
5.What is a fable/ fairy story?
Answers
1. An extended metaphor. Has two levels of meaning one literal and one
symbolic. Often represents real life events.
2. The Russian Revolution.
3. A man that grew up during British rule in India. He had many
professions and lived a poor lifestyle. He wanted to speak against a
totalitarian government.
4. A society is usually ruled by a dictator, and there is very little or no
freedom. In totalitarianism, the government controls almost every
aspect of life.
5. Short stories, usually written for children in an unspecified place or time.
Vocabulary in Context
1. Flourished (v. past tense)—grow or
develop in a healthy, vigorous way
2. Fortnight (n.)—a period of two weeks
3. Scored (v.)—gain
4. Ignominious (adj.)—public disgrace
or shame
5. Impromptu (adj. or adv)—done
without being planned or rehearsed
Elements of a Dictatorship
Faulty cause-and-effect reasoning– no
logical cause is given or known for the
effect--“Pigs must sleep in beds.”
“Colgate toothpaste is the best.”
Begging the question—avoid answering
the question by skirting the issue (making
it seem less important or giving a very
broad answer).
Elements of a Dictatorship
Propaganda is the manipulation and control of
language to control or oppress a population.
 Euphemism – using words to soften the true
meaning.
 Oversimplification– simplifies the true meaning.
 Bandwagon– do something that everyone is
doing. “Jump on the bandwagon!”
 Internal contradiction– one part of a statement
goes against another part—forced choice—
“You don’t have to take the final exam but you
won’t pass the course.”
Effective propaganda needs:
 Supporters
 Ignorance of followers
 Scapegoat—someone or something to
blame for all the bad conditions.
Classwork
With a PARTER or INDIVIDUALLY, fill in the chart
with 4 examples of dictatorship. Each student
must have their own paper.
Element of
Dictatorship
Example From Text Page and
Paragraph #
Explanation
Scapegoat
“Snowball, who as
we now know,
was no better
than a criminal”
At this point in the
story Squealer is
blaming Snowball
for problems and
calling him the
thief.
Page 50,
Paragraph 3
Chapter 6-7 Comprehension Question
Answers
1. The work is “voluntary” but if they don’t do their work, their
rations are decreased.
2. They believe that they are working to benefit themselves and
they don’t want the humans to laugh at them.
3. Boxer, they needed someone with strength.
4. They had to sell the eggs to help the farm.
5. They are now sleeping in beds and they are slowly changing
the rules
6. “No animal shall sleep in beds” now it s “No animal shall sleep
in beds– with sheets.”
1. The humans were watching their progress and
because Boxer was working very hard.
2. When Mr. Whymper made his weekly visits, the
animals would make casuals remarks around him
and the food bins were always full.
3. Napoleon made a deal with Mr. Whymper for 400
eggs per week so that they could buy grain for the
farm.
4. They got angry and they protested. 9 hens died
during the protest.
5. He is contemplating selling timber to the surrounding
farms.
6. He
is sneaking on to the farm and destroying it at
night.
7. Napoleon is a violent leader. He ran Snowball off the
farm and he began to kill animals on the farm.
8. “An animal shall not kill animals.” Public executions
in Russia.
9. Boxer thought that the animals needed to work
harder.
10. Squealer said the rebellion was over so the song
was no longer necessary.