You should now be in chapter 4 of Animal Farm. After you read it, write a response of 7-10 sentences, using the first reading strategy on the list we made in class. Post your response in the comment section below.
Important: At the top of your comment, please include your name, give your section number and name the strategy that you are employing.
Each comment will be worth 10 points, based on
a) clarity of expression
b) use of evidence
c) thoughtfulness of response.
Remember to think about your own thinking. What mental processes are you using to help yourself understand the story?
Kenny Le
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Putting yourself in the story
I would use the strategy of putting myself in the story by first choosing a character which was portrayed the most. I would read the lines out loud in a voice or tone that I believe the character would be speaking in based upon their personality and the current events that the character is going through.I would combine all the emotions and feelings the character must be feeling into one unique tone to describe their situation. Since Mr.Jones was mentioned the most I chose to put myself in the story as him. In one of the scenes Mr.Jones is found to be in the taproom of the Red Lion at Willingdon ,presumably drinking alcohol, which means he would be drunk and spout nonsense to other people in an aggravated and rude tone. Therefore, I would read the lines out loud as if I was feeling aggravated and was trying to act rude to others. Also, since Mr.Jones recently experienced the Rebellion that took place at the Manor Farm he would be quite dismayed and distressed as to what he should do to solve the problem.Therefore he would talk to others in a frantic and desperate tone. By taking the preceding tones and voices Mr.Jones would have the tone of a desperate drunkard who speaks rudely to others. Based on the tone of Mr.Jones, I am allowed to see the story in the perspective of Mr.Jones as he sees it himself.
Franchesca Viaud
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analyzing/predicting the text
the character i chose to analyze was snowball, the leader. through the whole scene of the Battle of Cowfield all i could think about was how corrupt snowball has become. i thought about the disasterous affect that will come with all that power the animals have recieved. i thought that it couldn't last long and that snowball, who was so caught up in his hatred for man, will eventualy be his comrades downfall. when Boxer struck the man he was extremely sadened by it and guilty because it was an accident. but snowball said to not feel sadness over the death of a human, that all of them had it coming. and he also brushed off the death of the sheep who was shot by Mr. Jones, claiming it a sacrifice of war and even encouraging it. nthing good can come by having a leader like Snowball, he's determined and he has only one thought, and that's this rebellion, no matter who is harmed in the process, it's all for the good of the war.
While reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm i used the strategy of putting myself in the story. I could picture all the vents happening just as if i were there. I could imagine myself as one of the animals doing all the hard labor.While reading, i tried putting myself in the shoes of many of the characters that do very important things. During the War scene, i pictured myself as a dog, biting the farmers on their behinds. I came to realize that inserting yourself into a story makes it more interesting and more dramatic to the reader. For instance, during the Battle of Cowpen, if you inserted yourself into the text as one of the animals, the battle comes to life in your head. Id say that putting yourself in the story is a strategy that all readers should learn to use, because it is very beneficial.
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Strategy: “Put Yourself in the Story”
Personally, I found placing myself in the story difficult with chapter four of “Animal Farm”. Honestly, the facet of the story being in third person/omniscient truly threw me off; I cannot fool my mind into creating pictures or placing myself in a character’s position without the aid of the subject “I”. Reading a story that is written in third person makes me feel like an observer; I view the happenings and scenes of the story in a close-up/medium shot. As an observer, I feel that I don’t enjoy what is being described as much as I would otherwise and I find it much more vexing in terms of understanding the story. Try as I might have, needless to say, my attempt was a failure, but at least I tried. I attempted to place myself in Boxer’s “shoes”, but I did not enjoy the story that way, there were simply too many characters and too many options to choose from. In short, I often use “placing myself in the story” as a strategy, but then again, I am partial to reading stories told in first person.
Christina Wong
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Putting yourself into the story.
As I read chapter 4 of Animal Farm, I realized that it was slightly easier to picture myself in the story than other stories or chapters. In the chapter, as the Battle of Cowshed occurred I could almost imagine the strategy of Snowball's attacks going on. I could see the geese pecking at the feet of the men, the kicking of the horses and most of all, the shot that was fired at snowball. I could see the way Boxer was saddened by the fact that he had taken someone's life. Honestly, I could never really picture myself in the story. I think that it would have to be an interesting scene in the story for me to picture myself IN it.
Zhenhua Zhao
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Make the movie in the head
I could easily understand this event in my head. In this chapter, the men are going back to recapture the farm again. When Snowball and the men are firing and fighting, I could image this scene in my head. This is helpful to see and understand the plot of what's happening. When the men retreat, it is another scene of action in the story. If this is a movie, it might be very interesting and also funny on the animals and humans. I would really like to continue to keep on reading and knowing more about the story.
Lesley Liu
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Make the movie in your head
While reading this chapter I can imagine all the people around county worrying about their animals and I can see their expressions. I can also imagine all the animals in the other farms singing Beasts of England. I can imagine the fight of the animals and the humans. I can see the humans losing against the animals and their battle field. The would be a very interesting movie with all the animals fighting against the humans. This movie would most likely be a kind of action movie because of all the fighting and rebelling. I wonder what kind of shots would the director use for the different scenes.
Damian Cruz
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Putting Yourself in the Story
When I was reading chapter 4 of "Animal Farm" they have a part in which they explain these different farms that they knew about. they talked about this farm that was owned by a man who fished and hunted, and he didnt care much about his farm. they then talk about another farm which they stated "The other farm, which was called Pinchfeld, was smaller and better kept. Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough,
shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains" (page 15). Here I can picture myself visiting this famr and see a beautiful well kept farm with a man who is ver tall and well built with a briefcase. Another seen that I could picture myself in the book was when Snowball decided to charge back at the men who were chasing them to kill them. The book stated "He himself dashed straight for Jones. Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired" (page 16). I could really picture myself seeing a horse running strait for the man and the man just pulls out his gun and fires. The horse then falling and bleeds out and the men would be cheering.
Bonnie To - Section 5
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As I read Chapter 4 of Animal Farm, I did try to place myself in the story as one of the characters. I actually found this to be really hard since I usually picture the book I'm reading as a movie in my head. However, I did try it. I just feel that there were too many characters to actually choose someone and put yourself in their shoes. I think it would have been easier if the book was written from someone's actual point of view instead of the narrator's. While I was trying out this strategy, I basically saw what was happening from that character's eyes. It was basically like watching a movie with tons of points of views shots. For example, one minute I was Snowball, hiding behind the bush and giving orders to everyone. The other minute, I went from being the cat scratching someone to the guy that was being scratched. It may have been easier for others to put themselves in the story but I think in this case, it just confused me and my views on the actual book.
Anne Tran
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Make the movie in your head
Reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm, I imagined all the action and image as the story went along. This chapter was very gruesome as the animals are now at war with humans. The scene that I pictured in my head was when Mr. Jones had a gun ready to fight the war with the animals. He was at a low angle shot where his superiority took over and is a sign of bloodshed. The second scene was when Snowball launched his first attack on the men. Snowball sent thirty-five pigeons out flying to attack the men. I viewed this scene as a low angle when the pigeons are flying out, then a medium shot as they are attacking and a point of view as well to set a scene where the men saw the pigeon trying to kill them. The third scene is the animals start running into the yard tricking the farmers into believing that they have won. The farmers chased after them but was ambushed. I imagined the animals and farmers running into the yard as a tracking shot. The final scene was when Boxer standing over Mr. Jones and everyone looking at Mr. Jones dead body. I pictured a point of view and a god's eye.
Sara Ann Dartley
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Make the movie in your head
While reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm I imagined all the action that was taking place. The first shot i saw was a wide shot or establishing shot. While the pigeons flew to other farms I imaged a wide shot of all the farms in the surrounding areas. Another shot would be a low angle shot of Animal Farm. This would be when the other farmers are trying to convince their animals that rebelling is bad. This would show how Animal Farm is becoming even more powerful and the farmers are become weaker. When the animals and farmers are battling there are some good shots. The part where the farmers are running away I could imagine a God's eye view. This shows how powerless the farmers are against the animals as they run away.
