Cyclical Structure Flashcards
(12 cards)
Dogs wear “collars” and wag their tails to Napoleon as (NARRATOR SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS )they used to do towards Jones
Orwell uses the NARRATIVE VOICE to highlight a DIRECT COMPARISON of Napoleon to Jones- This FORESHADOWS how eventually Napoleon is becoming and will become exactly like Jones.
What is the possible sharpest turning point in the novel where the farm begins its loop back to totalitarian rule?
The abolition of the Sunday meetings(Democracy) after snowball’s exile
Hens rebel against Napoleon’s plans to sell their eggs-
Mirrors the animals’ rebellion against Jones where Napoleon is now the dictator they wish to act against.
Napoleon stops the hens’ rations and threatens death to anyone who should feed them
Mirrors Jones’ ruthless and violent nature where he would whip the animals when they refused to obey him
“the air was heavy with the smell of blood which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones”
The narrator EMPHASISES the effects of Napoleon’s mass killing by describing how even the air is changed. This highlights that every part of the farm is undergoing the loop back to the rule of Jones like a pungent smell which is gone for a while but eventually returns.
“the air was heavy…
… with the smell of blood which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones”
Evidence that Napoleon is becoming the new Jones
He is surrounded by a “retinue of dogs” and a cockerel who serves as his “trumpeter” whenever he walks about the farm upon coming into power
Narrator comments that he was “never” called just Napoleon but “ ‘our Leader, Comrade Napoleon’ “
He has a pig taste his food just like royalty would
Evidence for the re-emergence of the class system on the farm(in Russia)
Orwell portrays how the pigs create their own new class under Napoleon’s rule on the farm to reflect how the class system and the idea of UPPER AND LOWER CLASSES RE-EMERGED IN RUSSIA DURING STALIN’S RULE- Members of the Communist party would profit from the exploitative rule of Stalin and had privileges which separated them from the rest of society, as ARISTOCRATS(they became the ruling class)
-The narrator’s language changes as the pigs begin to be referred to separately to the other animals. They are spoken of as “the pigs”, a separate class to the “other animals”.
- The other animals have to step aside if they meet any of the pigs on a path
- The pigs have the “PRIVILEGE” of wearing green ribbons on Sundays
How is the Windmill used?
The windmill is not used for the betterment of the animals’ lives as Animalism hoped to achieve in chapter one but is used for milling to bring in profit.
This shows how the original aim of the revolution was abandoned and the farm became Manor farm again where the animals worked not for their own improvement but to bring in a profit.
They are funding the lavish lives of the pigs just like how they funded the lavish lives of Jones and his wife and how the Russian people funded the lavish lives of Stalin and other members of the communist party.
By chapter 10, “neither pigs nor dogs produced any food by their own labour”
This echoes words about the humans in chapter 1 where Old Major says, “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing”
The green flag with the hoof and horn is changed to just a green flag
represents the betrayal of the revolution’s ideals. The country is no longer focused on the working class and improving their lives
Does Napoleon change Animal Farm’s name?
Yes. HE changes it back to Manor farm in chapter 10
