Tonight's assignment is to respond to chapter 6 using the third strategy on the list for your section. If you're not sure what tonight's strategy was, ask a classmate who's in your section. (Hint: not all of your friends are your classmates, and not all of your classmates are your friends. Deal.)
Remember, the goal here is to develop a list of strategies that will keep you engaged in the book. Not every book will thrill you, but many will, if you employ the strategies we are developing.
Everyday in class this week, we'll discuss the strategies you used.
What's that word for "thinking about thinking," again?
Kenny Le
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Read out loud to yourself
I would employ the strategy of reading out loud to myself by first evaluating who the speaker of the scene is. If the speaker of the scene was first person, the author, I would try to assume the emotions and feelings the author is going through during that scene and read as if I was experiencing those scenes myself. If the speaker was a character in the book, I would take into account their personality and who they're talking to and change the tone of my voice to that of the character. If the speaker was 3rd person or omniscient than I would try to create a tone of a commentator of a sport and read out loud with passions and emotions that fit the scene. If a dramatic event took place then I would read out loud with a dramatic tone. In chapter VI there was a large amount of 3rd person narrating therefore I read the book by observing the scenes and events that took place. In the beginning of the chapter it described the labor of the animals therefore I would read in a sympathetic tone for the animals that labor rigorously under Napoleon's cruel reign. And therefore I would continue to read out loud in a commentator's point of view for the rest of the chapter.
Ashley Janvier sec.5
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I pictured the scene where the animals saw all their hard work cfumble down. When they saw the windmill in pieces. I feel bad for the animals because they have to rebuild it all over again. Napoleon automatically told the rest that Snowball was to blaim. Maybe Snowball did do it.. Maybe he didnt. I dont know, but the animals dont even show any emotion. Napoleon said they have to rebuild it all through winter, rain or shine.. If I were an animal on the farm, I would be pretty mad. Now they're on a mission to find Snowball.
Tingwa Tam
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Make the movie in your head
While reading Chapter 6 of "Animal Farm", I visualized the scenes in my head using different shot types. I used a tracking shot when I read about the animals hauling the huge boulders up to the top of the quarry which quotes: "They dragged them with desperate slowness up the slope to the top of the quarry, where they were toppled over the edge, to shatter to pieces below." The tracking shot follows the animals, who are struggling to drag the boulders up, but their efforts are useless because the boulders just fall back down again. As I read "It was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop. To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat", I pictured a medium shot that pointed out how Boxer was determined and how he pushed himself even though he was already sweaty and out of breath. Other shot types I used while reading this chapter were high angle and low angle shots. In the quote "The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs", I made the dogs seem stronger and more powerful by shooting a low angle shot. The high angle shot is used on the pigs because the dogs manage to silence them, therefore the pigs are much weaker compared to the dogs.
Sara Ann Dartley
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Putting my self in a character's place
If I were to put my self in a character's place right now I would put my self in Boxer's place. He is the most hard working out of all the animals. The part where boxer goes out at night to try and haul more rocks for the mill I think if i were him I would feel a sense of duty. I would feel that I have to help out more and feel good that I'm spending my time trying to accomplish the mill. I am helping the cause. The last scene where the animals find the mill completely destroyed if i was Boxer I would feel very depressed. The animals, even the small ones worked hard on the mill. All our effort went to nothing. But this would make me want to work even harder to make up for the big loss. Boxer is one of the characters who wants to help everyone andputs in an extra effort to do even more.
Nicolas Duenas
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Reading the story aloud
Reading chapter 6 aloud helped me understand the plot of the chapter better. Listening to my own voice out loud helps my brain actually process what I'm reading. While reading each line, it kind of helps me visualize what is happening. I like create a voice of the character and hear them say their dialogue or what they would be saying based on the text that is provided. Reading aloud also helps me analyze and find the tone of specific scenes. Sometimes these results happen: it depends if i really enjoy the book. Sometimes these results do not happen because the book is too boring."Frequently it took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry, and sometimes when it was pushed over the edge it failed to break. Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer, whose strength seemed equal to that of all the rest of the animals put together. When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill, it was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop." Once i read this out to myself, I saw how the rest farm are looking and admiring how Boxer does the grunt work. I can hear the little conversations of the other farm animals admiring his strive to working on the plow and some talking about how they think they can do it by themselves. In conclusion, I find reading aloud to myself a good strategy to understand the book, hearing the tone, and visualizing the setting very useful. It also sometimes makes me enjoy the book better than i expected.
