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35 Cards in this Set
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Mr. Jones
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Tsar Nicholas 2
irresponsible to his animals (lets them starve) sometimes cruel- beats them with whip sometimes kind- mixes milk in animal mash |
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Czar Nicholas II
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Mr. Jones-
a poor leader at best, compared to western kings cruel- something brutal with opponents sometimes kind- hired students as spies to make money |
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Old Major
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taught animalism
workers do the work, rich keep the money,animals revolt dies before revolution |
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Karl Marx
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Old Major
invented communism "workers of the world unite" take over gov't dies before russian revolution |
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Animalism
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no owners, no rich, but no poor
workers get a better life, all animals equal everyone owns the farm |
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Communism
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Animalism-
same all people equal gov't owns everything, people own gov't |
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Snowball
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young, smart, good speaker, idealistic
really wants to make life better for all one of leaders of revolution chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs |
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Leon Trotsky
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other leader of "October Revolution"
pure communist, followed Marx wanted to improve life for all in Russia chased away by Lenin's KGB (Lenin's secret police) |
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Napoleon
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-not a good speaker, not as clever like Snowball
cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt his ambition is for power, killed opponents used dogs, moses, and squealor to control animals |
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Joseph Stalin
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not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky
same as Napoleon, didn't follow Marx's ideas cared for power, killed all that opposed him |
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Squealer
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big mouth, talks a lot
convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon changes and manipulates the commandments |
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Propaganda department of Stalin's government
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squealer
worked for stalin to support his image used any lie to convince the people to follow stalin benefited from the fact that education was controlled |
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The Dogs
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a private army that used fear or force animals to work
killed or intimidated any opponent of Napoleon another part of Napoleon's strategy to control animals |
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KGB secret police
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the dogs
not really police, but forced support for stalin used force, often killed enitre families for disobedience totally loyal, part of stalin's ower, even over army |
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Moses the Raven
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tells animals about sugarcandy mountain (heaven)
animals can go there if they work hard snowball and major were against him they thought heaven was a lie to make animals work napoleon let him stay because he taught anumals to work and not complain |
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Religion
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Moses the Raven
marx said "opiate of the people" a lit used to make people not complain and do their work religion was tolerated because people would work stalin knew religion would stop violent revolutions |
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Mollie
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was vain- loved her beauty and self
didn't think about animal farm went with anyone who gave her what she wnated |
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Vain, selfish people in Russia and world
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Mollie
some people didn't care about revolution only thought about themselves went to other countries that offered more for them |
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Boxer
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strong, hard working horse, believes in Animal Farm
"Napoleon is always right" "I must work harder" gives his all, is betrayed by Napoleon ,who sells him |
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Dedicated, but tricked communist supporters
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Boxer
people believed stalin because he was "communist" many stayed loyal after it was obvious stalin a tyrant betrayed by stalin who ignored and killed them |
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Benjamin
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old, wise donkey who is suspicious of revolution
thinks "nothing ever changes" is right his suspicions are true, about Boxer and sign changes |
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Skeptical people in Russia and outisde Russia
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Benjamin
weren't sure revolution would change anything realized that a crazy leader can call himself communist knew that communism wouldn't work with power hungry leader |
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Overall details about revolution
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it was supposed to make life better for all
life was worse at the end the leaders became the same as, or worse than the other farmers (humans) they rebelled |
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overall details about russian revolution
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supposed to fix problems form Czar
life was even worse long after revolution stalin made czar look like a nice guy |
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Windmill symbolism
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hardwork
industrial revolution |
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milk
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greed; inequality
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Minimus
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persuasion & propaganda
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pigeons
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spread of communism
spies-propaganda |
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Mr. Whymper
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capitalist
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sheep
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masses of Russia (commoners)
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Mr. Frederick
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Hitler (deception)
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Mr. Pilkington
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leaders of england and us (Allied powers)
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Why was the ending of Animal Farm symbolic?
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Man and Napoleon seem to be imseprable
manor famr to animal farm to manor farm mand and pig both whip out ace (there is only one ace) not sure who cheated first **shows that they are both corrupt cyclical in nature bapoleon was much of a harsher ruler than mr. jones napoleon is an animals and he is cheating the other animals orwell's voice= benjamin shows that the people's power get out of hand want more and more power; never satisfied; power hungry |
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Themes of Animal Farm
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Power can be abused
Conformity- dangerous to orwell (especially sheep) Betrayal- sells BoXer; list; kicks snowball out greed/ ambition- people/ communist leaders are pig- like pig=filth/ swine *corrupt Napoleon (the filth of Napoleon) |
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Brainwashing (power and persuasion/ propaganda)
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thought the lenses of pigs
orwell tricks the readers too readers resemble the "animals" |
