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Animal Farm terms and characters

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Title: Animal Farm terms and characters
Description: Flashcards for Ms. Phillips' English I class
Number of Cards: 45
Author: lphillips22
Created: 2007-11-27
Tags: animal animalfarm farm languagearts terminology
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Who does Mr. Jones represent? Czar Nikolas II
Who does Old Major represent? Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
Who do the dogs represent? The KGB or secret police
Who does Boxer represent? the typical workingman
Who does Benjamin represent? the cynic who never believes in the revolution
Who does Mollie represent? the defector who can't handle the hard life
What does Sugarcandy Mountain represent? Heaven
Who does Snowball represent? Leon Trotsky
Who does Napoleon represent? Josef Stalin
Who does Squealer represent? The propaganda agent
Who does Mr. Pilkington represent? Winston Churchill
Who does Mr. Frederick represent? Adolf Hitler
Who is Minimus? The poet pig
Who is Pinkeye? the food taster
Who does Mr. Whymper represent? The capitalists
Communism for animals Animalism
A dictator has total control over the lives of the people totalitarianism
Economic system where the government controls the means of production Socialism
This government has a dictator and places the nation or race over the individual fascism
Economic system where businesses are owned by private individuals Capitalism
No government, no social classes, everyone works to the best of their ability and receives according to their needs Communism
A perfect place Utopia
A stronger country takes control of a weaker country and exploits its people and resources Imperialism
Who do the sheep represent? The masses of people who follow without thinking
What did the Rebellion represent? The 1917 Revolution against the Tsar
What did the battle of the Cowshed represent? Anti-revolutionary invasion of Russia by the Western Allies
What did the Battle of the Windmill represent? German invasion of Russia during WWII
What did the Hens' Revolt represent? the Kulak's revolt (when the peasants burned their crops rather than turn them over to Stalin)
What did the changing of the commandments represent? The continual use of propaganda
What did the poker party represent? The Teheran Conference
What do the ribbons represent? the trappings of capitalism; slavery
What does the farmhouse represent? the Kremlin
What does the green on the flag represent? the green fields of England
What do the hoof and the horn represent? the hammer and sickle
What does the building of the windmill represent? Stalin's industrialization policies
What does the destruction of the windmill represent? the failure of Stalin's industrialization policies
What does selling the woodpile represent? When capitalism was allowed to save the country
What do the pigeons represent? the messengers of communism, spreading the idea beyond Russia
Who does Moses represent? the representative of religion and the afterlife
What is a fairy tale? A story using animals that does not have a moral
What is a fable? A story using animals that does have a moral
What is an anti-utopia or dystopia? A hellish or awful society
What is a satire? criticism done with humor and wit
What is a revolution? overthrow of a government and substitution of another
Who does Whymper represent? The capitalists
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