Fortune Jackson-Bartelmus
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Making the Movie in Your Head
While reading chapter VI, I created a movie inside of my head with various angles to portray different ideas. For the first scene, the camera would be positioned at the bottom of a hill while looking up at animals at the top of the hill. The animals were learning how to break up pieces of rock in order to create the windmill, and in order to break up the large boulders that the animals had, they pushed boulders up a hill and rolled it down to crash and shatter. So, the camera would be positioned at the point where the boulder would crash; after the animals pushed the boulder, the boulder would roll straight toward the camera. The angle would portray the animals as powerful because they are higher than the camera and they are pushing a large boulder, so the angle would also elaborate the animals’ physical strength. Then, the boulder appearing to crash into the camera might create a dramatic crash to impress the viewer of what animals are capable of doing.
In the second scene, an establishing shot would tell the observer that it is morning with a rooster crowing. A low angle tracking shot would capture Boxer waking up before everyone else, with his large muscles and worn out iron shoes. The angle would make Boxer look more powerful because the angle would look up to Boxer in admiration as all the other animals did. Last, there would be an extreme close-up of Boxer’s eyes as Boxer lets out a tired sigh. The eyes would be centered, looking directly into the camera with intense focus (even though Boxer had just woken up), to demonstrate how dedicated Boxer was in helping Animal Farm.
P.S. I did my homework yesterday but I didn’t see your post for the 2nd metacognition page so I posted my homework on the original metacognition page by accident. It was on time though, I just didn’t want you to not mark it down.
Cathy Nguyen
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“Put yourself in one of the character’s place”
In chapter five of Animal Farm, I feel that I could relate to Boxer the most, so I could easily put myself in his shoes. He is a hardworking and motivated character; whom reminds himself to “work harder” in order to achieve his goals. He does not work for himself or expect praise; he works to accomplish something, such as carrying the rocks up the hill with all his strength to help out his community. If I was Boxer, I would do the same; but with some limitations. I would not do all the work, but rather, I would help out and work when necessary. The fact that he respects his leader’s ways without judging Napoleon; it shows that he shows consideration for authority. He stands out from the other animals because he acts without the influence of the other animals. If I was in Boxer’s place not much would change about that aspect because being yourself is the most simplest thing to do, and working hard eventually pays off.
Zhenhua Zhao
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Put yourself as a Character
I image myself as Napoleon in Chapter 6. If I were him, I think that I am the most important and busy character in the story. ALmost everyone could not live without me. I have to manage all the business with foreigners which could be danger or not. I have to control all the little things and events happening in the Farm. On the other hand, I could enjoy the best thing in the Farm. Therefore being a leader is not so easy in any way.
Carrie Doherty
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Reading the Story Out Loud
I read chapter 5 of “Animal Farm” out loud. By doing this, I tried to give every character a different voice that matched the type of character they portray. For example, I gave Benjamin a deep, quiet voice like Eeyore from “Winnie the Pooh.” This helped me figure out his character deeper; how they are both quiet and don’t want to get involved in fights. Another example would be Squealer’s voice. I gave him a high-pitched voice, as if he was squealing so it would fit his name! Reading the story out loud helped me deeper understand the characters in “Animal Farm.”
Bich Cao
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Put Yourself on one of the character's shoe
During the reading of chapter 6, I put myself in the shoes of Boxer. By making myself in Boxer's shoe, I realize how Boxer have a lot of perseverance. If it were me, I would have give up building the windmill long ago. But Boxer kept going and did all the hard work and even got up 45 minutes earlier just to work on the windmill. Also, if I were Boxer, I would have been so piss when the storm destroyed the windmill because I have worked so hard on it for it to be destroyed in one moment. But by putting myself in Boxer's shoe, I know that Boxer wouldn't have been angered. He have a lot of patience and so he would have listened to Napoleon and build the windmill again because "Napoleon is always right." Boxer is a very admirable horse.
