George Orwell – Animal Farm

Animal advance George Orwell Resource Pack for Forms 4 and 5 Based on Longman literary sounds Guidelines Introduction Animal grow is a fable, a story in which animals speak and be cave in like human beings. It is also c tout ensembleed an allegory, which is defined as a symbolic story that serves as a disguised commission for meanings other than those indicated on the surface. This means that George Orwell non only wrote a story in its own right ( virtually a group of stir animals which rebels against the farmer), but also wrote a story which meant roughthing oft more.He cute to show his opinion about a political system which he didnt agree with. The best way to study Animal get is to first examine the story, and the animals themselves, regardless of their symbolic and their political significance. This is be cook, when we read the story, our obtainings atomic number 18 aroused by meat packer, pile and Benjamin. They are characters in their own right, not just symbols. This gives Animal Farm its life its significance would be much weaker if the animals were mere symbols. 1. The Animals By Chapter 3, the characters are already quite well developed.As readers, we can already predict what is going to happen in the succeeding(a) chapters. Imagine that you take a crap been entrusted with the task to bechance out top inexplicable information about the animals, to warn humans about any potentially dangerous characters. This powerfulness be the dossier (character study) below. pic The Battle of the Cowshed The Commandments The commandments were often alter according to what the hoggs thought was best. Most of the animals never realised although some did encompass that some things were being changed. 2. Propaganda Turning Black into WhiteIt is very unadorned that puke is the most frequent public speaker (orator) for the pigs. To imagine he is very diplomatic is an understatement and the other animals say that he could turn moody into white. Thi s is peerless of the tools of Animalism. 3. The Pigs Treatment of Boxer Boxer is a character whom we feel sorry for. He is the embodiment of a faithful worker that trusts its loss attraction blindly without question. He worked harder and harder, until it took away all his strength. 4. A School for Pigs It was denote that a schoolroom would be built in the farmhouse garden.For the time being, the teen yearsd pigs were being taught by sleep himself in the farmhouse kitchen. They took their exercise in the garden, and were discourage from playing with the other progeny animals. 8. Piggish activeness 7 This is the fundamental examination all teachers must pass before obtaining their certificate. Help the break put this speech into Piggish. clear up sure that you give a porcine explanation of the changes announced in the speech. 9. The Animals Motives Orwell notices the readers interest in the story itself by the variety of human characteristics the animals show.For geek, Mollie, vain and self-indulgent, was a pet of Jones and had much to lose from the revolution. The cat, sly and cunning, hiding from trouble or work, joins the unused Animal Re-education Committee to try and catch sparrows. Each of these animals has a suck in motive for its actions most of the other animals that are less selfish view too little intelligence to rebel. &8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212&8212 Activity 1 Fill in the following table by browsing through the book to find the characters CHARACTERS NAME WHAT IS HE/IT? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Activity 2 Try similar dossiers on any three of these animals ? snowball ? Boxer ? Benjamin ? Squealer ? Clover Activity 3 Make up an eyewitness report of the Battle of the Cowshed, basing your answers on the material in Chapter 4. You are writing from the view bespeak of a supporter of the rebellion.Date. date Who started it? What was the first move? How many humans were t here? Were they armed? If yes, with what? Where were you at that moment? What were you doing? Who won? Who had planned it all? Where there any wound? Who was awarded what? Who, in your opinion played a great part in the rebellion? Activity 4 List the stages when the commandments were altered. At each point you have to state why the alteration was made. FROM TO REASON Activity 5 Make notes of Squealers power of persuasion. Look for evidence in chapters 3,4,7,8 and 9. Note not only what he says but how he says it. An example is given Chapter/Page What Squealer says How he says it Chap 5/ pg. 55 Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure On theSquealer is sent to do the dirty work after Napoleon announced there would be no discussions about future decisions. contrary, it is a heavy and heavy responsibility. But He excuses Napoleon because it is a direct cause of the animals inability to make good decisions. Squealer is very sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and polite and makes it seem that poor Napoleon is taking an extra load on his back rather than being a dictator. then where should we be? Resource for study Main Quotes said about or said by Boxer 1. When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it into the fire with the rest. 2. There were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest on his mighty shoulders. 3. On several occasion he did learn E, F, G, H but by the time he knew them he had forgotten A, B, C, D. 4. I will work harder. 5. I have no wish to take life, not even human life, repeat Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears. 6. Animal Hero, First Class 7. If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right. 8.Nothing could be achieved without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together. 9. Boxer wou ld even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the light of the harvest moon. 10. But he was wounded, said Boxer. We all dictum him running with blood. 11. Ah, that is different said Boxer. If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right. 12. Napoleon appeared to change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the get across go. 13. The animals could not face the terrible explosions and the stinging pellets and in spite of the efforts of Napoleon and Boxer to rally them, they were soon driven back. 14.But Boxer would not listen. He had, he said, only one real ambition remaining to see the windmill well underway before he reached the age of retirement. 15. To tell you the truth, I have been looking forward to my retirement. 16. But unfortunately his strength had left him and in a few moments the sound of the drum hoofs grew fainter and died away. Those were his very last words, Comrades. 17. From somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to subvert themselves another case of whisky. Activity 6 Imagine you were the teacher of a class of young pigs. withdraw two of these subjects and in each case write an outline of the first lesson you would give. HistoryIt is obviously important that the young pigs know the true facts about the revolution, the battle of the cowshed and how the traitor snowball was defeated. Choose one of topics for your first lesson, making sure that you illustrate in full the part played by your glorious leader, Comrade Napoleon. Biology The high quality of the pig. Prove that Nature has singled out the pig to be the natural leader of animals. Give examples from the away to prove the pigs superiority. Stress the responsibilities such superiority places on the pig. Geography Demonstrate how Animal Farm is the largest, best managed, most strong and most successful farm in the world.Illustrate (you need some comparative figures) how Foxwood and PInchfield are far inferior in every respect. Sociolog y Choose from one of these 1. The importance of sheep in society. You will need to demonstrate past uses of sheep in the success of Animal Farm. 2. The function of dogs. Show how dogs have helped to turn back that good triumphs over offensive in Animal Farms history. Show how Comrade Napoleon was the first to realise this. Benjamins Attitude Benjamin is neither selfish nor stupid. What he says when he sees Boxer being carried away to the knackers is far too late. He should have said it before. Using material from the whole book, write about one of the following 1.Show that Benjamin probably understood what the pigs were doing to Animal Farm, and say why you entail he took no action. 2. If everybody took Benjamins spatial relation, evil would flourish without check. How much sympathy have you with Benjamins attitude? Is he partly to blame for what happens? Snowballs mistakes Snowball was the ablest pig on Animal Farm. He has ability, vision and some genuine absorb for the anim als welfare. Imagine you are going to interview Snowball after everything has gone(p) back to normal and the pigs have been overthrown. Write a report on the imaginary interview with him. Does he feel bitter? Does he think he made any mistakes? Has he plans to return to Animal Farm? Would he try and start another revolution somewhere else?