Section 5 putting yourself in the story
ReplyDeleteWhile reading chapter 4 i tried to put myself into the story. it failed so lets try and pretend that i know what im doing because when i read im more of a last informed person, so its like i am being told what had happened. so i tried to put myself into one of the characters places but the fact that there is so much chaos going on some of the characters dont know whats going on. So i put myself as the sheep that got shot by Mr.Jones. dying early on into the rebellion i really couldnt see anything past that since, you know im "dead". so this is my failed attempt at putting myself into the book
Finding the "big idea" or theme
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I think that the biggest theme the author was trying to convey in chapter 4 was how fast ideas can spread. In the beginning of the chapter it quotes, "By the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread
across half the county." The idea that the humans didn't have to be superior to the animals got around extremely quickly. Just like the ideas surrounding the Russian Revolution.Snowball and Napoleon kept sending out flights of pigeons to spread the word.The faster these ideas were spread the more followers there would be, and the more followers there would be, the more of a radical event would occur. In Animal Farm's case, the animals ended up attacking the humans.
Ben Haideri
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“Looking for Literary Devices”
As I was reading chapter four in the book Animal Farm, I found many literary devices. Two devices that seemed to come up a lot throughout this chapter were allegories and symbolism. In chapter four`, Mr. Jones, along with other farmers decided to recapture the farm. The animals already expected that it would happen sooner or later and it says in the book “This had been long expected”. Snowball set up an attack, and was able to scare the farmers off yet again. My first example of an allegory is when the narration says “they were both thoroughly frightened by the Rebellion on Animal Farm, and were very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much”. The quote is important in relations to real life Communism because during Communism, the secret police decided what news went through to the people and what should be hidden, which happens in this book. Another example of literary devices in this chapter is also of symbolism and it is when the narration says “Any animal caught singing it was given a flogging on the spot” The “singing” in this book seems to represent talking or any kind of conspiracy in actual Communism. The fact that the animals where punished for speaking shows that during Communism, there were also a large amount of oppression. Overall, chapter four seems to highlight the oppression towards the animals from the farmers.
THE strategy i used was using the knowledge of communism and its past. The owners of the neighboring farms were symbolised as the west, including monarchys and capitalism. They tried to convince their citizens that what they are doing is unjust and that they would not last long. which was the same for the communists in russia. I have a feeling that the pigs are the leaders since they are smarter and to the piece of forshadowing that the pigs were up front when old major gave his speech. george orwell evidently is having communism portrayed in a farm in this book.
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“Looking for Literary Devices”
While reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm. I did not find it to be simple looking for literary devices in the chapter. I do not read for literary devices therefore it is difficult for me to find them, especially if i am caught up in the story. I did however find connections from the story from the book to the real world. Like when they referred to Julius Caesar and military strategies.
I did however think that there was a bit of foreshadowing. When the animals on the other farms started to sing "Beasts of England" and they started to not act how they usually should, it to me foreshadows that there will be other animals on the farm that will join Animal Farm and animalism. Perhaps later in the story other animals will rebel and become part of whar the animals are starting.
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ReplyDeleteGuillermo Ramirez- Put yourself in the story
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(i forgot my section and name) The scene in "Animal Farm" where the animals engaged in war between the humans, was captivating. I could see the whole thing, snowball sends pigeons to bombard the farmers and then retreats to send them into the real fight. When snowball uses that as a strategy it instantly reminded me of Romes war with Carthage.In the Punic wars Hannibal sent a small army to distract Rome then the army drove Rome into Hannibal's bigger army causing Rome to lose. The best part of the scene is when Boxer smashed one of the men. I saw Boxer on two feet like when you stop a horse and smashing his face towards the ground. I saw the man getting beat like when rocky balboa gets punched and blood comes out of his mouth, then the man falls on dung and boxer looks over him with a batman look.
