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 * ~ Question ||~ Answer ||
 * 1.In what ways are the animals behaving like animals? In what ways are they like humans? || They are talking and acting and dealing with their problems like humans do and they act like animals by doing the simple things that animals do. Such as living in a barn, eating hay, and sleeping. ||
 * 2.Review Old Major's speech in the barn. Describe it's impact on the animals. || The animals begin to agree with what Old Major is saying and they start to get excited when singing their song. ||
 * 3.Why does Old Major say, "all men are enemies, all animals are comrades"? What assumptions about men and animals does this statement reflect || It reflects that men are bad and animals are good and have to stick together to stop what is happening with men. ||
 * 4.The pigs began leading the other animals in the second chapter. Why were the animals so easily lead? || The animals were so easily lead because, once old Major died they were not sure what to do. They were not sure if they should try and take the situation into their own hands. ||
 * 5.Explain why Snowball says to Mollie, "those ribbons that your are devoted to are the badge of slavery." || Snowball says this to Mollie because the men made Mollie wear the ribbons in her mane. By Mollie wearing this she is wearing something she was forced to wear when men were controlling them. ||
 * 6.Examine the rebellion and its aftermath. Describe the effect on the animals. || As of now the rebellion is working in favor of the animals. They are benefiting by, getting more food to eat, learning to read and write, and harvesting the hay early. So far the animals are all getting along and following the seven commandments. ||
 * 7.Review the commandments. There is a strong statement implicit in these commandments concerning mankind. What is it? || "Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy." ||
 * 8.Examine the relationship between Animalism and Marxism. || Marxism is a political and economic theory of Karl Marx and what he believed was fair and Animalism is what the animals feel is fair. ||
 * 9.A utopia is a place of ideal perfection. In what way could the farm have been a place for a utopian community? || As of now the farm is looking to me as a Utopian community because the farm animals think it is perfect. They don't have anybody controlling them, they have plenty of food, and lots of space for their community. ||
 * ~ Chapters 3 and 4 ||~ Answer ||
 * 1. How is the farm being more like a civilized society? || They are all doing their fair share of work for the harvest. They are working past their road blocks getting in there way. Like the machines no made for animals. They also now have a flag. ||
 * 2. Describe the flag for the farm. Analise the symbolism of it. || The flag is green and has a white hoof and horn on it. The green stands for the green fields of England and the white hoof and horn stands for the Future Republic of the animals . ||
 * 3. What foreshadowing is given that Napoleon and Snowball are going into a power struggle? || They are not agreeing on anything and keep arguing about every little problem. ||
 * 4.Snowball simplifies the seven commandments. How is this new slogan a good propaganda technique || 4 legs good 2 legs bad- it is a good technique so they could persuade and convince all the other animals that their ideas are the best and all other ideas are bad. ||
 * 5.Explain how the pigs set themselves up to be the elite on the farm. || By controlling everyone and making decisions. They also didn't help with the harvest. They thought that since old Major was a pig that they were the smartest and that they should be treated the best. Like eating all the good food like the apples by telling the animals that they would need it because Mr. Jones was coming back. ||
 * 6.Brainwashing of the animals takes place. Describe Squealer's part in this. || Squealer was changing everything to fit the pigs needs or likings. Squealer was was doing all the dirty work on the farm. ||
 * 7.How is the battle of the Cowshed different from the Rebellion. || The battle of the Cowshed both the farmers and the animals were prepared. They were not prepared for the Rebellion. Also the farmers had weapons and people died or almost died. ||
 * 8.Snowball and Boxer are both decorated after the battle. Explain the emotions of each concerning this. || Snowball was happy and proud because he thought he did a great job and couldn't have done better but Boxer was upset because he thought he killed a boy. ||
 * 9. The animals have risked their lives to create a society in which they hold the power. From what you know about the pigs so far, why is this ironic? || This is ironic because when Mr. Jones was running the farm he got all the good things and the good food but now the pigs are almost doing the same thing. ||
 * ~ Chapters 5 and 6 ||~ Answer ||
