Dystopia
This "u"nattainable word is the opposite of a dystopia.
Gatekeep: The pigs keep these treats for themselves!
What is milk and apples?
In the closing lines of the novel, the pigs break commandment #1. What is this?
What is "whoever goes upon two legs in an enemy"
DAILY DOUBLE
A dystopia is an imagined society with great suffering or injustice. Name three instances of dystopia.
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What historical event inspired Orwell to write this novel?
What is the Russian Revolution?
Girlboss: This less-mentioned character reads the Commandments to Clover whenever she suspects that the pigs are violating their prohibitions.
Who is Mollie?
Finish the revised commandment (4)
No animal shall sleep in a bed.
What is "with sheets"
What is the meaning behind the quote, "Four legs good, two legs bad"?
This slogan simplifies the animals' struggle against humans, but it also highlights the manipulation of language for propaganda.
Describe something dystopian about OUR society
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Describe Orwell's views on power and corruption
Answers may vary. Should be negative, though.
Gaslight: Name an original commandment and what is was changed to.
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Finish the revised Commandment (5)
No animal shall drink alcohol
What is "to excess?"
What does the quote "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again" signify?
What is a complete abandoning of Animalism?
Compare the farm's initial ideals to its final outcome.
The initial ideals of equality and freedom are corrupted into a society that mirrors the oppression they sought to escape.
In Orwell's essay, "Why I Write" he says,
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art’. I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose
What is the lie of Animal Farm?
What is that people can blindly trust government.
DAILY DOUBLE
Gatekeep: Uh-oh, bad gatekeeper alert! Napoleon breaks a principal of Animalism by selling this to a human being.
What are woodpiles?
Finish the Revised Commandment (6)
No animal shall kill any other animal.
What is "without cause?"
Explain the significance of "I will work harder" as said by Boxer.
It reflects Boxer’s unwavering loyalty and the exploitation of the working class in a dystopian society.
Describe how Animal Farm represents dystopia.
What is suffering and inequality of the animals. Answers may vary.
Orwell's books have been banned in Communist countries for being Anti-Communist, and Capitalist countries for being Pro-Communist.
How is this in itself ironic?
Like Animal Farm, misinterpretation can lead to propaganda.
Gaslight: Name two things that Napoleon claimed were the doing of Snowball once he had him exiled.
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Finish the revised commandment (7)
All animals are equal.
What is "but some are more equal than others?"