Jordan Lukat Mosley 4th Period Animal Farm Study Guide

Anticipation Guide:
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All people are created equal. __2__ __4__ Usually the best and brightest people are leaders. __4__ __4__ Society would improve if everyone earned equally And wealth was distributed evenly. __6__ __6__ We should tax those who earn more according to their ability, and distribute wealth evenly to others according to their needs. __6__ __6__ Talented, intelligent, ambitious people are the most qualified leaders because they know the best what people need. __4__ __5__ Those who are less intelligent or average should yield to authority of qualified leaders. __5__ __5__ Average people dont always know what is in their own best interest. __3__ __2__ Some people are smarter than others. __1__ __1__ People who can not read are easier to control than those who can read. __3__ __2__ People are always free to make their own choices. __5__ __6__ The government usually does what is best for the people. __2__ __3__ I can trust those in positions of authority to make decisions in my best interest. __3__ __2__ You should always do everything you have been told. __6__ __6__ Power corrupts those who have it. __3__ __4__

Scavenger Hunt:
1. Who is George Orwell? What is his real name? Answer: Eric Arthur Blair; an author Source used: Britannica 2. What country lies east of Russia across a small strait of water? Answer: United States Source used: Britannica 3. What countries border Russia on the west and south? Answer: Mongolia

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Source used: Bitannica 4. Who is the current leader in Russia? Answer: Vladimir Pooten Source used: Britannica 5. Who was the leader at the beginning of the Russian Revolution? Answer: Czar Nicolas II Source used: Britannica 6. What are the other names by which the country of Russia has been called? Answer: USSR; Soviet Union Source used: Britannica 7. What is the capital of Russia today? Where is it located? Answer: Moscow; located at 55* N 29* W Source used: Britannica 8. What is Siberia? Answer: a region Source used: Britannica 9. For what export products is Russia most famous today? Answer: oil and forestry Source used: Britannica 10. What kind of government does Russia have today? Answer: democratic Source used: Britannica 11. What is communism? Answer: the political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit- based economy with public ownership and communal control of at least the major means of production. Source used: Britannica 12. What is socialism? Answer: wanting everybody and everything to be equal. Source used: Britannica 13. Who was Karl Marx? What does he have to do with the Russian Revolution? Answer: an author of a very important book in the Soviet Union Source used: Britannica 14. What happened on November 7, 1917, in Russia? Answer: beginning of October (November) Revolution Source used: Britannica 15. Record below a famous quotation from George Orwells Animal Farm. What do you think it means? Answer: Source used: Animal Farm pg.

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Timeline:
November 3, 1917- Bolsheviks fully take over Moscow and the Kremlins.

1920

October 23, 1917- Bolsheviks plan a coup.

April 3, 1917- Lenin to Russia. He dominates the Bolshevik party.

February 23, 1917- International Womens Day. January 9, 1917- Petrograd Strike, reunion of Bloody Sunday.

July 19, 1914- Germany declares war on Russia.

April 17, 1912- Lena Goldfield Massacre: 200 striking workers were shot. September 18, 1911- Stolypin is assassinated.

April 15, 1906- Stolypin becomes Minister of Interior.

January 3, 1905- 120,000 workers strike in St. Petersburg

January 9, 1905- Bloody Sunday : striking workers march and protest, they were shot down.

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Symbol
Mr. Jones Old Major Snowball Napoleon Squealer Boxer Mollie

What It Stands For

Czar Nicolas II Karl Marx Leon Trotsky Joseph Stalin Propaganda Working class Opportunists

Characteristics
Irresponsible to animals Sometimes cruel Sometimes kind Taught animalism Dies before revolution Good speaker Wants a better life Leader Selfish, cruel Violent Wants power Controlled animals Talkative Convincing Manipulative Strong, hardworking Betrayed by Napoleon Believes in Animal Farm Vain Will go with anyone that gives her what she wants Does not work Mr. Joness favorite Controlling Take the best for themselves Taught animals to work, not complain Snowball and Major were against him Where animals go after they die Goes with the flow Doesnt complain, but isnt very helpful either

The Pigs Moses Sugar Candy Mountain Benjamin Farmhouse The Windmill The whip The Cat The rats, rabbits The sheep vs. Muriel Foxwood- Pilkington Pinchfield- Fredrick The Dogs Beasts of England The church Heaven Survivor intellectuals Capitalism, Kremlin Industrialization Totalitarianism Opportunists Mensheviks Unskilled labor Allies of WWII Axis of WWII KGB

