Thursday, January 29, 2009

Pictures






This is the Animal Farm book.








This is the animal farm flag.































Chapter 1,2 and 3 answers

Chapter 1
1. The animals all came in and arranged themselves into smallest to largest and smart to less smart. This says that in future meetings they might be arranged from power to less power and might also be by who Napoleon wants in front and back.
2. The cause for the animals problems are the humans.(people)
3. The Motto Major gives the animals is, 'what walks on two legs is an enemy and what walks on four legs or has wings is a friend.'
4. The seven commandments are 1)What walks on two legs is an enemy 2) What walks on four legs of has wings is a friend 3) No weraing clothes 4)No sleeping in a bed 5) no drinking alcohol 60 No killing another animal 7) All animals are equal. These are concidered a vice because some animals will always be more equal then others.
5)They like the song 'Beasts of England' because it showed them reality is real and made them want to sing and rebell and have hope to live differently.
Chapter 2
6) After Majors death, the idea to rebell became a major priority for the future.\
7) The pigs don't like Moses the raven's stories because they dont want the other animals to have hope and they don't want anyone to believe in them and they think they are very distaracting.
8)The animals finally rebell because Mr. Jones and his men forgot to feed them, care for them and tend the land.
9)After the humans have been chased from the farm, the animals eat all the foood they wanted and they burned everything that was essential to burn that reminded them of Mr. Jones and then they wrote out the seven commandments.
10) The animals after, knocked the farmhouse door open and walked in with care and fear of disturbing anything and continued to walk aroung in awe.
11) The pigs behavior foreshawdows their leadership because they take control of the situation, lead them and take on new acheivements and abilities.
Chapter 3
12) The difference between the pigs and other animals is that the pigs get special food and treatments only for them.
13)Napoleon's idea about education is that everyone need s it and it will help out smart/keep people out and show is power as a leader.
14) Squealer is able to convince others to follow Napoleon because he says if they dont Jones will come back.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Characters of Animal Farm

Mr Jones- He was the owner of Manor Farm, up until the animals took over and recalled it Animal Farm
Old Major-Is a white boar, who is looked up to from the other animals. He died.
Snowball-He is smart and is one of the leaders of the revolution.
Napoleon- He is interested in power. He is also one of the leaders.
Squealer-He convinces all animals to follow Napoleon.
The dogs-They use fear to get the other animals to work.
Moses-He is a raven and he told the other animals about Sugar Candy Mountain(heaven)
Mollie- She loves ribbons and she likes her beauty and self. She doesn't really care much for the Animal Farm.
Boxer-Horse. He believes in animal farm.
Clover- a female horse who always accuses the pigs of disobeying the commandments.
Benjamin- Refuses to feel inspired by the rebellion like the other animals.
Mrs. Jones- She snuck her and herself out during the rebellion.
Minimus- He composes a patriotic song for Napoleon, to replace 'Beasts of England'
Muriel- She is a white goat who reads the best and is always called on to read the amendments.
Mr. Pilkington- He is a neighbor to Mr. Jones and runs the farm Foxwood.
Sheep- They sheep are a group, therefore don't have any individual names. They are taught to bleat the latest slogan for hours at a time
Mr. Whymper- He negotiations between the pigs and the outside world (Humans)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

George Orwell




(1903-1950)-pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair


George Orwell is a Political Author, Journalist, Essayist, Critic and English novelist. He wrote ANIMAL FARM in 1945 and NINETEEN EIGHT-FOUR in 1949. He was born in Motihari, Bengal, India. George was the second child of Richard Walmesley Blair and Ida Mabel Limonzin. In 1904, he moved with his mother and sister to England and he then attended Eton. In college periodicals was where his first writings were published. Also, he attended St Cyprian's Preparatory School in Easbourne. This was a bitter and unhappy time for Orwell becasue his book SUCH, SUCH WERE THE JOYS wasnt published until 1968 because of fear of libel action.

When Orwell was 17, he experienced as an "amateur tramp" in Plymouth, where he was stranded without much money. He later went to Burma t0 serve in the Indian Imperial Police (1922-27) as an assistant superintendent because he failed to recive a scholarship to university. Orwell's dislike of imperial rule led to the book SHOOTING AN ELEPHANT (1950)

George Orwell returned to where his aunt lived in England and ended up living as a tramp and beggar (1928-29). Material for DOWN AND OUT IN PARIS AND LONDON (1933) was inspired by his time in poverty.

During world war 2, Orwell served as a sergent in the home guard and worked for the BBC as a journalist (1943-1945).

Orwell lived mostly on the remote island of Jura, in the western isles of Scotland. He had adopted a boy. His wife then died in 1945, but in 1949 he married a lady named Sonia Brownell. Sadly their marriage only lasted 3 months before Orwell died from tuberculosis in London University Hospital on January 21, 1950.(Soon after the publication of NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR)