Chapter 8 Discussion Notes
6th Commandment changed
“none cared to mention it” (61)
push to finish windmill
Squealer's quota reports, over-inflated, lies
propaganda - inaccurate information, lies
animals losing perspective on pre-revolutionary life
Napoleon increasingly withdrawn, elitist (62)
appears with dogs and rooster, fanfare
formal grandiose titles (62)
US president "Commander in Chief"
Iran "Symbol of God"
North Korea "Dear Leader"
Napoleon credited with every success
Napoleon song (63)
propaganda Snowball plot to murder Napoleon- guard dogs, taster
LINK TO STALINIST HONOURIFICS
READ FROM PHOTOCOPY ABOUT APPLAUSE
N. Korean TV anchor, Ri Chun Hee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J2Nnl7Ano&app=desktop
N. Korean mourners, Kim Jong Il:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccsNr9UJeVY
Mr. Frederick vilified
bank notes are forgeries
ripped off, swindled, scam
more Snowball propaganda, gander false confession, suicide
MORE FALSE CONFESSIONS
Snowball not received “Animal Hero, First Class”
censured for cowardice
Squealer remakes animals' memories (65)
remember - re (again) member (put together)
windmill finished, Napoleon Mill, foreshadowing “explosives would lay them low this time” (66)
180 switch from Frederick to Pilkington- wood sold
all confusion blamed on Snowball (67)
wood “carted away at high speed”
counterfeit cash from wood to buy machinery for windmill-
animals prepare for attack from Frederick
guns, animals fall back, Pilkington message “Serves you right” (69)
Benjamin sees men to blast windmill, destroyed
dynamite
Pyrrhic victory – victory but with great losses
animals counter-attack, bloody melee, Napoleon in rear
Squealer (absent during fight) spins defeat (71)
Boxer wounded, weary
Napoleon awards to self “Order of Green Banner” (72)
whiskey, pigs drunk, hungover, has a hangover
https://www.tienda.com/recipes/sangria.html
cocktails, mixed drinks
sow field of barley (73)
Canada Pension Plan (CPP) - you pay into it
Old Age Supplement (OAS) - low-income seniors
Squealer caught changing Fifth Commandment
He is a mean drunk. She gets mouthy when she drinks.
He gets talkative when he drinks.
He turns into a motor mouth.
She is a happy drunk.
Two glasses of wine and the English will flow.
Your inhibitions are lowered.
inhibitions - internal barriers, control
a blackout -
amnesia - memory loss
Bears hibernate.
He has the party flu. slang, hangover
medication - SSRI - selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Prozac
psychiatrist/therapist - $$
stigma -
Chapter 9 Discussion Notes
Boxer hurt, keeps working, not show pain
Clover nurse, Benjamin worried
retirement- good pension plan
hard winter, rations reduced except for pigs and dogs (75)
Squealer spins “readjustment”, figures to prove life better
“they had been slaves and now they were free” (75)
Napoleon sires many children- educated, play apart
other animals must stand aside for pigs
pigs wear green ribbons on Sundays
successful year, but rations reduced, pigs still fat, comfortable
barley reserved for pigs, beer ration
life has “greater dignity” (77) songs, speeches, processions
Spontaneous Demonstrations (77) appointed time, military-like procession
fluttering flags, empty bellies
AnimalFarm-Republic with president
further propaganda against Snowball regarding Battle of Cowshed (78), Napoleon wounded Snowball
Moses the raven returns (78), outwardly condemned but supported by pigs
Boxer tiring, weakening, collapses
knacker van- Benjamin finally speaks up, too late
Squealer spins van/ death
pigs drunk on whiskey
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