Xinli Huang
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"The big idea"
In chapter 4 of "Animal Farm" a fight between the animals and the humans takes place. One of the themes or a big idea behind this chapter could be that people don't like to admit that they might be wrong so they avoid the idea. This theory is expressed through the event of mollie's actions. Mollie chose to go with the humans because she was benefited and she was also happy. The idea of animals and human beings getting along is something that the other animals don't want to believe in. Mollie also represents the middle class and they are the ones that don't care where they are as long as it is comfortable. When the aniamls see that mollie is happy with the humans they decided not to be outraged at this event but to avoid it. The reason being that they don't want to come in contact with something that might change their belief dream of Animalism.
Nicolas Duenas
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Visualizing the book
After reading chapter 4, I visualized many things but most of all I saw the first line of the chapter. In the first line it stated "by the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the country." In this first line, I can visualize how the animals spread the big news to their friends, family members, and even strangers. The line also hleps me visualize a setting for the whole chapter. As a result, help me understand the story better. They are so excited to tell everyone with a happy expression on their faces. Also, the animals on the Animal Farm got into an arguement/fight with the huimans. I see how they don't believe in getting along with eachother. But Mollie is the only one that actually decides to get along with the humans. I can visualize how the animals on the farm make Mollie an outlier and this act shows me how the rest of the animals can react tot a traitor.
Tingwa Tam
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Identify the big idea
One of the major themes that the author is trying to communicate to us is that war is war, no matter how small or violent. In chapter 4 after the men ran away, Snowball says "'No sentimentality, comrade... War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.'" The quote depicts how even though the only good human was killed, there should be no sympathy. It was a war and wars should be fought without delicacy or gentle feelings. After Boxer unintentionally kills the stable-lad, he speaks of sorrow and starts to tear up. On the other hand, Snowball thinks that Boxer shouldn't be so considerate because this was a war between the human beings and the animals. The author suggests that wars are supposed to contain violence and bitterness otherwise it wouldn't be a war at all.
Hanh Nguyen
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Looking for Literary Devices
When i was reading chapter 4 of "Animal Farm", two literary devices stood out to me the most. One of the literary devices i found was foreshadowing. The news of the animals of Animal Farm attacking Jones and his men was spreading around amongst humans and animals. The humans were outrages by the attack and wanted to take immediate control. The song "Beasts of England" was also spreading around from one animal to another. All the animals started singing the song. The humans were irritated and secretly intimidated at the same time. "When the humans listened to it,they secretly tremble, hearing it in a prophecy of their doom"(pg.16). The prophecy of doom foreshadows the human's defeat from the animals. Another literary device that orwell uses is personification. Orwell gives the animals many human characteristics. For example, Snowball is seen as one of the leaders of the farm. "snowball who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar's campaign was in charge of the defensive operations. Snowball is given the qualities of an army leader which is abnormal to give to a pig. Orwell uses this literary device to set a relationship betwwen the animals and the communist humans.
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ReplyDeleteBich Cao
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Make a movie in my head
As I was reading chapter 4, I pictured the events in my head. During the scene when Jones and his men came to Animal Farm and tried to take back his farm, I pictured all the animals bravely defend their home. The scene was touching yet funny at the same time. It was touching in that all the animals tried their hardest to defend their home and one sheep even died fighting. It was funny when I saw all the pigeons and geese pecking and poking at the men and then the animals defeated the men even when they got guns. They could've fire their guns and that would've have scared the animals, but no, they were such wimps and dumbasses. The most touching scene was Snowball's."Snowball now gave the signal for the charge. He himself dashed straight for Jones. Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired. The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball's back, and a sheep dropped dead. Without halting for an instant, Snowball flung his fifteen stone against Jones's legs." As I imaged Snowball charging at Jones so fearlessly, I was so moved that I silently cheered him on. Weird I know, but true.
Annie Pham Section 4
ReplyDeleteAfter reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm, I imagined action and image as the story kept going. The chapter had the animals at war with humans. I pictured Mr. Jones with a gun to attack while the animals over numbered him, having Mr. Jones at a low angle shot because he had a gun. Another scene would be when Snowball ordered his attack on the men, with 35 pigeons out flying. That scene would have been a low angle where the pigeons are flying out,when they are attacking would be a medium shot. There would have been a point of view of the men seeing the pigeons attacking them. The final scene when Boxer kills Mr. Jones, would been a low angle shot to show how powerful Boxer is, to have killed him.
