ALLEGORY AND RHETORIC THROUGH RESEARCH Animal Farm

Allegory and Rhetoric Through Research Part I Choose one of the characters from Animal Farm that you researched and provided a brief symbolic explanation for. Make a T-Chart showing the similarities between the novel’s character and a historical figure. Use the research you found to help you! Write the character’s name from the novel on the left side, and the name of the historical figure on the right side. Your T-Chart should be divided into the following five categories with explanations for each: Relationships Conflicts Motivations Lies / Distortions of the Truth / Exaggerations (They could be the perpetrator or the victim for this category – please specify which.) Name

Allegory and Rhetoric Through Research Part II Rhetoric = use of language to persuade an audience of a belief of point of view Use your research and answer the following questions. Use complete sentences with a full explanation: 1. How is this allegory also a rhetoric tale? 2. What is Orwell trying to persuade the audience to see and understand? 3. What is Orwell cautioning his audience against? 4. How does the story of Boxer act as a persuasive argument? 5. What are the lessons to be learned from Napoleon’s behavior? 6. What is the warning contained in the changes to the list of commandments? 7. What is the lesson contained in the final, single commandment: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”?