Transcript Animal Farm - Open Passport

An Allegorical Adventure
OBJECTIVE: Your objective today is to make connections between the
characters we’ve been studying in the novel, Animal Farm, and the real people
and things they represent.
MATERIALS: You will need both a sharp mind and your student laptop.
DIRECTIONS: You will progress through the presentation using the navigation
buttons at the bottom of the screen; HOWEVER, occasionally there are slides
with activities in which you will participate by clicking on the yellow question
mark in the box
or on the correct multiple choice response. You may also be
directed to use the pen tool indicated on the screen to match items.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Click here to begin!
Remember: Be sure
to click on the yellow
question marks!
An allegory is a type of figure of
speech that uses fictional
characters, figures, or events in a
book or movie to represent real
people or events or abstract ideas.
On the next slide and later in the presentation you will be
asked to match items using the pen tool.
To use the Pen Tool, click on it
and then select the red pen
from the menu
Match the items by clicking and
dragging the mouse from one
item to the other
Once you are finished, click
back on the Pen Tool and select
the arrow so you can forward to
the next slide
The Wizard of Oz
A representation of people
who come together because
they are bullied, feared, and
outcast
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe
A representation of Christian
figures and themes.
X-Men
A representation of the
‘Haves’ and the ‘Have-nots’ of
the Victorian Age
Pen tool!
When you are finished using the
pen, click back on the arrow!
The Wizard of Oz
A representation of people
who come together because
they are bullied, feared, and
outcast
The Chronicles of Narnia:
The Lion, the Witch, and
the Wardrobe
A representation of Christian
figures and themes.
X-Men
A representation of the
‘Haves’ and the ‘Have-nots’ of
the Victorian Age
Animal Farm is an allegorical
representation of the people and events
surrounding the Russian Revolution of
the early 20th century and the birth of
Communism in that country.
So, exactly who or what do the
characters in Animal Farm represent?
Karl Marx was a
German philosopher
and revolutionary
socialist. His most
famous book, The
Communist Manifesto,
discusses the purpose
of and approach
toward Communism.
Some of his ideas
included the fact that:
• Capitalism would
eventually be
replaced by socialism
and communism
• Man makes religion,
religion does not
make man
He was known as “Bloody Nicholas”
because of his violent suppression of any
protests by the people.
Even though his ministers begged him to
consider implementing a democratic
government, he firmly believed in autocracy
or his right to rule without question.
In 1917 he was overthrown by the
Bolsheviks and they assassinated the Czar,
Czarina, & their 5 children a year later.
The proletariat are the lower
class. It was said that their
only value was their labor
power and they had no other
wealth than their sons.
The Bourgeoisie (pronounced Burzh-wah-zee),
according to Karl Marx, played heroic roles in
revolutionizing industry & modernizing society.
Trotsky (aka Snowball) was focused on unifying
the people of Russia after the Revolution and
building the Red Army, but his ‘neutrality’ was
considered traitorous.
Stalin (aka Napoleon) was not a leader in the
Revolution but rose through the ranks to
become one of the most murderous dictators in
history.
In 1927, Stalin had Trotsky exiled from Russia,
but Trotsky continued to be an inspiration to
some until Stalin had Trotsky assassinated in
1940.
Joseph Stalin was not
known for being a great
speaker; in fact, he was
known for being both
vague and brief.
PRAVDA was a Russian political newspaper associated directly with the
Russian Communist Party. It was often used as propaganda, biased
information used to benefit one party over the other, to elevate the party
or various party officials.
Directions: Using the pen tool, match the boxes on the left to actual quotes attributed to
or about these people. Think about what you know and have learned about these people
when considering the quotes. Good luck!
Karl Marx
Czar Nicholas II
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Pen tool!
When you are finished using the
pen, click back on the arrow!
“The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism,
presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed
colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A
'neutral' position is tantamount to support of imperialism.”
“I will preserve the principle of Autocracy as firmly and
unflinchingly as my late father.”
“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking
living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The
people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count
the votes decide everything.”
Directions: Using the pen tool, match the boxes on the left to actual quotes attributed to
or about these people. Think about what you know and have learned about these people
when considering the quotes. Good luck!
Karl Marx
Czar Nicholas II
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
“The struggle against war and its social source, capitalism,
presupposes direct, active, unequivocal support to the oppressed
colonial peoples in their struggles and wars against imperialism. A
'neutral' position is tantamount to support of imperialism.”
“I will preserve the principle of Autocracy as firmly and
unflinchingly as my late father.”
“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking
living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.”
“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The
people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count
the votes decide everything.”
The best example of Bourgeoisie would be
A
Migrant workers
B
Factory management
C
Autocratic rulers
Be sure to click on
the orange
buttons!
The Bourgeoisie were not people in the
lower or upper class, but somewhere in the
middle. These were people who usually
had some level of education but could not
advance in society because they were not
related to or of royal descent.
On to the next question…
An allegory is
A
A style of leadership where a single leader issues orders that must
be followed by everyone, no matter what
B
A revolution begun by the Bourgeoisie
C
A figurative representation of the people and events surrounding
an event.
Remember: an allegory is a type of figure
of speech that uses fictional characters,
figures, or events in a book or movie to
represent real people or events or abstract
ideas.
On to the next question…
Animal Farm’s Seven Commandments are a loose interpretation of
A
Karl Marx’s, The Communist Manifesto
B
PRAVDA’s propaganda for the Communist government
C
The writings of Leon Trotsky
When the pigs developed The Seven
Commandments, they contained similar
themes to that of the path to Communism
that Karl Marx wrote down in The
Communist Manifesto.
Congratulations!...
You have made it through…
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