Propaganda
language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. It’s often used to make unpleasant truths sound better, or to confuse people on purpose.
Doublespeak
Male Working Class:
Bonus: 100 pts:
Female Working class
Boxer
Bonus: ???
Name something Stalin "edited" about his appearance
Skin, Voice, made himself taller, hid his arm, made his hair fuller, edited himself to be with Lenin
The Windmill
I will work harder
Bonus:
What is his second motto- the words that he uttered right as he died, comrades....with the best of medicine
Boxer
Bonus:
Napoleon is always right
One of the most powerful propaganda techniques. By playing on the audience’s deepest, and at times irrational, [----]], propagandists can sway opinion and promote action. A successful fear appeal typically has four elements:
1) a perceived threat,
2) a recommended action,
3) the assertion that the audience is capable of taking the action, and
4) that the action will diminish the threat.
Fear
The aristocracy
Mollie [Will also take the Cat]
What right protects you from self-incrimination
the 5th
Snowball's committees
Trotsky's Literacy push [or contextual answer]
“Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?”
Bonus:
Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?
Bonus Bonus: What is the allegory for the two characters? [Who are they?]
Mollie
Bonus:
Snowball
The propaganda technique MOST being utilized here is what?
Cult of Personality
Trotsky
Bonus: 100-
What actually happened to Trotsky?
Snowball
Bonus: ?????
The Battle of the Cowshed [The first battle against the Humans]
Red vs White, RCW, [or similar]
Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.
Short, simple, emotive phrases that are easy to remember are a powerful form of propaganda
Slogans
The corrupted Russian Church
Bonus: What is the "heaven" the animals learn about called?
Moses the Raven
Bonus:????
In what country is the genocide of the Uyghur Muslims occurring?
China
Effectively the "Constitution/Bill of Rights" for the animals
The SEVEN unedited Commandments
“Never mind the milk, comrades!"
Napoleon
Fun Fact: This is the only time Napoleon DIRECTLY speaks in the first half of the novel. The rest is the narrator [POV:The animals] telling us what is said....
This is an example of which technique:
EXAMPLE: An ad by a cigarette manufacturer proclaims to smokers: Don't let them take your rights away! ("Rights" is a powerful word, something that stirs the emotions of many, but few on either side would agree on exactly what the 'rights' of smokers are.)
Glittering generalities
Mr. Jones
Czar Nicholas II
Which right guarantees what are known as the "five fundamental freedoms."
Bonus:
Option A: Name ALL five and steal a teams points
Option B: 25 pts for one, 50 for two, 75 for three, 100 for four, 250 pts for all five first try.
1st
Bonus:????????
If a team ties then they may either Roll the dice: High Wins- OR classic Rock, Paper, Scissors.
The Death of the Working Class
Bonus:
In the novel- what specifically happens to the Working Class allegory character?
Bonus Bonus:
What do the pigs get out of it?
Rest in power--sweet king Boxer- fly high prince.
Bonus-
Sold to a hide and glue maker
Double Bonus:
They buy Whiskey
He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed
Somebody
Prompt: Reflect on the inclusion of this line in the novel and its implications of the feelings on the farm.