Hanh Nguyen
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Annotate;Mark Special Text
Chapter six of "Animal Farm" was almost describing Napoleon's take over of the farm. One part of the chapter that stuck out to me the most was when Napoleon decided to interact with humans to come to compromises of trades. Napoleon's ways goes against everything that the original amendments of Animal Farm has stated. Animal farm is suppose to be a community of equality amongst all the animals. No one should take lead and everyone should have equal rights. "It was more suitable for the dignity of a leader to sleep in a house rather than merely a sty". Squealer has come to call Napoleon the "leader". The term Leader itself goes against the equal ways of the animals. The pigs who created the amendments themselves are not following the rules which connects to how communism in real life became a mess due to a simple problem.
Guillermo Ramirez
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The sixth chapter was more clear by reading out loud.i could easily see the hardships the animals faced. i read it out dramatically therefore i saw many animals sweating and bleeding trying to build the mill. Also while reading i quickly foreshadowed the pigs destroying animal farm since in my opinion the pigs started acting more like humans( that had nothing to do with this type of element but i feel that was very important). While reading the book out loud it was feeling as if i could feel how dangerous this tempest truly was. The best part about reading out loud is when Napolean yelled out " It was SNOWBALL! When you yell that you can feel the ferocity and hate Napolean has toward Snowball.
Ikramah Isa
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By reading this chapter aloud i found that i was able to focus more. Otherwise, i usually get bored and my mind wanders off in different directions. Its also kind of fun in a way, saying the dialogues out loud in British accents. By reading aloud you can actually understand the story better. Sometimes we stumble upon a line where we understand at first what it means, but then we read it out loud and it makes more sense in our heads. For instance: "Comrades," he said quietly, "do you know who is responsible for this? Do
you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!"
There are so many ways you can make him say that line and all of them bring out character and emotion. Reading aloud uncovers hidden emotions within a book.
Ben Haideri
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Annotating the text
Chapter six in Animal Farm is basically where the farm starts to fall apart literally and figuratively. In chapter six, many changes take place that seem to be ringing a bell to the “common” animals about the discrepancies within the leadership. The bell however always seems to be stopped with the smooth-talking Squealer who finds a way to change the minds and clear any doubts that may linger in the animals’ mind. An example of this is when Napoleon decided to start trading goods with humans. Old Major warned against this and the animals could remember that he warned against it but only barely. The narration in the book says “Once again the animals were conscious of vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never engage in trade, never make use of money-had not these been among the earliest resolutions…?”. This quote shows that the animals had an idea about the problem but couldn’t see the whole picture forming in front of them. Another situation in which the moral values of “Animalism” had been tested was when the pigs started sleeping in the beds in the farmhouse. The fact that the pigs slept in the beds is important because one of the commandments was that animals would not sleep in the beds. After complaints were made, Squealer noted that the commandments said “would not sleep in beds with sheets” and that the pigs needed the relaxation to be able to use their “brain power”. So, overall, manipulation is a very important part of this chapter and in Communism in general.
Michele Li
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Putting yourself as one of the characters
Chapter 6 of Animal Farm was about how the animals worked together to build a windmill. Although, due to lack of supplies, Napoleon asked Mr. Whymper, a human, to assist in conducting trades on behalf of Animal Farm. The animals argued that they should not interact with humans and no animals shall sleep on beds. However, Muriel said the commandment was "no animal shall sleep in bed with sheets". At the end of chapter 6, the windmill has been toppled and Napoleon accused Snowball for destroying Animal Farm. If I were to place myself as one of the characters, I feel like I would place myself as Boxer. Boxer commits himself to Animal Farm and did more work than what was required from him without any complains. I feel like if I were Boxer, I would have done something similar. I would contribute as much help as possible to Animal Farm and make it a better place. I would do it not only for myself, but also for the good of everyone else. The more effort that is placed in, the more it will benefit in the future.
Alexandra Chertov
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"Make the Movie in your head"
Chapter 6 of Animal Farm was easy to make a movie in my head. I do this strategy the most because I love movies. I am a visual person at heart so I do usually make what i read into a movie with different shots. In the beginning it quotes right away, "All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work..." I can already make the shot in my head of a landscape where you can see the animals working extremely hard yet having a positive look on it. There is also a tracking shot pictured when it quotes, "they dragged
them with desperate slowness up the slope to the top of the quarry" following the animals dragging the boulders of cement and stone up the hill. I also can see a shot where the rules of thirds would apply. When it quotes, " it was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop" I can picture the boulder on one third, Boxer in another third, and the rope stretching through the third third. I can also see the animals gathering, and would be a close up of some of the animals reactions. "One Sunday morning, when the animals assembled to receive their orders, Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy".
