Animal Farm revision Flashcards
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What is allegory and how is it used in Animal Farm?
A story, picture or other piece of art that uses symbols to convey a hidden meaning.
- Animal farm contains a hidden political message about the 1917 Russian Revolution
What is propaganda and how is it used in Animal Farm?
The spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpost of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.
- The song” Beasts of England” and the Seven Commandments
- Squealer represents Propaganda
What is Satire and how is it used in Animal Farm?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s vices
- Exaggerating animal behavior to give messages about flawed human behavior
What is a fable and how is it used in Animal Farm?
A short story, typically with animals as charcters, conveying a moral.
- Story of the Russian revolution on a farm and imagines what would happen is animals were in charge, rather than humans.
What is symbolism and how is it used in Animal Farm?
The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
- Mr.Jones, the windmill, the Battle of the Cowshed, adn the various animals to represent some aspect of the Soviet Union
What real life character does Snowball represent? And what is their role?
Trotsky
-Initially worked with Napoleon but was later driven out
- Helps everyone in the farm
What real life character does Old Major represent? And what is their role?
Karl Marx
-Inspires the rebellion
What real life character does Napoleon represent? And what is their role?
Stalin
-Seizes power after the rebellion
- Uses force to maintain control
- Demonstrates totalitarianism
-Helps only the younger generation
What does totalitarianism mean?
A form of government that tries to take full control over the life of its citizens.
What real life character does Squealer represent? And what is their role?
Propaganda
- Manipulates the other animals using his persuasive skills
What real life character does Boxer represent? And what is their role?
Russian laborers and workers
- Strong and hardworking
- Loyal and dedicated
- Easily manipulated
What real life character does Jones represent? And what is their role?
Tsar Nicholas ii
What does antagonist mean? And who is the antagonist in the novel?
The opposing force that the main character faces
- Napoleon
What does protagonist mean? And who is the protagonist in the novel?
The main character who has support of the audience.
- The animals as a group
What are the themes of animal farm?
Power, manipulation, violence, propaganda, betrayal, etc.
What are the key events of animal farm? (9 events)
- Old Major’s speech
- The rebellion
- Seven commandments
- The battle of the cow shed
- Snowball’s expulsion
- Windmill construction
- Battle of the windmill
- Pigs walk upright
- Name change (Animal farm -> Manor farm)
Simile
Comparing one thing with another
Metaphor
A figure of speech that makes a non-literal comparison between two unlike things (Without using like or as)
Personification
Giving non human things human qualities
Imagery
The use of words to create images in the reader’s mind
Alliteration
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words
Onomatopoeia
The use of words that imitate a sounds
Sibilance
The repitition of the “s” sound at the start of words.
What influenced Orwell to construct animal farm?
Orwell saw Stalin’s terrible Soviet Union. Animal farm warns us how good ideas become tyranny, power corrupts.
