ANIMAL FARM CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS CHAPTER 3

VOCABULARY Toil- Difficult and tiring work, especially physical work Dole- To give something, such as food Chaff-The outer part of wheat or grain that is removed before the grains are used Shirk- To avoid doing something difficult or avoid accepting responsibility for something Cryptic-Expressing something in a mysterious or indirect way so that it is difficult to understand Blacksmithing-To make things out of metal Carpentering-To make things from wood Indefatigable-To not get tired Weaned-to start eating solid food in stead of drinking milk

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IRONY – pigs use the harness room as their headquarters Snowball Organises committees so that the farm can improve Teaches the animals to read and write Is passionate about Animalism and truly wants life to be better for all animals Napoleon Says they should focus on educating the young Isolates the puppies and brainwashes them into becoming his secret police Is not interested in the well-being of the animals on the farm Chapter 3

Squealer explains Squealer uses very clever propaganda techniques to convince the animals that the pigs should have the milk and apples: 1. He makes it seem as if the pigs are doing something they don’t like (“many of us actually dislike milk and apples”) 2.He gives them false scientific evidence (it’s necessary for the wellbeing of a pig) 3.He constructs necessity out of the action (“the farm depends on us”) 4.He makes them believe it is done for the welfare of the animals (“it’s for your sake”) 5.He strikes them with fear (“Jones would come back”) Chapter 3