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Satire is a genre of books that basically makes fun of politics or other real world things using humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize. Allegory is a story...each character/item/event represents or symbolizes something other than what it is... sometimes contains a hidden message. Fable is a short story that usually has animals with human abilities and usually contains a moral.

Animal Farm pretty much falls into all 3 of those categories.

Thought questions:
1. They were scared to. Napoleon had dogs, and they might find and kill anyone who tries to run away. 2. The purpose is kind of just to incite rebellious thoughts. 3. Because they thought they were working for themselves under Napoleon and not under Mr. Jones, but really it's the same under both. 4. He just wants to make the animals hate Snowball. It kind of works. Then he says that the plans were stolen from him, and he gets them to make the windmill anyway. 5. Napoleon set the dogs loose on Snowball after he was done describing the windmill, but before they voted. Everyone was to scared of the dogs and surprised to break up the fight. 6. This philosophy changed the animal farms' government to more of a tyranny. 7.Sometimes a leader has access to more information than his followers. Should he/she then make all the decisions? No. That's basically the premise that the farm with Mr. and Mrs. Jones and in fact all farms was built on, and Mr. Jones farm was very cruel. 8. Squealer and his group move into the farmhouse after making an earlier resolution never to inhabit it. How were they able to accomplish this with little fuss? They are able to because Squealer adds to the commandments. No animal shall sleep in a bed without sheets is what he changed it to, but he was able to convince the animals that it had always been like that. 9.After a period of time, the pigs announced they would get up one hour later than everyone else. No one complained. Explain. As I said before, Squealer is so convincing that he can take away complete memories. He is very convincing. Also, by convincing them he is right on several other subjects, he is implying to the animals that he is right about everything. In fact, that's what one of Boxers favorite sayings is. Napoleon is always right. Once the animals are convinced that the pigs are right about everything, it's easy to continue that pattern and because they think that you are always right, you become always right in their minds. Suddenly, you are able to convince them of almost anything even remotely possible. 10. He sniffed around and said he smelled him. Also, Squealer is good at convincing the animals lies, so we don't know if what the animals thought was true or not. 11.First, Squealer is very convincing. So are the dogs. And they actually were going better at first, but slowly deteriorated. 12. He is kind of stupid and convinces himself that working hard solves all his problems. 13. I don't understand this question, but for the first part, the animal farm was almost a utopia until the pigs took over. Class struggle destroyed the possibility of utopia.

Timeline:


From Animal Farm ||~ What it Symbolized for Orwell ||~ What it means for me(in today's world) ||
 * ~ Character/Item/Event
 * Old Major - The most well respected animal on the farm. He believed in Animalism and if everyone worked equally hard then everyone would be treated equally well.

|| Karl Marx - A political philosopher in the 1800's. His beliefs turned into what we know today as socialism and communism. He believed that the most effective way to organize society included everyone working equally and sharing the money they make.

|| To me, Old Major represents my parents. They want my brother and I to work equally hard and reward us about equally. It's not always equal though.

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 * The Rebellion -In Animal Farm, the animals rebel and make Mr. and Mrs. Jones leave.

|| The Russian Revolution of 1917 -To Orwell, the rebellion represents the Russian Revolution of 1917. During the Russian Revolution, the Russians rebelled against the Tsar and deposed of him.

|| Libyan Rebellion -To me, The Rebellion reminds me of the Libyan Rebellion that occured recently. The people rebelled against their dictator and killed him.

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 * Benjamin - Benjamin is and old donkey. He is very bad tempered and rarely talks "and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark.” He is however, wise.

|| Who knows? - Some people think that Benjamin represented Orwell himself. Others say he represented old men in Russia. The donkey was wise, cranky, cynical, and old. The old men of Russia knew all along that there would be a rebellion. But the rebellion probably didn't change much for them.

|| To me, Benjamin reminds me of my neighbors. They are very old(90) and know a lot of stuff. However, they don't really do much and sometimes can be grumpy.

|| || Mollie reminds me more of the upper high class in the U.S. Most of them probably would rather move out of the U.S. than help in the revolution. Also, rich people tend to be vain and need other people (they couldn't be happy without other people around(maybe servants)). ||
 * Mollie - Mollie is rather stupid. She can't really help it though. She is vain, and in my opinion needs attention from humans to be happy. She runs away after the battle of the cow shed. She loves sugar cubes and ribbons.[[image:http://www.chinatraderonline.com/Files/Gifts-and-Crafts/Garment-Ribbons/Garment-Ribbons-19354481106.jpg]][[image:http://students.washington.edu/sknoben/info424/marthaSlides/WF/sugar.png width="318" height="259"]] || To Orwell, Mollie probably represented the middle class. They didn't really contribute to the Russian Revolution much. Many of them actually fled to the west when asked to make sacrifices for the revolution.
 * The Hens' Rebellion - The hens didn't want to sell their eggs. So they broke the eggs. That didn't work because Napoleon just starved them to death until they would give up their eggs. Only 9 hens actually starved to death.

|| Ukrainian farmers - The peasant farmers in Russia were forced by Joseph Stalin to have collective farming, or have them all farm for a common company or organization. They didn't want to, and slaughtered their livestock. Stalin starved them, and between 4 and 10 million peasants died.

|| To me, this represents the Libyan Rebellion again. It's a rebellion, except in the Libyan Rebellion, they succeeded. In this, it was thwarted.

|| Questions - Chapters 1 and 2 1. They can talk and think like humans, but physically they are like animals. Also, they walk on 4 legs like animals. 2. It caused the animals to get excited about a rebellion. That speech pretty much caused the rest of the book to happen. 3. Humans are evil and animals are friends. No exceptions. 4. They needed a leader, so they easily accepted one who promised complete freedom. 5. Ribbons are like clothes, and clothes are associated with humans. 6. They left the majority of the farm intact, but destroyed some things. It pretty much made most of the animals happier. 7. It strongly goes against humans. 8. Both are formed upon the belief that if everyone works, and rations are given equally, then there is no need for money and social class. Another similarity is the way that the government started. Both animalism and Marxism started after a revolution from the middle class majority of residents. 9.They are united under revenge on humans and want of freedom and there is barely any outside influence.

