Animal Farm Cryptogram
The author of Animal Farm (last name only):
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A story that is actually an extended metaphor:
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Animal Farm is an allegory for:
The ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Revolution
A regime that essentially controls everything:
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Orwell was concerned with social
and the mistreatment of the lower classes.
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Orwell also wrote about political
and its ability to corrupt good people.
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The Russian people were angry about
___ ___ ___ ___ shortages,
Rasputin’s
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and growing
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Leader of the Bolshevik coup d'etat in 1917:
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Communist agitator who rivaled Lenin and was
later ordered to be murdered by Joseph Stalin.
_T_ _R_ _O_ _T_ _S_ _K_ _Y_
These were symbols of the Russian Revolution:
_H_ _A_ _M_ _M_ _E_ _R__ and sickle
This is what happened to Nicholas II, meaning he
was formally removed from his role as tsar:
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His slogan was “All power to the Soviets!”(last name): ___ ___ ___ ___ ___’s
Lenin was considered the founder of the
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Party of the Soviet Union, leader of the Bolshevik
Revolution of 1917, and first head of the Soviet state.
The Bolshevik’s, led by Lenin, undermined the war
effort through the use of this technique:
_P_ _R_ _O_ _P_ _A_ _G_ _A_ _N_ _D_ _A_
Last Tsar of Russia who badly handled Russia’s role
In World War I:
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Lenin’s first name:
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This is where George Orwell was born:
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Born Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell is really his
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The Bolshevik Revolution is also called the
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Lenin’s focus was on peace,
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Orwell’s
_F_ _I_ _R_ _S_ _T_ novel, ___ ___ ___ ___ and
___ ___ ___ in Paris and ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___,
examines a life of poverty.
Pull the noted letters above down into the blanks below in order of appearance in order
to complete a quote made famous by the American author Mark Twain.
“It’s ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ to ___ ___ ___ ___ people
___ ___ ___ ___ to ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ them
they’ve been ___ ___ ___ ___ ed.”
Think about the above quote. Explain in a few sentences what you think it means.
Based on what you’ve learned today and the quote, make a couple of predictions about
Animal Farm.