Animal Farm Flashcards

Flashcards based on lecture notes covering literary terms, propaganda, animal symbolism, and more from Animal Farm.

Fable

Short story with animals as characters that teaches a moral.

Allegory

A story where characters/events symbolize real things (like history or politics).

Political Satire

A story mocking political ideas or leaders.

Roman à clef

A story about real people but with fake names.

Fairy Tale

A magical story for kids, often with a happy ending.

Dystopian Novel

A story about a bad, unfair society in the future.

Novella

A short novel.

Propaganda

Biased info used to shape public opinion or control people.

Bandwagon

Everyone's doing it, so should you.

Fear (propaganda)

Scare people to control them.

Glittering Generalities

Uses vague, nice words.

Name-Calling

Insults to create dislike.

Plain Folks

Makes leaders seem like average people.

Testimonials

Quotes from 'experts' or celebrities.

Card Stacking

Only shows one side of an argument.

Doublespeak

Language that hides the truth or makes lies sound true.

Euphemism

A nicer way to say something unpleasant (e.g., 'passed away').

Historical Revisionism

Changing history to fit a new narrative.

Animal Farm - Doublespeak

All animals are equal, but some are more equal…

Animal Farm - Euphemism

'Readjustment of rations' instead of 'less food.'

Animal Farm - Revisionism

Changing past events (like Snowball being blamed for everything).

Napoleon (Animal Symbolism)

Stalin

Snowball (Animal Symbolism)

Trotsky

Old Major (Animal Symbolism)

Karl Marx/Lenin

Boxer (Animal Symbolism)

Working class

Squealer (Animal Symbolism)

Propaganda/media

Mr. Jones (Animal Symbolism)

Tsar Nicholas II

Dogs (Animal Symbolism)

KGB/Secret police

Mollie (Animal Symbolism)

Upper class who liked luxury

Benjamin (Animal Symbolism)

Skeptics/intellectuals

Sheep (Animal Symbolism)

Mindless followers

Rebellion (Animal Farm)

Russian Revolution (1917)

Battle of the Cowshed (Animal Farm)

Civil War (Reds vs Whites)

Napoleon's rise (Animal Farm)

Stalin's dictatorship

Exile of Snowball (Animal Farm)

Trotsky's exile

Animal executions (Animal Farm)

Stalin's purges

Windmill (Animal Farm)

Stalin's Five-Year Plans

Selling timber to Frederick (Animal Farm)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Final scene (Animal Farm)

USSR becoming like the capitalist West

Indefatigable

Never tired

Cryptic

Mysterious

Countenance

Facial expression

Euphemistic

Using soft words for harsh things

Ignominious

Shameful

Obstinate

Stubborn

Acquiesced

Accepted without arguing

Pathos

(Old Major) Appeals to emotion

Squealer Use of Rhetoric

Fear, statistics, euphemisms, logical fallacies, flattery

Major Theme

Power corrupts

Major Theme

Language is power

Major Theme

Leaders lie to stay in control

Major Theme

People ignore the truth if it's easier

Major Theme

Revolutions can fail and repeat the same problems

Animal Farm Author

George Orwell (real name: Eric Blair)

Anthropomorphism

Animals act like humans (talk, vote, etc.)

Personification

Giving human traits to non-human things (e.g., 'the wind whispered').

Chapter 1 Summary

Old Major inspires rebellion

Chapter 2 Summary

Rebellion happens, pigs take charge

Chapter 3 Summary

Animals work; commandments made

Chapter 4 Summary

Battle of the Cowshed

Chapter 5 Summary

Snowball is exiled

Chapter 6 Summary

Windmill built; trade begins

Chapter 7 Summary

Starvation, executions

Chapter 8 Summary

More lies; second windmill

Chapter 9 Summary

Boxer dies; pigs live in luxury

Chapter 10 Summary

Animals can't tell pigs from humans