FINAL marking deadline for overdue October work - Fri. Nov. 6
Animal Farm TEST - Mon. Nov. 2 (100 marks)
Fri. Oct. 30 - Animal Farm online novel ; Animal Farm audio book
- review the Animal Farm test paragraph question
- finish viewing the Animal Farm movie. If you are absent, there is an alternative cartoon movie version available below:
Wed. Oct. 28 - Thurs. Oct. 29 - Animal Farm online novel ; Animal Farm audio book
- review ch. 3 - 10 Animal Farm questions and answers.
- Review of propaganda techniques and completion of activities to find examples of propaganda in magazine ads.
Animal Farm Synopsis
Orwell didn't include two phases of revolution in his story. This is one
example where there isn't a tidy parallel between the book and the
real history of the revolution. Animal Farm seems to lump together the
Russian Revolution (February 1917) and the rise of the Bolshevik party
(October Revolution 1917).
Activity:
- Understand the definition of the word "propaganda."
- Understand how propaganda is used in Animal Farm.
Mon. Oct. 26 - Tues. Oct. 27, 2015 - Animal Farm online novel ; Animal Farm audio book
- Review answers to the George Orwell biography.
- Read ch. 4 - 7 of George Orwell's Animal Farm and work on the questions.
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novella that can be described as a roman à clef (French for "novel with a key"), which is a work describing real-life behind a façade of fiction.
Although Animal Farm is short, it can be read and interpreted on several levels:
A "fairy tale" or "fairy story"
can mean any far-fetched story that may feature folkloric characters
such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and talking animals,
and usually enchantments, often involving a far-fetched sequence of
events (Wikipedia).
A fable is a succinct story, in
prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or
forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities),
and that illustrates a moral lesson (a "moral"). Fables can be
described as a didactic mode of literature. They frequently have as
their central characters animals with the ability to reason and speak
(Wikipedia).
In satire, human or individual
vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means
of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally
with the intent to bring about improvement.Although satire is usually
meant to be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily humour in
itself so much as an attack on something of which the author strongly
disapproves, using the weapon of wit (Wikipedia).
An allegory is a form of
extended metaphor in which objects, persons, and actions in the
narrative are equated with meanings that lie outside the narrative
itself (Microsoft Encarta).
To appreciate the deeper satirical and allegorical elements within
Animal Farm, it is important to have an understanding of the author,
George Orwell, and the historical and political dynamics of his time.
View parts 1 -5 of George Orwell's biography and complete the questions (see Assignments and Handouts link):
George Orwell - Part 1
George Orwell - Part 2
George Orwell - Part 3
George Orwell - Part 4
George Orwell - Part 5
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