Questions - Chapters 3 and 4 1. It becomes more civilized with different groups, an education system, and a more defined group of leaders. 2. The flag includes a hoof and a horn, both of which are characteristics of animals and not of humans. 3. They argue about the groups and certain rules and laws. 4. The simplified commandments makes it easier for the dumb animals to remember, therefore causing them to follow them and their government, which is essentially the purpose of propaganda. 5. Since the pigs are the smartest and a pig started the rebellion, they became the leaders automatically. 6. Almost all of the animals are completely convinced that the pigs are completely right. Squealer actually conveys this message to them in chapter 3. 7. The battle of the Cowshed is different because the humans initiated it, not the animals. Also, a human and an animal were killed. 8. Boxer and Snowball were most likely honored to be the first animals to receive the award. They were probably elated to get it. Also, the entire award system is also just another propaganda technique.

Questions - Chapters 5 and 6 1. Mollie was rejected by the other animals because she was close to the humans. 2. Snowball decided to build a windmill, Napoleon rejected the idea. Napoleon claims it is his idea after he runs Snowball out. 3. Under Jones rule the animals barely got fed. The similarities between the two are that they both are dictators and they both use their own ways of convincing the animals to do what they want them to Napoleons way is the dogs and Jones way is the whip. Napoleon uses other animals to convince the animals that he is always right. 4. Napoleon stops the weekly discussions and limits their freedom and makes them do what he wants them to. 5. Squealer says that if they disagree with Napoleon then Jones will come back. Yes it is prooganda because he uses their fear to control them. 6. “I will work harder.” Shapes Boxer’s character because he picks up the farms slack. 7. Napoleon says the windmill is his idea and Snowball stole it. 8. When Napoleon wants to sleep on the beds he can because supposedly the law is bed with sheets. Animals accept this because the pigs, who are smarter than them, say it’s the law.

Questions - Chapters 7 and 8 1. He keeps the animals working hard and orders food to be faked in the storage bins. 2. Their plan is thwarted by starving the chickens to death. 3. Napoleon blames everything bad that happens on the invisible Snowball. He almost threatens the animals with Snowball. 4. It shows that Napoleon is ruthless and willing to kill for power. It shows the animals that he can and will kill them. 5. I have no idea. Honest. 6. He says that it was only for the rebellion and that now that the rebellion is over, they don't need it anymore. Really, I think he just has to get rid of all thought of rebellion now. 7. Napoleon lies about everything through Squealer. For example, about the commandments, about Snowball, and about the "traitor animals". 8.The poem takes place of the song The Beasts of England and instead completely makes Napoleon sound like almost the opposite of what he really is. 9. The first battle takes place at the cowshed, while the second near the windmill. During the second, the windmill is completely destroyed and the animals feel it is not a victory. The first one was a complete victory. Finally, the animals had a battle plan during the first battle and not the second.

Questions - Chapters 9 and 10
 * 1 || The stated purpose of the Spontaneous Demonstrations was to celebrated the struggles and triumphs of the farm but the real reason was to show praises to Napoleon. ||
 * 2 || Napoleon's purpose of allowing Moses to return to the farm was to give the animals something to live for. This is significant because it could also start rebellion thoughts against the pigs. ||
 * 3 || All of the other animals admire Boxer because of his hard work. The animals are lead to believe that Boxer was sent to a hospital to be healed but he was really going to be killed. When the animals see him leave in the Slaughter truck Squealer told them that the hospital got a new truck and haven't changed the sign. ||
 * 4 || The knacker represents good workers being mistreated by the government. ||
 * 5 || The two classes are the pigs and the rest of the farm. These came to be because the pigs made themselves leaders from the start and the other animals were left to follow. Over the course of time the pig's leading elevated them to a new higher status. ||

Propaganda - Hardly any of the ideas being spread on Animal Farm are true, maybe even none.

Squealer actually convinces the animals that Snowball was never awarded his award in the first place. Amazing. Every little problem is now blamed on the invisible Snowball. Rumors that the farmers are planning to destroy the windmill and take back the farm are spread around. The commandments are changed secretly without objection. "No animal shall kill another animal **without cause"** and "No animal shall sleep in a bed **with sheets"**. Completely brainwashed. When the animals are killed without a real reason, no animal questioned it.

Socratic Seminar Questions: 1. The power struggle - Chapters 3 and 4 -The two pigs(Napoleon and Snowball) struggle for power. - They kind of argue about everything. Why do you think the other pigs haven't taken part in this struggle?

2. Boxer - Chapter 4 - Boxer kills a human. - The boy gets away. Do you think the body was hidden or did the boy really get away?

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