Hope and dreams quotes Flashcards
(8 cards)
which animal talks about the idea of sugar candy mountain?
Moses the raven
finish the quote! how are we introduced to moses?
'’Moses, who was Mr. Jones’s especial pet, was a _____ and a_______, but he was also a _______.’
'’spy’’ and ‘‘tale-bearer’’ and ‘‘clever talker.’’
How is hope presented in this quote??
‘‘the existence of a mysterious country called Sugar candy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died’’
‘sugar candy mountain’ orwells use of the words ‘sugar’ and ‘candy’ puts a positive image in the readers and animals mind. It is also used to juxtapose the conditions on animal farm so the animals have a comforting thing to look forward to when they die.
Hope is created when they realise the poor conditions of the farm, the poor treatment lack of food, that they overall rather die and go to sugar candy moutain.
what things in old majors speech indicate hope and dreams?
1) ‘almost overnight we could become rich and free’’
—> use of the word ‘could’ creates a sense of hope and wonder of future possibilites for the animals
2) ‘is is because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it?’’
—>the use of the rhetorical question allows the other animals to realise that MAN is the only reason, so once they remove jones there is a chance of happiness for them (gives them hope the idea of removing jones)
3)’Remove man from the scene and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.’’
—>Old majors use of the word abolished leads to the animals to believe in the rebellion more and a hope that the abolishment of hunger and overwork comes true.
How does beast of England signifiy hope?
use quotes?
‘Beast’—> collective noun allows animals to unify, everything within the songs applies to all
‘Riches more than the mind can picture, wheat and barley, oats and hay.’ —-> ideology of a utopia, the listing technique of food gives animals more of a reason to commit to the rebellion.
‘golden future time’ —> calling the future ‘golden’ shows its valuable or worth a lot.
CONTRAST: who believes nothing is going to change? + a quote.
EXTRA who do they represent?
Benjamin (donkey)
'’Old Benjamin, the donkey, seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion.’’
'’He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones’s time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either’’
the Russian intellectuals who observed the revolution and subsequent corruption, but remained detached and unwilling to actively oppose it
what feature of the flag represents the future? link to hopes or dreams
'’Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the hoof and horn signified the future Republic of the Animals which would arise when the human race had been finally overthrown’’ the rising of the flag shows that the rebellion has moved one step further, therefore showing the rebellion is happening giving the animals hope for the results after.
context; just as the hammer and sickle represented the union between workers and peasants. The star on the Russian flag represented an ultimate Communist victory over the world
how is the ending of hoped described within the novel?
'’The seasons came and went, the short animal lives fled by. A time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven’’
orwell learly states the laxck of memory the animals have over the hopes and dreams rhey had about the future.
