What's that truck say? Horse Slaughterer?!?! Quick, somebody warn this character that they're going to be taken to the glue factory and killed!
Boxer :(
An unwelcome blast from the past, Animal Farm's got a new rebrand. Napoleon declares that his farm is called...
The Manor Farm
What's that rapping, tapping at my chamber door? Oh! It's the author of "The Raven," "Annabel Lee," and "The Telltale Heart"
Edgar Allan Poe
A couple deeply in love, willing to sell what's most precious to them for each other, and a couple fighting over their child. These contrasting images are from these two stories.
"The Gift of the Magi" and "Popular Mechanics"
This is the narrative of a story! Anything could happen!
The Plot
The pigs are spending all their newly earn money on this!
More whiskey/alcohol!
"Four legs good; two legs better?" What are those darn pigs up to now? Why are they doing it?
They're walking on two legs! They do it to seem superior
The winning "Lottery" ticket goes to "Charles"! Quick, everybody grab a stone!
Shirley Jackson
These two stories both involve death and try to pose questions about societal problems.
"The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Lottery"
The problem(s) of a story.
Conflict
In this tight election season Napoleon finds that he is running against __________.
No one!
No electricity or easier work?! What is the finished windmill used for?
It's used to mill corn for a profit!
These two authors wrote some contrasting couples in their respective stories "Popular Mechanics" and "The Gift of the Magi"
Raymond Carver and O. Henry
A dead lover, a mournful speaker, and mysterious forces beyond their control are all similar features of these two poems.
"Annabel Lee" and "The Raven"
The ideas that are explored in a text.
Themes
This is the name of the new MANDATORY celebrations and marches on Animal Farm.
Spontaneous Demonstrations
Something's not right here, let's check what the 7 Commandments say. Or, should I say commandment?
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Here's a Bowie knife and some moccasins, you've got 3 days to find this author of "The Most Dangerous Game"
These two stories are both very dark tales, but while one death is purposeful, the other is by cruel accident.
"The Telltale Heart" and "The Monkey's Paw"
This is the perspective from which the story is told. Usually you will see 1st or 3rd Person.
Point of View
Squealer says that this has improved since the time of Mr. Jones
He says the rations are better, even as they grow smaller and smaller
A fight is going on in the farm house! But what's this? What is going on with the humans and pigs?
The animals can't tell the difference between a man and a pig!
If he were in his story "The Monkey's Paw," he'd probably just toss that title object right in the fire.
W. W. Jacobs
This story follows the conflict between two individual characters, while the second story follows the conflict of people stuck within societal rules.
"The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Lottery"
This is the "where" and "when" of story.
The Setting