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VOCABULARY Idle – lazy Quarry – a place where stone is dug up out of the ground Limestone – a type of white or grey stone containing calcium, used for building or making cement. Toil – to work very hard doing something difficult and tiring especially physical work Arable – land that is suitable or used for growing crops. Timid – shy and nervous

VOCABULARY Solicitor – a lawyer who gives legal advice, writes legal contracts and represents people in the lower courts of law. Simultaneously – at the same time Recreation – things that you do to enjoy yourself. Repose [literary] – a calm or relaxed state Perpendicularity – completely upright and straight

VOCABULARY Imposing – large and impressive Gale – a very strong wind Malignity – Showing someone that you want to do something bad to someone Avenge-To react to something wrong that has been done to you by punishing the person who did it Ignominious-Very embarrassing especially because of making you seem very unsuccessful or unimportant Indignation-Anger about an unfair situation or about someone’s unfair behaviour.

Work, work, work  Note the first line: “...the animals worked like slaves.”  This is exactly why they started the Rebellion, so that they would NOT have to work like slaves  Work on Sundays is voluntary, but then your food would be less (choice?)  Great difficulty building the windmill  cannot break stone into pieces of suitable size with tools  end up dragging and rolling the stones to the top of the quarry and pushing them over the edge to break apart below  the process was slow and laborious  it took a big toll on Boxer Chapter 6

Breaking the rules  Because of unforeseen shortages, Napoleon decides to engage in trade with the humans  This unsettles the animals, as trade and using money were some of the vices of men they were supposed to avoid according to Old Major  He will sell a stack of hay and part of the wheat crop  The hens should sacrifice some of their eggs for sale  Two things that always interfere with any animal speaking against the pigs:  the growling dogs = fear  the bleating sheep = stupidity and short attention span  The tremendous power of propaganda reinforces the pigs’ power – they are creating their own version of history, their own version of Animalism and use Snowball as a scapegoat for their treachery Chapter 6

Breaking the rules... again  When the pigs move into the farmhouse, the animals are officially no longer equal.  Napoleon gets the title of “Leader”  Pigs are now upper class – they are elevated above the others (no equality)  The pigs abuse the power that they now have by giving themselves privileges that the other animals won’t have  they change the commandment – no animals shall sleep in a bed – to suit their selfishness and give themselves a more comfortable lifestyle  they get up an hour later in the mornings – sleep more than the others Chapter 6

The windmill destroyed  A violent storm destroys the windmill  Napoleon blames the destruction of the windmill on Snowball  Snowball is now the scapegoat – everything that goes wrong on the farm is blamed on him  If the animals are focused on and scared of Snowball, their attention would be away from Napoleon’s lack of leadership and the pigs’ selfish endeavours  Note that Napoleon pronounces the death sentence on Snowball – even though it is against the commandments to kill any other animal Chapter 6