 * 1.Why is Mollie rejected by the other animals? || Molly is rejected by the other animals because she changed sides to be with men, because she liked the way she was treated. She was seen being pampered by men by the fence and they found ribbons and sugar in her stall. She also never showed up for work. ||
 * 2.What happens between Snowball and Napoleon over the windmill issue? || Napoleon did not want to continue through with the plans for the windmill. He just thought it would be a waste of the time they should be using to get food so they don't starve. At the meeting, when Snowball was explaining the great uses of his windmill, it was pretty much known what the vote would be. At that time Napoleon then released the dogs to attack Snowball. Snowball ran from the dogs and disappeared behind the hedge ||
 * 3.Compare and contrast the life on the farm under Jones's rule and under Napoleon's rule || Some things that were different are that the animals finished the harvest earlier, they are not treated cruelly, and for the most part they are treated fair under Napoleons rule. Some things that are the same are that Napoleon is making the decisions, he is taking advantage of the animals hard work. ||
 * 4.How has obedience and loyalty come to replace freedom and bravery on the farm? || They said that bravery and freedom is not enough, that loyalty and bravery are more important. The pigs are probably saying this so that the animals stay loyal to them and don't get any ideas of rebelling. He is also saying that if they stay loyal then Jones wont come back. ||
 * 5.Squealer squelches the animals' arguments about Napoleons takeover. Describe this technique. Would you consider it propaganda? Explain. || He told the animals that if the pigs don't get the better things like the apples and they don't have to do all the work because they are smarter than the others. It is propaganda because he has good arguments to all the questioning the animals do to them. He also makes the sheep bleat out "four legs good two legs bad" so there is no room to argue. ||
 * 6.Boxer's motto is, "I will work harder." Explain how this shapes his character. || This shapes Boxer's character by showing that he is a very hard working horse who will always give his hardest. ||
 * 7.The windmill is eventually built. How does Napoleon establish credit for this. || He says that it was his idea in the first place and Snowball stole the idea from him. I do not believe Napoleon though because I think he just wanted to frame Snowball so the rest of the farm would turn against Snowball. ||
 * 8.Napoleon begins changing the laws to suit his needs. Describe how the animals are forced to accept these changes. || The example is that the pigs start to sleep in beds when the animals say not to. The animals are forced to be okay with these rules because they do not want what happend to Snowball to happen to them. ||
 * 9.Several euphemisms have been used throughout the novel thus far. Explain what tactics means as Napoleon uses it. || He is basically being a liar to help further his ideas for the Animal Farm and ruling the animals. ||
 * ~ Chapters 7 and 8 ||~ Answer ||
 * 1.The economy is collapsing on the farm. How does Napoleon make it seem everything is fine? || The economy is collapsing because they are running out of food and Napoleon makes everything seem fine by saying it is fine. ||
 * 2.The hens threaten to thwart Napoleon. What happens to them? || The hens do not want their eggs taken away form them so they try to lay their eggs in the rafters. After this happened Napoleon ordered the hens rations to stop, and anyone seen giving them any food would be sentenced to death. ||
 * 3.How is the memory of Snowball used to keep the animals in line? || Because all of the animals are worried if they act out or disobey that the same thing that happened to Snowball will happen to them. ||
 * 4.Napoleon feels the need to show cause and effect. He forces 4 pigs to confess to rebellious attitudes, then executes them. Explain the meaning of this and how it affects Napoleons power. || The cause was the pigs were secretly talking with Snowball and the effect was that they were slaughtered. This shows the other animals that Napoleon is not afraid of killing his own kind. ||
 * 5.Clover is singing "Beasts of England" after the executions. Why? What does this reveal about Clover? || Its reveals that Clover still has hope for the outcome of Animal Farm. ||
 * 6.Napoleon abolishes the song. What reason does he give? What is the true reason? || Napoleon says that the song was about the hope of someday overthrowing the human race, but since the rebellion is over they no longer need to sing the song, their is no use for it anymore. I think the real reason, is so the animals don't get any thoughts of rebellion. ||
 * 7.Napoleon is systematically lying to the animals. Examine chapter 8 for evidence of this. || Napoleon is blaming everything that is happening to the farm on either Snowball or the other farmers. He is also changing the commandments to meet his needs. ||