Christina Wong
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Read aloud to yourself
I feel that reading Chapter 6 of Animal Farm really helped me understand the story more. If I read it in my head I would have to read it more than once like I usually do. However, reading it aloud helped me focus more on the story and kept me from getting distracted. I also feel that reading aloud can help you feel like you're in the story. When reading, you could read it with a lot of emotion or not and really try to picture the way the characters acted and spoke.
Elaine Marton
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Chapter five created great vivid images in my head. As I started to read chapter five, I began to visualize the harsh labor of these farm animals. Orwell describes how the animals drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry stating that, "-they dragged them with desperate slowness up the slope to the top of the quarry, where they were toppled over the edge, to shatter to pieces below." As a reader, when I read this I think about how the director would be focused of the sweat and faces of each individual animal. After focusing on their painful faces, he/she might focus on the huge boulders that these animals struggle to take to the top of the quarry. From the bringing, the director will have an establishing shot to show the viewers what is actually going on, then he/she will start to focus the camera on specific locations.
I believe that these camera shots are significant to such even because the reader then gets a better grasp of how much work this is and the struggles these animals are facing just to move one boulder to the top of the quarry
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"Trying to relate to a character"
Chapter six has shown me that I can relate to Boxer. Boxer is a hard working animal who would never give up on his work. In chapter six of Animal Farm, they decided to start building the windmill. Since they needed stone, they decided to bring boulders to the top of the quarry and let them fall and break into smaller pieces. Yet this wouldn't always work out as they expected it to. When this plan failed,Boxer would be the only one who would bring the boulder back up to the quarry and would not give up on hope. I could personally relate to him because I always would not give up on my work that I had to do. Yes, it wouldn't be easy, but I would never just put it aside and say it's over. Anybody can relate to Boxer, if they don't have low self-esteem and gain confidence.
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ReplyDeleteAs I was reading aloud rather than mimicking every word in my head, I used a tone for every character and the events that occur around them. This method gave a more persuasive and emotional perspective of what the animals are feeling about, particularly Boxer. When I gave Boxer a tone of voice, I somehow indicated his struggle with the farm and the labor offered to him. He voluntarily contribute his strength to the windmill and his tasks on the field.
During the reading session of chapter 6, I noticed that my tone changes and becomes more ill-willed as the subject changes over to the pigs. The change gave me hint that the characters of the pigs are becoming more tyrannical and deceiving and a prediction that the pigs will be more self-centered as the story progresses. The point where the tone becomes vividly doubtful was where the pigs disobeyed their own commandments and cheated their way out of the other animals' disregards.
Yue Tan
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annotate the text
In chapter six of Animal Farm, the farm takes a turn for the worst. Napoleon exercises his power over the other animals, and within a small amount of time, communist does not seem to exist. Napoleon becomes the "leader" over everybody else and one thing that struck me which I annotated in my head was the fact that Napoleon changed the amendments. Clover, feeling something was wrong, went to read the amendments, "It says, 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets." The amendment did not used to have the part "with sheets," so obviously Napoleon added that part but the animals do not know that. The farm is slowly turning into a dictatorship because the animals are not intelligent enough to oppose. In addition, Napoleon is now doing everything which the revolution stood against for in the first place.
Making a movie in your head
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I used this strategy even before you asked us too, I find it extremely fun to imagine what a book would look like in my head or a movie. In chapter 6 of Animal Farm where the huge storm erupts and destroys a lot of the farm land. I could vision all of it happening it really helps me understand what i am reading when i make a mental movie. Another scene i imagined is when you just think as the year passes and the animals work to the point of exhaustion on a daily bases and all you can see is their pain. This strategy of making a movie in my head really helps me.
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Chapter 6 is a very vivid and impressive part of the storyboard. It clearly describes the work of the animals while building their windmill. The part where they were loading boulders up the edge and the vision of the huge rock trembling over was very clear in my mind of the difficulties that the animals had to face yet they still worked together to get the job done. “When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill, it was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop.” With a high angle on Boxer, the viewers can tell the power that Boxer has as he carries the boulder back up the steep side. “. To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration.”