Requires hard and risk The force used to control Doesnt work Only around for Meetings and meal times Arent very important Muriel is smart Sheep agree with anyone Helps Animal Farm with supplies

Help Napoleon Intimidating

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Section 1:
a. Quote Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever. ~Old Major to the animals pg. 5 b. Vocabulary Vivacious [vi-vey-shuh s, vahy-] Adjective lively; animated; gay Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon pg. 13 Preeminent [pree-em-uh-nuh nt] Adjective eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing Preeminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Pg. 12 Counteract Mare Lest [lest] conjunction for fear that; so that (one) should not (used negatively to introduce a clause expressive of an action or occurrence requiring caution) [mair] Noun a fully mature female horse or other equine animal. Clover was a stout, motherly mare who had nevr quite gotten her figure back afte her fourth foal. Pg. 3 [koun-ter-akt] Verb to act in opposition to; frustrate by contrary action. The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven. Pg. 14

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and setting down their vast hairy hooves with great care lest there be some small animal concealed in the straw. Pg. 2

c. Three- Level Questions i. ii. iii. What happened at the farmhouse? What was the significance of Mosess name? How is Mr. Jones similar to Czar Nicolas II from the Russian Revolution?

d. Answers to Level Questions i. Mr. Jones wasnt feeding the animals, so the cows broke through the shed where the hay was. The animals were eating and Mr. Joness helpers heard what was going on and they ran out to the shed. Mr. Jones and his men were attacked by the animals and they ran out the gates. Mrs. Jones saw what was happening from the window and left from the other side of the farm. The animals had gained control of the farm. Moses told everyone on the farm that there was a place called Sugar Candy Mountain. He said it was a place where all the animals went after they died. His name is significant because it is a biblical allusion. Czar Nicolas and Mr. Jones are similar because neither of them took very good care of their country, or in Mr. Joness case, the farm. They were also both taken out of power by the people.

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Section 2:
a. Quote, comrade pg 24, doled, 24, parasitical pg 24, cockerels pg 25, cryptic pg 26 Four legs good, two legs bad. ~ Snowball to the animals, a commandment b. Vocabulary Comrade [kom-rad, -rid] Noun a person who shares in one's activities, occupation, etc.; companion, associate, or friend. Gee up, comrade! pg. 24 Doled-

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[dohl] Verb to give out sparingly or in small quantities ..not doled out by a grudging master. Pg. 24

Parasitical [par-uh-sit-ik] Adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of parasites. With the worthless, parasitical humans gone, there was more for everyone to eat. Pg. 24

Cockerels [kok-er-uh l, kok-ruh l] Noun a young domestic cock. He made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to wake him a half hour before everyone else.. pg. 25

Cryptic [krip-tik] Adjective mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous ..and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.

c. Three Level Questions: i. ii. iii. What happened at Battle of Cowshed? What significance did the pigs getting all the milk and apples have? How do the pigs relate to the Bolsheviks?

d. Answers to Level Questions i. Mr. Jones and the farmers from Foxwood and Pilkington came back to Manor Farm. They brought sticks and Mr. Jones brought a gun to try to gain back control of the farm. Snowball created a battle plan. One sheep

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was killed, and Snowball and a man were injured. Snowball was grazed by a bullet, and the man was kicked by Boxer. The pigs got all of the windfall apples and milk. Then they lied about why they were getting to keep it. They said that it would help them stay intelligent. Its foreshadowing that the pigs dont care as much about the farm as they do about themselves. They are becoming more like humans because not everyone is totally equal. The pigs are like the Bolsheviks because they took control of Manor Farm. The pigs slowly became like dictators because they were in charge of everyone, but it was controlling. They took the best for themselves and then worried about the other animals.

