Animal Farm Terms

Fable

Animals are used to comment of human society & nature; a story that enforces useful truth is which animal speak & act like humans

Allegory

Story where characters & events represent actual people and events in life or history

Satire

Literary work that ridicules human shortcomings or mistakes

Irony

Opposite of what is expected (situational, dramatic, and verbal)

Totalitarianism

System of gov demanding TOTAL submission of individual to the requirements of the states

Capitalism

Economics system in which trade & industry are controlled by private owners

Communism

System of common ownership of property; any system of social organization in which all economic & social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party

Socialism

Theory of social organization based on gov ownership, management, and control of prediction & distribution or exchange of goods

Proletariat

The working class

Bourgeoisie

Middle class (between very wealthy to working class)

Idealist

Person who has high ideals & tries in unrealistic ways to achieve these ideas

Scapegoat

Person who is made to bear blame or punishment that should rightly fall on others

Broker

An agent who buys & sells things on behalf of others

Propaganda

Widespread promotion of particular idea