Animal Farm, North Korea, and Short story Test Flashcards
When was George Orwell born
1903
where was Orwell born
India
where were Orwell’s parents from
Britain
what did Orwell develop in school
a constant sense of failure and a conviction that the rich and strong made the world’s rules
who did Orwell identify and sympathize with
the underdog and victims of poverty
what did orwell do instead of college
joined the Indian Imperial Police
Why did Orwell go to Spain in 1936
to write newspaper articles about the Spanish Civil War
Although Orwell went to Spain to write, what did he do instead
joined the anti-Franco militia, backed by Trotskyite Communists
He was _______________ and discharged in time to __________________, since communists outlawed the militia in which he had served
wounded severely; escape the country
Disillusioned with communism, he concluded that _______________.
absolute power corrupts absolutely
when did Orwell write animal farm
during the closing years of WWII in 1945
what is another novel Orwell wrote
1984
when did orwell die
1950
why did most publishers not like Animal Farm
they thought it was too controversial
why did orwell call book stores about Animal farm
he didn’t want it in the Children’s section
Name calling
giving an idea a bad label - is used to make us reject and condemn the idea without examining the evidence
glittering generality
associating something with a “virtue word” - used to make us accept and approve the thing without examining the evidence
transfer
carries the authority and prestige of something respected and revered over to something else in order to make the latter acceptable; or it carries disapproval to cause us to reject and disapprove something…
testimonial
consists in having some respected or hated person say that [something or someone] is good or bad.
plain folks
is the method by which a speaker attempts to convince his audience that he and his ideas are good because they are “of the people,” the “plain folks’
card stocking
involves the selection and use of {information] in order to give the best or the worst possible case for an idea, program, person, or product
band wagon
has as its theme, “Everybody - at least all of us - is doing it’; with it, the propagandist attempts to convince us that all member of a group to which we belong are accepting his program and that we must therefore follow our crowd and “jump on the band wagon.”
euphemism
use of word to soften the true meaning; “not a food reduction but a readjustment’
oversimplification
simplification covers the true meaning; 2 wings+2 legs= 4 legged animals
internal contradiction
on part of a statement contradicts another part; work is voluntary but rations will be cut
faulty cause and effect reasoning
no logical cause is given or known for the effect; milk and apples are brainfood / pigs must sleep in beds