Aileen Ortiz
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For a better understanding of Chapter 4, I placed myself as different characters as the the story went on. I was one of the witnesses when Mr. Jones was complaining about the Animal Farm in a angry, drunken dismayed tone; I was one of the animals when the Battle of the Cowshed occured. I was the narrator, the omniscent one, dictating everything I heard and saw. I remember seeing in a third point of view range the animals singing "Beasts of England" anthem and the humans going crazy and intimidated by the song. Another funny scene was the goose teetering toward the men and poking at their calves as the farmers retreated. I heard Snowballs comment about killing humans and felt suspicious. Snowball seemed corrupt and a little too ambition driven. I fear that the leadership of the Animal Farm is in the wrong hands.
During a reading on chapter 4, I carefully analyzed the situation that the animals were in as if I were in the story with them. When Snowball had made his battle plan against the humans, I analyzed the method he chose to fight with. When I had a good picture of this attack, I would put myself in one of the animal's position and imagine myself charging at the humans. From their perspective, I know that the animals have fear in them since they were charging towards the humans who had guns, which all animals fear. Another epic scene that took place was when Boxer trampled over Mr. Jones. The scene gave me an image of a low angle shot on Boxer which makes him all the more powerful then he already is. But when Boxer made his attack on Mr. Jones, Boxer thought he had killed Mr. Jones. When I thought of myself as Boxer, I knew that he was going through the guilt of killing someone regardless if Mr. Jones was human.
ReplyDeleteNia Campbell
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Think about what the authors trying to say
In Animal Farm I believe the general message is communism. In chapter 4 I think the author is trying to tell the reader that now that the word of Animal Farm has spread around the country most farmers are because cautious of their animals hoping that they wouldn't do the same. In the book it mentions how the Pigeons tell the farm that Pilkington & Fredricks men are marching on the farm. Snowball is prepared because of his knowledge on battle and war from the renowned Roman general Julius Caesar. This is shown when the animals ambush the men who were marching on the farm. I feel that the author is trying to tell the similarities between humans and animals and how they choose to deal with situations and there views on things. That is what I think the author is trying to say.
Carrie Doherty
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Putting Yourself In The Story
While reading chapter 4 of Animal Farm I used the strategy of putting myself in the story. There are many ways of using this technique, but I used it by pretending I was each character, trying to feel there emotion and thoughts. For example, when Mr. Jones and other farmers were marching to the farm, I tried to image what emotions were running their my head if I was a farmer, or a pigeon delivering the news, or Snowball coming up with a wick plan, or a normal animal on the farm getting ready to attack. This helped me get more into the story and understand everyone’s place as characters. In this scene, Snowball showed he was strong, but he also had many animals help him too. He couldn’t have done anything without brave animals like Boxer. As I pretended to be Boxer, I realized of angry he is and how he took it out on one person. It made me understand the frustration he is dealing with and what other animals are probably dealing with too. I also pictured myself as Mollie, scared and feeling alone. All she wants is the wear ribbons and look pretty, she doesn’t understand why the animals want to fight, so she hid. Using the strategy of putting myself in the story, I now understand the characters and their feelings.
Strategy Putting Yourself In The Story
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As I was reading chapter four, I visioned myself as the other animals. They just took orders from Snowball. Even when Boxer killed someone, Snowball didnt show any emotion or care. When Snowball said, No sentimentality, comrade! cried Snowball... This quote demonstrates how once you get that power, its blinds you. Snowball is the one who all the animals listen to, he feels the need to take advantage of it. But not for the better, because this quote shows an ugly side of Snowball. This strtedy, putting myself in the story, if I were to be one of the other animal's in the story.. I wouldnt like to be told what to do.
