Animal Farm Framing Topics

Words I should have an idea of what they mean

Gaslighting

The practice of psychologically manipulating someone into questioning their own sanity, memory, or powers of reasoning.

Fable

Short story, typically involving animals, intended to convey a useful moral or truth.

Satire

Use of humor, exaggeration, ridicule, sarcasm, irony, and/or a number of other literary devices to expose and criticize foolishness, corruption, or general social problems with the intent to promote social change.

Allegory

A story that includes characters, setting, etc. that have both literal and figurative meanings.

Fairytale

A fairytale is usually written for children about magical or fantastic events that are not true.

Propaganda

The spreading of ideas, information or rumor for the purpose of helpinginjuring an institution, a cause, or a person.

Scapegoating

The act of transferring responsibility (or blaming) one’s failures or frustrations onto a vulnerable group.

Dystopia

An imagined place/state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one.

Utopia

An imagined place/state in which everything is perfect.

Totalitarianism

A form of government with strong central rule that tries to control individual freedoms.

Socialism

Democratic socialists believe the economy and society should be run democratically to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. Socialism values equality, social justice, cooperation, progress, and individual freedom and happiness.