Another great view would be when the animals were told by Napoleon that Snowball was a traitor. The anger on Napoleon’s face clearly shows the anger with the animals and depicts that this would lead to an attack for Snowball and conflicts would arrive as well. Napoleon also adds on a reward for those who capture him, spreading the news around. “Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowball. 'Animal Hero, Second Class,' and half a bushel of apples to any animal who brings him to justice. A full bushel to anyone who captures him alive!” This scene can be used to show the excitement yet anger in the animals to see their determination to look for Snowball and siege him to sooth their anger and get their rewards in the With the news out, more animals become more untied to Napoleon’s way of building his farm and the animals cooperate more smoothly without the conflict of whichever leader is better. All animals continue to thrive for their work in building their windmill for food.
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"Make the movie in your head"
In chapter 6 of Animal Farm, the animals led by Napoleon worked on building the windmill. Throughout reading the chapter I have created images in my head of the animals doing labor. I imagined a point of view shot of the animals dragging huge boulders up a slope to the top of the quarry slowly. Here is the view of the pigs that are telling the animals what to do. When the animals toppled over the edge, parts of the boulder were shattered. I visualize a rack focus shot, showing the animals' faces as they toppled over the quarry and then blurred them and then show focus on the pieces of the boulder falling to the ground. Before they reach the top, I created a low angle-shot towards Boxer in my head, using all his strength to pull the boulder to the top of the quarry. The low-angle shot indicates Boxer is the powerful one. Then I created a high-angle shot towards the rest of the animals that are pulling the boulder with Boxer. The high-angle shot indicates the animals are weak since their total strength seemed equal to Boxer's strength. Making the events of chapter 6 in my head enables me to understand what is happening better since it'll be like watching a movie than just reading the text.
Nia Campbell
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Making a Movie in your head
During chapter 6 the animals are working hard in the farm, so I would have the first shot as an establishing shot to start off the scene. Next I would get a medium shot of all the animals working. After I would do a high angle shot of the stone being broken as they were working in the farm. Then I would do an over the shoulder shot of Napoleon communicating with Mr.Whymper. When the storm occurs I would do another establishing shot to show the full extent of the storm. Finally for the Napoleons speech I would do a medium close up and point of view to show his expression and where he stands while giving the speech.
Rayford Leconte
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"Reading the story out loud"
As I read chapter 6 out loud to myself, I was able to realize which characters were speaking and the tones, and the mood of each character. This method helped me because I was able to understand the attitudes of each character towards the subject of each scene in the chapter. This is also helpful because when I know the mood and tone of each character, I am able to farther analyze the character and the scene.
Lesley Liu
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Putting myself in a character's place
If I could put myself in one of the character's place I would be in Boxer's place. I would be in Boxer's shoes because he works hard and keeps the original goal of the rebellion in mind. He tries his best so he could make everyone happy. I was similar to him because when he was working on the wind mill all by himself it reminded me of having to do everything by myself. When the windmill was destroyed if I was Boxer I would've been angry and mad because he did everything by himself. I think Boxer is a very obedient horse because he does whatever he is told to do and he thinks "Napoleon is always right". If I were Boxer I wouldn't have listened to Napoleon when he told him that he was going to have to rebuild the windmill because I would've been too tired to do that.
David Lozano
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Annotation
In chapter six, two very important things happen. One of them is when the pigs start to change the commandments. They change them to suit their own wants. These changes make the pigs a bit more human. The pigs are on their way to becoming totally corrupted. The other thing is that we see the true side of Napoleon for real. We begin to see how Napoleon is greedy for power and will stop at nothing to maintain his control. He destroys the windmill and blames it on Snowball, which sets up an "invisible" and undefeatable foe who the animals must rally against. Napoleon knows that without a threat, the anmals will not need him as a leader
Anne Tran
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Putting myself in a character's place
I imagined myself to be Boxer while reading chapter six of "Animal Farm". As I was putting myself in Boxer's character, I felt so determined like he was. The scene where Boxer was helping to build the windmill, he carried all the rocks by himself. He had passion and confidence that he could do everything right. For me imagining to be his character I can feel his strength. Boxer seems like he's disciplining himself for others benefit, and sometimes doesn't worry about himself. The task was hard on him, but he believed if he worked hard enough, all is good.