Michele Li
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Make the movie in your head
Chapter 4 of Animal Farm continues with the battle between humans and animals. Based on the detailed descriptions, I was able to visualize a vivid image of the battle in my head. When the pigeons alert Animal Farm that Mr. Jones is marching on the farm with Pilkington’s and Frederick’s men, I imagined the scene being shot in an establishing shot. It shows the chaos and the alert of animals preparing for the battle. Meanshile, Mr. Jones is walking ahead with a gun in his hand while everyone was carrying sticks, I visualized Mr. Jones from a low angle shot, having superiorty among his group of mens. Then, during the scene where Boxer and Snowball fight courageosly, I visualized them from a low angle shot charging at the humans and attacking them. At the end of the battle, I pictured the defeat of humans in a high angle shot showing how powerless they are. Lastly, when Boxer was feeling guilty and sad over the fact that he killed a stable boy unintentionally, I visualized Boxer’s face with an extreme close up shot to express his emotions.
Yue Tan
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"looking for literary devices"
In Chapter 4 of Animal Farm, a lot of symbolism comes up. The tune "Beasts of England" in the story represents rebellion in the real communist world. In the real world, the communists would have the secret police remove the people who doubted communism, "Any animal caught singing it was given a flogging on the spot," similar to the farmers punishing the animals. Another literary device is foreshadowing, the failed recapture of Manor Farm foreshadows the downfall of other farms. The rebellion starts in other farms, "Bulls which had always been tractable suddenly turned savage, sheep broke down hedges and devoured the clover, cows kicked the pail over, hunters refused their fences and shot their riders on to the other side." The scene where the animals fight back against the farmers shows they can overthrow them. In almost no time at all, there will be other "Animal Farms" and the animals will most likely join forces.
Imagine the Author's Message (Big Ideas)
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The Chapter 4 of Animal Farm mainly is all describing one big idea of carrying out their beliefs for communism. The news of the Animal Farm spread wide and quickly. From this, it is evident that the animals are ordering each other to go spread the news of communism to the other fields, to join them; just as the way Lenin has done to persuade people to join the fight. "everyday Snowball and Napoleon sent out fights of pigeons whose instruction were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms.." The animals also were preparing for a fight against the humans and they were determined to show no mercy even to those who were innocent. "No sentimentality, comrade... War is war. The only good human being is a dead." The fight resembles the attacks that comrades have assembled on their way to communism and they were determined to bring the czar down, just like the animals whose goal is to run the owner off his farm. .Chapter 4 expresses the actions that the animals take to reach closer to their goal which is to spread communism to all fields in the land.
Andrew Lin
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"Think about what the author is trying to say"
In Chapter 4 of Animal Farm, a battle between the animals and the farmers or the people occurred. Two deaths had happened, one on each side. In the end, the animals won due to Snowball's tactics he learned from reading a book of Julius Caesar's campaigns. The animals celebrated and designed a tradition: they'll keep the gun Mr. Jones used and will fire it twice a year — once on October the twelfth, the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed, and once on Midsummer Day, the anniversary of the Rebellion. I think the author is trying to tell the readers that a war between the animals and people is like the war over slavery, where the animals are the slaves. The animals won the battle because of their wisdom. George Orwell could be telling us that animals are smarter than humans and that they can beat humans in a battle one way or the other.
Fortune Jackson-Bartelmus
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The Big Idea
After reading chapter IV I figured that the big ideas in the chapter were: tactic and technique win battles; triumph is what brings us together; and hypocrisy is what tears us apart. In the middle of chapter IV, Jones and a band of farmers attack Animal farm. Snowball the pig gives orders first to distract the farmers, then to charge, then to retreat, and finally ambush. The tactic of Snowball and the technique of the animals by which the orders were carried out, resulted in victory. The animals rejoiced in that victory by burying the dead sheep from the Cattle of Cowshed and singing "The Beasts of England", which is why I say that victory brings us together. Last but not least, after the animals found Mr. Jones' gun in the mud, the animals were hypocrites by declaring it be fired in celebration. Earlier in the novel Animal Farm, the animals cleansed the farm of human-made objects such as a ribbon on Dollie's mane. The animals also said that anything that humans make are not to be used by animals including beds, alcohol, and clothing. So in firing a gun, which was obviously made by a human, the animals basically defecated on their own government and foreshadowed destruction of their own government. The fundamental themes here are that tactic wins fights, and "united we stand, divided we fall".