 * 8.How does the poem //Comrade Napoleon// work to build up Napoleons image? || It does this by stating false facts that make him look good. ||
 * 9.Compare and contrast the Battle of the Windmill to those of the Rebellion and Battle of the Cowshed. || Compare- a) people and animals were injured b) they were fighting against humans c) no Old Major Contrast- a) Rebellion not expected other two were expected b) Rebellion no deaths c) Rebellion no guns ||
 * ~ Chapter 9 and 10 ||~ Answers ||
 * 1.Describe the stated purpose and the real purpose of the Spontaneous Demonstration. || The stated purpose was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm. But the real purpose was to remind the animals that life on Animal Farm was much better than life with Jones, so they don't think of rebelling. ||
 * 2.Explain Napoleon purpose in allowing Moses to return to the farm. How is this significant to Napoleon? || Napoleon allows Moses to return to farm because he always talked of Sugar-candy Mountain and the animals think if they work hard they would have a good life in Sugar-candy Mountain. This is beneficial to Napoleon because the animals work harder because of this. ||
 * 3.Boxer is admired by the animals on the farm. Why? What are the animals lead to believe about where he is sent when he is ill? Where is he really sent? Describe Squealers cover up of this event. || Boxer is admired by the animals because he is very hard working even in his old age. The animals are led to believe that he died in comfort at the hospital in Willington. He is really sent to the knackers to be slaughtered and turned into glue. Squealers cover up was that the van used to be in ownership of the knackers and the vet did not yet paint over the sign. ||
 * 4.Analyze the symbolism of the knackers. || It symbolizes what happens to the people in Russia- they work all there life, then in the end they are basicly sold and not cared about. ||
 * 5.Over the course of events, the society within the farm has portioned itself into to classes. What are they and, why/how did they form? || In the beginning it was the animals and the humans, then the rebellion happened and then it became one class, just the animals. Then at the end of the book the the two classes on the farm, are the pigs and the dogs, then the rest of the animals. The pigs and dogs got the good stuff, worked less, and were lazy. The other animals had to work more, and got less rations. The pigs were able to keep it this way because they were afraid of what Napoleon would do to them. ||
 * ~ Thought Questions ||~ Answer ||
 * 1. || Because it didn't sound reasonable and the didn't believe it and, the animals knew their job and their purpose for being on Animals Farm, and they knew what they needed to do for the farm. ||
 * 2. || The songs purpose was to inflict pride and power into everyone, and make them more confident in themselves in the rebellion. It also represented how good life would be when they overthrow the humans. ||
 * 3. || I think their resentment vanished because they were not being forced to work and they know they are working for a good cause. They are working hard for there own food, not food that would be wasted on Mr. Jones. ||
 * 4. || At first, I think Napoleon was against the windmill because it was Snowballs idea. Maybe Napoleon was jealous that he didn't come up with such a good idea. I think he later changes his mind because, when Snowball is gone Napoleon can take credit for it without anybody saying anything. ||
 * 5. || What prompted this was Snowball was winning over the crowd, with his smart statements and amazing idea for the windmill. You could tell Napoleon was uneasy about the way the crowd was so interested in Snowballs ideas, that he called the dogs in to take Snowball out. The other animals did not step in because they were surprised and shocked and fearful for their own lives. ||
 * 6. || I think his philosophy is saying that mistakes are all part of life, and without them you would never be able to learn from them. But I think he says this so the animals know that just because he makes one mistake does not mean anything. But, also the other animals never have a chance to make a mistake because they always have to go along with what Napoleon wants them to do. ||
 * 7. || No, because I think he needs to share the information with his followers and get their input on the situation as well ||
 * 8. || They did not complain because the animals are used to giving the pigs what they want so they just go with it. They are also afraid that Napoleon would send his dogs to attack if the animals protested. ||
 * 9. || They did not complain because the animals are used to giving the pigs what they want so they just go with it. They are also afraid that Napoleon would send his dogs to attack if the animals protested. ||
 * 10. || He knew it was Snowball, because he said he smelt his footprints and he knew he was snooping around the farm. ||
 * 11. || She does not like the fact that the pigs are basically taking over, but she knows it was better because they get more food, and they are not whipped. ||