Christina Zhang
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Annotation
WHen the pigs changed the commendments they started to become more and more human. They start to change the rules to whatever they want. The pigs are lying to the other animals about what they were planning to do. When Napleon accused Snowball of the terrorism, he wanted the animals to be in fear so then they will choose him as the leader. Napleon blamed Snowball when the windmill was destroyed to make the animals think that Snowball was a threat to them. Clover's investigation was about how the pigs were acting. He was not only loyal to Napleon but to the cause.
Annie Pham Section 4
ReplyDeleteWhen the Napoleon had the power after Snowball is out of Animal Farm, they began a project of a windmill, that was originally Snowball's idea for their "needs". Napoleon blames the damage of the windmill and stolen stuff on Snowball. He made that crisis to make the animals WANT a leader and feel protected. But as Napoleon has that power, he starts to change the commandments without the other animal's consent. The pigs start to become like hypocrites, since they are doing things they were against before, now the pigs would sleep in BEDS, and have contact with a human. Clover's investigation shoes that she was into the idea of every animal being equal and feeling free, but now it's all about work and feeling less equal to the pigs.
Carrie Doherty
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Strategy 4: Making a Movie
I made a movie in my mind while reading chapter 7 of “Animal Farm.” For example, I imagined a flashback to the ‘Battle of Cowshed’ when Squealer explained Snowballs rivalry during the battle. I pretended the scene was in black and white and a close-up view to Snowball most of the time; this helped the ‘viewers’ focus more on Snowball. Another example is when I imagined Squealer, himself, saying the speech. I used a low shot of him to make him look powerful and a high shot on the other animals to make them look less powerful. Using the strategy of making a movie while reading a book, it helps you absorb every word and detail of the book.
Guillermo R
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When reading over chapter 7 i tried to picture it in my head as a movie.When seeing the movie i pictured the scene to look kind of like Russia, since Russia was cold and poor. I could vividly see the animals on the verge of starvation like one of those African commercials that want you to donate money. I also remember seeing a scene in which snowball has this ninja attire and commits mischief all around the farm.A great scene i could remember was when boxer turned around and walked then said " there might be more agents in this farm " implying Napoleon. The best scene i made in my head was when the dogs bit the pig in the ear the dogs had a low angle shot. When they went to attack Boxer it turned to a birds eye view to show the dogs life is determined by fate in this case Napoleon. Also when Clover looked at the view and started to cry i thought that was probably the best scene out of all of them.
Relating to a character
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Napoleon was a very strong independent animal, who knew what he wanted. He would take what he needed and had people begging at his feet and doing what he wanted. I wouldn't say i would lie to people to make them do my biding. My little brother and i although are a completely different story. I will confuse and manipulate him until he thinks he is benefitting himself but just in reality doing my work. Napoleon in a way reminds me of myself only i'm not as mean and don't distract a whole farm from the reality of working hard is really helping themselves.
picturing a movie
ReplyDeleteFirst of all i would like to have it as a black and white movie in slow-mo with just old music. The communism is very expressive this way. Life also looks hard. You could show boxer struggling to pull the stones and a montage of the animals working. Some times the stones would fall down the hill unintentionally and the animals could cry. Napoleon could make his announcements and it with the song "beasts of england". Portraying this chapter visually makes the hardships louder than they would in words.
Fatma Hussein
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Annotating the Text
Chapter 6 illustrates two very important scenes. One being when Napoleon decides to trade with the humans. The original amendments had excluded that no animals can interact with humans. However Napoleon does this within the story and squealer begins to call Napoleon a leader, however Communism involves no leaders. Its a role of government in which all the people rule. "It was more suitable for the dignity of a leader to sleep in a house rather than merely a sty" this stating that a leader will not be treated like the rest of the animals. Napoleon needs to be tended to with more luxury than the rest of the animals. Another scene in which stood out to me was when the pigs were allowed to sleep in the beds. However squealer states that the commandments justify their actions because the commandments state, "pigs would not sleep in beds with sheets”. However this also up-brings greater power to the pigs because they are being treated differently. In conclusion, manipulating power was greatly seen in this chapter