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by George Orwell

Animal Farm. by George Orwell. Chapters 1–4: Characterization.

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by George Orwell

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  1. Animal Farm by George Orwell Chapters 1–4: Characterization Characterization is the means by which an author reveals a character’s personality. An author can develop a character in several ways: indirect characterization—showing the character acting and speaking; giving a physical description of the character; revealing the character’s thoughts and feelings or what others think about the character—and direct characterization—commenting directly on the character. Orwell characterizes Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer as three different types of leaders, each with positive and negative traits. Provide two outstanding positive traits and two negative ones that characterize each pig. Then, next to the traits, cite an incident, action, or speech that illustrates each characteristic.

  2. Characterization Positive Negative Napoleon Snowball Squealer

  3. Vocabulary Development Review the vocabulary words for this section: benevolent, cynical, laborious, tyranny, vivacious, cryptic, and propulsion. • benevolent – well meaning and kindly • cynical – distrustful of human sincerity or integrity • laborious – requiring considerable effort and time • tyranny – cruel and oppressive government or rule • vivacious – attractively lively and animated • cryptic – having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure • propulsion – the action of driving or pushing forward

  4. Meaning: well meaning and kindly Synonym: benevolent Example: charity; volunteering for a good cause generous Sentence: My Purdie’s English class received a class set of books from a benevolent donor.

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  8. Thinking Critically Chapter I 1. In your opinion, which of the three pigs does Orwell characterize as the strongest leader? 2. What is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major? What might this arrangement say about future meetings or events? 3. According to Major, what is the cause of all the animals’ problems?

  9. Thinking Critically Chapter II 3. How does the behavior of the pigs foreshadow their eventual leadership positions? 4. What causes the animals to finally rebel against Mr. Jones and his four farmhands? 5. When the humans have been chased from the farm, what do the animals do?

  10. Thinking Critically Chapter III and IV 6. What further examples of the difference between the pigs and the other animals occur in the Chapter III and Chapter IV? 7. What are Napoleon’s ideas about education? 8. How is Squealer able to convince the other animals to accept whatever Napoleon decides?

  11. Thinking Critically Chapter III and IV 9. What was Snowball’s part in this battle? 10. Where is Napoleon during the battle? Do you think that Animal Farm will be a better place than Manor Farm was? Why or why not? Predicting What Comes Next

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