Animal Farm Flashcards
(30 cards)
“Man is the only…
Equality
“Man is the only creature that consumes without producing”
(Old Major)
“Our lives are…
Equality
“Our lives are miserable, laborious and short”
(Old Major)
“The life of a animal is…
Equality
“The life of an animal is misery and slavery”
(Old Major)
“Quicker in speech…
Leadership / Education
“Quicker in speech and more intentive”
(Snowball)
“Not much of a…
Power
“Not much of a talker but with a reputation of getting his own way”
(Napoleon)
“The others said of squealer…
Propaganda
“The others said of squealer that he could turn back into white”
(Squealer)
“With their superior…
Education
“With their superior knowledge it was only natural that they should assume leadership”
(Pigs)
“The pigs did not actually…
Equality / Power and control
“The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others”
(Pigs)
“Surely, comrades,…
Propaganda / Power and control
“Surely comrades, you do not want Jones back?
(Squealer)
“Boxer was the…
Propaganda
“Boxer was the admiration of everybody”
(Boxer)
“Four legs…
Equality / Education
“Four legs good, two legs bad”
“With snowball…
Leadership
“With Snowball at the head of them”
(Snowball)
“The only…
Equality
“The only good human is a dead one”
(Snowball)
“They wagged their tales to him…
Power and control
“They wagged their tales to him in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do with Mr Jones”
(Dogs)
“The dogs growled so…
Power and control
“The dogs growled so threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further question”
(Dogs)
“All that year…
Equality / Power and control
“All that year the animals worked like slaves”
“His two slogans…
Class / Education
“His two slogans, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Napoleon is always right’”
(Boxer)
“The dogs promptly…
Power and control
“The dogs promptly tore their throats out”
(Dogs)
“All rations were…
Equality
“All rations were reduced except those for the pigs and the dogs”
“They are taking…
Power and control/ Equality
“They are taking you to your death”
(Boxer)
“To the prosperity…
Leadership
“To the prosperity of the manor farm!”
(Napoleon)
“The creatures outside looked from…
Corruption/ Equality
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man; but already it was impossible to say which was which”
(Pigs/Humans)
“Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy”
Corruption
Pigs begin to walk on two legs
“Whatever goes upon four legs, or had wings, is a friend”
Corruption
Pigs view them as inferior