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ReplyDeleteRandy Moreta
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Placing Yourself in the Story
My strategy was to place myself in the story by choosing a character that I thought I could relate to or had something in common with. So to do this I had to change my mindset to the mindset of the Character I chose. I would act as if thats how that character would act if there was a situation presented. I chose Mr. Jones not because I'm a drunk like him but because I think we have the same mindset. So I decided that if I am this character I should act like this character. There was one scene where Mr.Jones was located in a bar where he was drinking a lot of alcohol which of course leads some one to be a little on the crazy side of life. I believe that If I was in this situation I would probably be blurting out words in confusement or be yelling at a person for no reason. So when I read his lines I felt like I saw the story in his eyes or his "perspective".
Rayford Leconte
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"Put yourself in the story" & " Make a movie in your head
As I read chapter 4, I visualized what happened in the scene and I put myself in the story. One example is the scene where the pigeons announced that Mr. Jones and a few men were marching to the Farm. I visualized the panic of the animals as Mr. Jones got closer and closer. Snowball was thinking of battle strategies used by the Roman General, Julius Caesar. I visualized Snowball assembling the animals to a defensive battle stance so they can get ready to ambush the men. After the war, Boxer regret fighting for the cause of killing a human boy but Snowball says "the only good human being is a dead one". I imagined myself as Boxer and hearing this shows that Snowball shows no positive emotions for humans. Using these skills while reading chapter 4 helped me understand the main idea of the chapter and it also helped me analyze the scene.
Chedeline Viljean
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"Looking for Literary Devices."
After reading Chapter 4, I saw many literary devices. One of the ones that struck out to me was imagery. In the beginning of the battle between Jones and the animals, I imagine clearly the situation of when geese pecked at the legs of Jones and his men. Also, when the chapter describes Boxer "rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion." While reading this part, I felt like I was witnessing the action taking place right in front of me. The way the author described each scene in this chapter really captures the imageries. To analyze the chapter, I picture each scene as if I was watching a movie.
Emily shamshak
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realating to another book
The book that i think you can relate Animal farm to is the book the lord of the flies. Why i think you can relates these two books is the similarites between them. In the lord of the flies its about these boys who find themselves trapped on an island after a plan crash.There they try to do there best finding a way to get off the island but sooon it turns into a battle between two boys Raplh and Jack. Ralph is just trying to get off the island and not die. Jack on the other hand wants all the power and be able to controll everything. This relates to chaper five in animal farm because there is a great debate between snowball and nepolian over wiether they should build a windmill or not. In this situation i think ralph and nepoleain have similarites and jack and snowball have simmilarites. Why is becasue nepolian dosent want to be wasteing there time and energy on this windmill is its not going to do anyone any good. Ralph in the lord of the flies has the same kind of mentalaity when jack is worried about who is doing what and who is stronger all ralph is worring about is being practical and getting off the island and getting food. so as you can see you can draw many similarites between the lord of the flies and animal farm.
Shenelle Proctor
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"Imagining the movie of the book"
In chapter four of Animal Farm, I could picture the scene where Snowball and the other animals had fought and attacked the men. Specifically where Jones had shot Snowball in the back (close up/tracking shot) and the sheep who fell dead. After Foxwood being struck by Boxer (Boxer at a low angle and Foxwood at a high angle) you, can obiviously see who is in control of the power at this point. With the men running away (over-the-shoulder) you can see the men running terrified of the animals and their attacks towards them.
