Chapter 7 Animal Farm

ANIMAL FARM

Chapter 7

giving

index

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01

02

03

THE SILENT REBELLION

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER 7

the life on the farm

THE TRUE FACE OF NAPOLEON

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06

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07

HOW IS TERROR EXPRESSED?

ABSURDITY OF THE SITUATION

THEATRICAL DIMENSION

PROPAGANDA and scapegoating

axe 1 : Summary of chapter 7

• winter : times are hard (animals look good)

• reconstruction of the destroyed windmill (not thick enough)

• so they work harder

• frozen potato plantations

• famine is back

• Napoleon deceives Mr Whymper about living conditions on the farm

• he sells more eggs but chickens rebel (they crush them)

• so less food -> hens die (Napoleon: "illness")

• "it's all Snowball's fault because he's in cahoot with Mr Frederick"

• Beast of England is no longer relevant therefore prohibited

AXE 2

The life on the farm at the time under Napoleon's rule

• Lack of food
• Tensions -> Snowball
• Beginning of an authoritarian regime

--> New Napoleonic rules and the farm's anthem

AXE 3 --> CHAPTER 7 : THE TRUE FACE OF NAPOLEON

• Napoleon is the President of the farm
• Snowball was an hero
• Animals can trust pigs

• Napoleon is a tyrant
• Snowball was an enemy and was plotting against the farm
• Animals must obey pigs

AXE 4--> CHAPTER 7 : the silent rebellion such as the Hen's and clover's reactions

Clover

The hen's

She seeks comfort in this "irrelevant" situation. The only thing that can relieve her is singing Beast Of England as before, nonetheless even her right is taken away from her.

They rebel and decide to stand up to the pigs. However, this courage will cost the lives of nine hens.

Axe 5 : How the absurdity of the situation is denounced ?

• Examples of absurd actions :

- charge against Snowball- "Beasts of England" forbidden = abandonment of all references of the true communist ideal - After the destruction of the windmill, all animals have to work even harder than human times. - Like in Mr. Jones’s days, famine is present.

• An example of accumulation / excess / exaggeration :

- Hens break their eggs so that they are not sold to humans by pigs so Napoleon starves them even more so they died and the animals will no longer have eggs to sell to buy food = It is too much for the animals. Napoleon loses control and becomes a real tyrant and abuses the power he has given himself.

• An ironical comment :

- By wanting to stop the mediocre life that animals lived because of humans, they find themselves under the orders of pigs who are worse. - When the key to the shed was lost.

Axe 6:

The theatrical dimension through the chapter

Unity of time, place & action

Theatrical turns of phrase

Theatrical effects

Role played by the animals

the theatrical dimension

Axe 6:

3 unities

Animal Farm

Classical theatre

• One place

• One time

• One action

• The yard

• The late afternoon

• A meeting

the theatrical dimension

axe 6:

Role played by the animals

• Napoleon: main villain

• The dogs: villain, bodyguards

• Boxer: hero

• 4 pigs: victims of main villain

• 3 hens, a goose, 3 sheeps: secondary, victim of upper class

the theatrical dimension

Axe 6:

Theatrical effects

Effects

Elements

A tragic scene Animals shocked He seems invicible The meeting = a courthouse

Death, violence, abuse of power Unexpected event Dogs protecting Napoleon Sentence to death

the theatrical dimension

Axe 6:

Theatrical turns of phrase

• lexical field of suffering
• vocabulary of justice
• lexical field of battle

• vocabulary of murder
• lexical field of fear

• The unexpected scene

• "pain and terror" + "shaken and miserable"
• "guilt" + "sentence" + "confess their crimes" + "collaborated"
• "The dog shrieked for mercy"
• "Slaughtered" + "slain" + "tore their throats out"
• "sent shivers down all the animals' spines" + "terrible voice" + "terrible thing"
• "To the amazement of everybody"

Axe 7

How is Terror expressed?

1: Actions/reactions of the differents characters

2:Stylistics devices used

3:Comparison to Stalin's regime

Propaganda

-What is propaganda?

-Propaganda in the Russian revolution -pseudo scientifics theories -Propaganda in the Animal Farm

Links between communism and animalism

Scapegoating

-The russian revolution and the secret police -Napoleon and scapegoating -Snowball and scapegoating

-Based on .... -Coruption

Thank you!

Laure / Mélodie / Maël / Diane / Julie / Annabelle