Section 3:
a. Quote If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right. ~Boxer to animals b. VocabularyAdvocating [v. ad-vuh-keyt; n. ad-vuh-kit, -keyt] Verb to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly ..set forth his reasons for advocating the building the windmill. Pg. 47

Eloquence [el-uh-kwuh ns] Noun the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness. Snowballs eloquence carried them away. Pg. 47

Forelock [fawr-lok, fohr-] Noun

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(of a horse) a tuft of hair above or on the forehead. He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times.. pg. 50

Articulate [adj., n. ahr-tik-yuh-lit; v. ahr-tik-yuh-leyt] Adjective capable of speech; not speechless. Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more articulate. Pg. 50

Dispersed [dih-spurs] Verb to drive or send off in various directions; scatter ..after a single singing of the Beasts of England, all the animals dispersed.

c. Three Level Questionsi. What happened when Napoleon made the horrible screeching noise? ii. What is significant about the pigs that try to speak against Napoleon? iii. How is Squealer like the propaganda that people saw during the war? d. Answers to Level Questionsi. When Napoleon screeched after Snowballs speech, nine scary dogs came into the big barn. Napoleon had been training them since they were puppies. He trained them to be intimidating and to scare away Snowball, so that Napoleon could be in charge of Animal Farm. ii. When the pigs try to challenge what Napoleon is saying, the dogs growl at them. That suddenly makes the pigs stop talking. That is significant because it shows that Napoleon will take over Animal Farm by force and intimidation. iii. Whenever Napoleons speeches caused unrest in the animals, Squealer went to all the animals and told them that everything they heard before was wrong. He confused all the animals into believing what they said. He also spoke badly about Snowball, just like propaganda did about the person they wanted everyone to turn against.

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Section 4:
a. QuoteI do not believe that. ~ Boxer to Napoleon b. VocabularyHitherto [hith -er-too] Adverb up to this time; until now Hitherto the animals had little or no contack with Whymper on hi weekly visits.. pg. 68 Pervading [per-veyd] Verb to become spread throughout all parts of It seemed to them as though Snow ball were some kind of invisible influence, pervading the air about them and menacing them with all kinds of dangers. Pg. 71

Countenance [koun-tn-uh ns] Adjective appearance, especially the look or expression of the face The four pigs waited, trembling, with guilt written on every line of their countenances. Pg. 74

Tumult [too-muh lt, tyoo-] Noun violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob; uproar Presently the tumult died down pg. 74

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Retribution [re-truh-byoo-shuh n] Noun requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil. They did not know which was more shocking- the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the retribution they had just witnessed. Pg. 76

c. Three Level Questionsi. What happened at the Battle of the Windmill? ii. What was the significance to Boxer standing up to Squealer? iii. How are the pigs and the people during the civil rights movement similar?

d. Answers to Level Questionsi. Napoleon had gotten Fredrick mad at him and Animal Farm, so Fredrick and his men attacked. Nearly everyone was injured and many animals were killed. The windmill was destroyed for a second time. ii. It was significant when Boxer stood up to Squealer because no animal had even thought of voicing his own opinion in a while. Boxer said that Snowball was not always bad when Squealer said he was. He was standing up to what Napoleon had said and it was unheard of. iii. Many white people in the civil rights movement were whit supremacists, they believed white was the superior race. The pigs in Animal Farm believe the same way. They think that pigs are the superior animal.

Section 5:
a. QuoteFour legs good, two legs better! sheep to animals

b. VocabularyTyrannical-

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[ti-ran-i-kuh l, tahy-] Adjective unjustly cruel, harsh, or severe; arbitrary or oppressive; despotic If they went hungry, it was not from feeding tyrannical human beings; if they worked hard, at least it was for themselves. Pg. 116

Trotters
[trot-er] Noun

an animal that trots, especially a horse bred and trained for harness racing. ..carried whips in their trotters. Pg. 119

Diligently
[dil-i-juh nt] Adjective constant in effort to accomplish something; attentive and persistent in doing anything They worked diligently, hardly raising their faces from the ground, and not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the human visitors. Pg. 119

Dogcarts
[dawg-kahrt, dog-] Noun

a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog. A week later, in the afternoon, a number of dogcarts drove up to the farm. Pg. 119

Incumbent
[in-kuhm-buh nt] Adjective

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-obligatury ..there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say.

c. Three Level Questionsi. What did the other animals notice about the pigs and the men? ii. What was the significance of the pigs wearing clothes? iii.

d. Answers to Level Questionsi. The animals noticed that you couldnt tell the pigs and the men apart. They realized that after all of the years of the pigs becoming steadily more like humans, they really had become just like them. ii. The significance of the pigs wearing clothes was that it really showed that they were becoming more like man. They were walking around on two legs and wearing human clothing. It showed that they were no longer animals, they were human.