ENGLISH🐷🍺🥊🐴 Flashcards
(16 cards)
What are the people of the Russian Empire comparable to in 1917?
Slaves, bound to their landlords.
Who is Karl Marx?
The grandfather of communism, from Germany, is represented in the book by Old Major
Who is Lenin?
Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks, who took power following the Revolution, and is also represented by Old Major.
Who is Stalin?
Joseph Stalin is a Bolshevik who seizes control via ostracising (excluding) Trotsky from Lenin’s funeral and slowly controlling the USSR over the seven years of Lenin’s leadership. From 1924 to 1953, he is a cruel dictator represented by Napoleon.
Who is Trotsky?
Leon Trotsky was the real brains behind the Revolution. Once Stalin takes power, he is run out of the USSR. He is represented by Snowball, and is scapegoated, or blamed across the book.
Who are Churchill and F.D.R.?
Winston Churchill and Franklin. D. Roosevelt are two capitalists who lead capitalist nations, the UK and the USA, in 1945. They come into the book from the start, and are represented, more Churchill, by Mr. Pilkington.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
Hitler was the supreme dictator of Nazi Germany, and practiced horrible acts on his people. He is represented by Frederick.
Why do you think there will be many questions in this set on history?
Context is the entire book, and thus you must know it like the back of your hand.
Who does Mr. Jones represent?
Tsar Nicholas II. He is drunk which represents his laziness and corruption all the time.
Who does Boxer represent?
Boxer represents the male working class of the Russian Empire. He is the strongest, and hardest working animal on the farm, but is quite uneducated. “not of first rate intelligence.”
What does Moses represent?
The church. Sugarcandy Mountain is heaven, or the belief of a better world.
What is the significance of “Beasts of England”?
Beasts of England is entirely about animalistic equality. No animal rules over another. It mirrors the Internationale, the former anthem of the Soviet Union.
Read Old Major’s speech. Why does he continually repeat “Man”?
Repetition is a part of DAFOREST. DAFOREST is about persuasive language and this speech is full of it. Direct address of comrades, hyperboles such as “cut your throat and boil you down” and many rhetorical questions.
Instead of using “… represents … in real life” what should you use?
Allegory. An allegory is a story with an underlying message.
When writing a PETAL paragraph, how should it be structured?
- Point
- A five word max form of embedded quotations, not “This is shown in “…” This” That shows zero skill and loses marks. Should be “
- Five stage analysis, of an explanation, an alternate explanation (ALWAYS USE THIS), zooming, the reader’s effect (REMEMBER THIS) and writer’s intention.
- A technique, such as a dynamic verb, a hyperbole, emotive language, alliteration of varying forms, opinions, rhetorical questions.
- Link back to the question.