 * 12. || Boxer works so hard because he wants everyone on the farm to have a good life. He feels this way because that is what the song Beasts of England says. ||
 * 13. ||  ||

Allegory: A story...each character represents or symbolizes something other than what it is...sometimes parallels real life events. Satire: the use of sarcasm, irony, in a story...,to ridicule/poke fun at someone's foolishness. Fable: a story that has a moral and it has animals as characters...that can speak...personification... || Karl Marx- He was a political philosopher in the 1800s. He invented the concept and ideas behind what is today considered Communism and socialism... the belief that all people in a society should share equally in the work that they do and in the goods that their work produces. || For me they symbolize the free energy guy. He symbolizes them because they all had great ideas and wanted to help change something in their world but there was always something in their way or stopping them. || || Joseph Stalin- he was one of the 3 leaders of the Bolshevik party in the October revaluation. He was the First General Secretary from 1922 to his death. To Orwell he symbolizes Napoleon because the 3 pigs were just like the 3 leaders of the Bolsheviks. Napoleon also formed a secret police just like Stalin did. || To me, they symbolize any type of villain. In movies, at first the villain lays low and stays on the down low, but as the movie continues the come out and do what villains do, break rules, and force something upon citizens. || || Nicholas II- one of the three leaders of the Bolsheviks. He was very irresponsible and a terrible leader. || To me this symbolizes irresponsibility. Mr.Jones and Nicholas II were both very irresponsible people. Mr. Jones couldn't handle things that were happening in his life so he would get drunk then neglect his animals. Nicholas II did the same with things in his life. || || Russian Media- no television or radio so the newspaper was the way the news got around-and Squealer was the way things from Napoleon and the other animals got around the farm. || To me, Squealer represents a member form a speech and debate team. He symbolizes this to me because of how good he was at arguing points the pigs make, with the rest of the animals. || || Trotsky-Was Stalin's arch rival form Russia-Trotsky was also exiled just like Snowball was form the farm-Trotsky then spoke out against Stalin- Stalin was worried that he might lose his leadership. || To me he symbolizes my older brother. We are like arch rivals and we disagree about everything. || || Collectivization in Russia- Stalin decided to pursue collectivization when Russia did not have enough food- combining multiple farms to one big farm to produce more grain. || This reminds me of secrets or hiding something. They do not want people to know the truth. ||
 * ~ Key Person ||~ How they contributed ||
 * Vladimir Lenin || Vladimir was one of the leaders of the Bolshevik and he got his ideas from Karl Marx.Karl Marx was against ||
 * Stalin || Stalin was another leader of the Bolshevik during the October Revaluation. He was the First General Secretary from 1922 to his death. When Vladimir died he took over the power and became even more powerful than Vladimir was. ||
 * Leon Trotsky || Was with Vladimir and Stalin leading the Bolsheviks. ||
 * ~ Character/Item/Event from Animal Farm ||~ What it symbolizes for Orwell ||~ What it symbolizes for you (in today's world) ||
 * Old Major-the most well respected animal in all of Manor Farm history-believed all animals were good and all men were evil
 * Napoleon- One of the pigs who is very respected so far on the farm- kind of like a leader with the other pigs
 * Mr. Jones- In the begging of the book Mr. Jones is the owner of Manor Farm- he is very irresponsible when it comes to the animals- he forgets to feed them and he treats them disrespectfully and whips them.
 * Squealer-Very manipulating and persuasive pig-He does a lot of the dirty work for the other pigs-he is very good at propaganda-he was the like the Russian newspaper, Squealer was the link between Napoleon and the other animals.
 * Snowball-Very similar to Napoleon-Both wanted a leadership position but had very many disagreements-such as the windmill.
 * Whymper's tour through the store-shed- Napoleon took Whymper through the store shed and let him get a glimpse of the meal bins completely full- then Whymper could spread the rumors that everything was perfect on the farm.
 * The nine dogs- when they were just puppies, Napoleon took them away from their mother and raised them privately on his own. When Snowball was going to win the vote for the windmill, the nine dogs raced in and chased him off the farm. || The NKVD- Stalin's Secret Police- they killed Trotsky so Stalin could take total control of Russia. || To me, they represent a body guard. On movies when famous people have the big guys in black suits, that doesn't let anyone get to close or touch them. ||