Fortune Jackson-Bartelmus
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Making Real Life Connections
As I read chapter V, I obviously relate the story to communism in Russia because the author (George Orwell) based Animal Farm off of
communism. From class, we stated that Napoleon the pig represents Lenin and Snowball the pig represents Trotsky. Both pigs are very persuasive and assume dominance over the other animals. Though I do not have an extensive knowledge of communism's history, I can infer
from reading Animal Farm that Lenin and Trotsky argued over everything; just as Snowball and Napoleon argue over everything. Also from the text of Animal Farm, I infer that Trotsky (Snowball in the story) was a thinker who came up with beneficial ideas for communism (also called Animalism in the book) and Napoleon was a mere objector to Trotsky's ideas. The idea of building a windmill was a spark of the arguments between Napoleon and Snowball. (The plan was created by Snowball.) Having read this fact, I can guess that Trotsky came up with a great idea that required a lot of work in order for that idea to come to live. Then I read that the farm was divided into two parts: the animals that supported Napoleon and the ones that supported Snowball. I do know that in Russia people sided with Lenin and Trotsky, which is insanely similar to what happens in the book. Lastly, after Snowball delivers a persuasive speech which clearly put all the animals on his side, Napoleon basically ran Snowball into exile with nine dogs that Napoleon himself had raised. Napoleon assumed leadership and from then on got rid of, changed, and made rules for animal farm. I do not know if Trotsky was run out of office with the threat of death as Snowball was in Animal Farm, but I do know Lenin eventually became dictator of Russia. So, from reading Animal Farm and adding on prior knowledge of communism we learned in class, I can put together a bigger picture of communism in Russia.
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In chapter 4 of animal Farm vicious rumors are spread from farm to farm. Such rumors as the female animals having multiple companionships. Or some of the animals being starved. it was just like the communists party how rumors were spread to make others believe that communism could never be possible. The farms were afraid of the "domino affect" where all the other animals on different farms would rebel against the humans and take of the farms. The author is thinking that the Communist party was only benefitted in the beginning when everyone was talking about it. The word got around and people just agreed that it would make sense.
Hassan Sakhta
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“Looking for Literary Devices”
As i was readin through chapter four of Animal Farm, I located a few literary devices. In chapter 4, Mr. Jones, decided to take over the farm. The animals expected that it would happen sooner or later so they went ahead and did it anyway. Snowball set up an attack and at the same time was able to infuriate the farmers. My first example of an allegory is when the narration says “they were both thoroughly frightened by the Rebellion on Animal Farm, and were very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much”. The quote is important in relations to real life Communism because during Communism, the secret police decided what news went through to the people and what should be hidden, which happens in this book.
Fatma Hussein
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Literary Devices
Chapter four within "Animal Farm", by George Orwell depicts many literary devices. Foreshadowing being one of the greatest literary devices found in this chapter. Orwell illustrates a picture for the readers, when he writes about the actions of the animals. The news had spread far and wide about the animals on Animal Farm attacking Jones and his men. This attack showed that this was the first amongst many other rebellions that would soon occur. With that said, The humans took it into their hands that these acts were outrageous and a movement was to be planned. However the animals had already planned a movement. The song , "Beasts of England" was being taught to every animal. When the song was hummed, mumbled or sang the farmers thought it to be necessary to abuse the animal. The farmers were so intimidated by the rebellion because it prolonged what was soon to come. "When the humans listened to it,they secretly tremble, hearing it in a prophecy of their doom" The doom represents an end to the humans and a defeat for the animals.
Orwell also greatly portrays the acts of personifying many animals. This being that personification was also greatly seen. One of the main characters being Snowball, the leader of defensive operations. Snowball is seen as this great pig who can speak, lead an assembly of animals, and be a leader. More over so this is not true in reality. Orwell presents him as a "good" pig. Giving it traits of a human leader that is trying to help all the animals. Orwell does an excellent job portraying Snowball as a leader when its states, "Snowball who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar's campaign was in charge of the defensive operations". Also depicting an image of a pig reading.
Orwell within Animal Farm uses literary devices to set a difference of relationship amongst the animals and the Communist.
Richard Garcia
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identifying big ideas
In chapter four of Animal Farm, there are many, many "big ideas". One of the most important to me is when people really believe in something they can never accept anything less. This means when somebody really desires something nothing can replace that want, how they want it is how it has to be, no exceptions. The animals now have completed isolated themselves from humans, and when the humans come back they end up having a huge war with them. Even when Mollie is associating with humans they chose to turn the other cheek and not interfere with any human matters. Clearly the animals have the sense of accomplishing what they set out to do and nothing less. Even though most of these thoughts are produced by the pigs they still believe in achieving their goal.