Exam Information
Multiple Choice: 30
True/False: 20
Matching: 26 (Vocabulary)
Short Answer: Four questions, 2-3
sentences.
Animal Farm vs. Russian
Revolution
British/American Literature Review
Animal Farm
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Mr. Jones
◦ Irresponsible to his animals (beats them)
◦ Sometimes cruel; letting them starve
◦ Sometimes kind; mixing milk in animals’ food
Russian Revolution
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Czar Nicholas II
◦ Poor leader as compared to other Monarchs
◦ Cruel: Sometimes brutal with political opponents
◦ Sometimes kind: Hired starving students to work as spies
Animal Farm
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Old Major
◦ Taught Animalism
◦ Workers do the work, rich keep the money, animals revolt
◦ Dies before the Revolution takes place
Russian Revolution
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Karl Marx
◦ Invented Communism
◦ “Workers of the World Unite” – take over the economy
(factories and farms) and thus the government
◦ Dies before the Russian Revolution
Animalism
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Animalism
◦ No social classes; no rich, but no poor
◦ Workers get a better life; all animals are equal
◦ Animals own the farm
Russian Revolution
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Communism
◦ No social classes; no rich and no poor
◦ All people are equal
◦ Government owns everything & the people own the
government
Animal Farm
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Snowball
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Young, smart, good speaker, idealistic
Really wants to make life better for all
One of the leaders of the Revolution
Chased away into exile from Napoleon’s dogs
Russian Revolution
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Leon Trotsky
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Other leader of October Revolution
Pure communist, followed Marx
Wanted to Improve life for all in Russia
Chased away by Lenin’s KGB (secret police)
Animal Farm
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Napoleon
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Not a good speaker, not as smart as Snowball
Cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt
Ambition for power, killed opponents
Used dog, Moses, and Squealer, to control the animals
Russian Revolution
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Stalin
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Not a good speaker, not as educated as Trotsky
Didn’t follow Marx’s ideas
Cared for power only; killed his opponents
Used KGB & allowed the Church, propagandized
Animal Farm
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Squealer
◦ Big Mouth, talks a lot
◦ Convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon
◦ Changes and manipulates the commandments
Russian Revolution
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Ministry of Information
◦ Worked for Stalin to support his image
◦ Used any lie that would support Stalin
◦ Benefited from government control of education
Animal Farm
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The Dogs
◦ A Private army that used fear to force animals to work
◦ Killed or intimidated any opponent of Napoleon’s
◦ Essential part of Napoleon’s strategy to control the animals
KGB
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KGB – The Secret Police
◦ Not really police, but enforcers used to support Stalin
◦ Used force: often killed entire families for disobedience
◦ Totally loyal to Lenin, Stalin, etc, more so than the military
Animal Farm
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Moses the Raven
◦ Tells animals about Sugar Candy Mountain – Heaven
◦ Animals can go there if they work hard
◦ Snowball & Major were against him
⚫They thought Sugar Candy Mountain was a lie to make the
animals work
◦ Napoleon let him stay because he taught the animals to work
and not complain
Russian Revolution
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Religion
◦ Marx said religion was the “opiet of the masses”
◦ Designed to teach people to not complain about their lot in
life (Why complain, soon you’ll be in heaven.)
◦ Stalin allowed religion to calm down the discontent of the
people
Animal Farm
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Mollie
◦ Was Vain – loved her beauty & herself
◦ Didn’t think about animal farm
◦ Went with anyone that gave her what she wanted
Russian Revolution
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The wealthy or upper-class Russians
◦ Some people didn’t care about the Revolution
◦ Only thought of their own self interest
◦ Escaped to other countries that offered more for them
Animal Farm
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Boxer
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Strong, hard working horse, believed in Animal Farm
“Napoleon is always right”
“I Will Work Harder”
Gives his all, but is betrayed by Napoleon who sells him to the
glue factory
Russian Revolution
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Dedicated, but tricked supporters of the Revolution
◦ People believed Stalin because he was “Communist”
◦ Many stayed loyal even after Stalin was revealed as a tyrant
◦ Betrayed by Stalin who ignored or killed them
Animal Farm
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Benjamin
◦ Old Wise Donkey who is suspicious of Napoleon
◦ Thinks “Nothing ever changes” – he was right
◦ His suspicions about Boxer being sold to the glue factory and
the Commandments being changed were proved true
Russian Revolution
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Skeptical people of Russia and the outside World
◦ Weren’t sure Revolution would change anything
◦ Realized that a tyrant could call himself a Communist
◦ Knew Communism wouldn’t work with Tyrants
Animal Farm
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Overall details of the Revolution
◦ Was designed to make life better for the animals
◦ Life ended up being far worse
◦ Life was the same or worse under the animals as compared to
the humans they rebelled against
Russian Revolution
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Supposed to fix the problems that existed under the
Czar’s rule
Life was worse after the revolution than before
Stalin made the Czar look like a nice guy