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Animal farm – a memorable character
Gina and Susannah
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Who is the memorable character?
Boxer – sympathy towards him, his death Napoleon – so evil
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techniques Blunt narrative style Key incident Characterisation
Language
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Examples for Boxer 1. His trust and loyalty to Napoleon
- “I will work harder” - “Napoleon is always right” 2. His stupidity and simple wishes - “Boxer could not get beyond the letter D” “He intended, he said, to devote the rest of his life to learning the remaining twenty-two letters of the alphabet”
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3. His death “Get out quickly! They’re taking you to your death!” – they’re “… from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whiskey”- exploiting Boxer’s loyalty
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Examples for Napoleon Chases snowball away
- “nine enormous dogs wearing brass studded collars came bounding into the barn” - “they dashed straight for snowball” 2. Becomes more tyrannical “an animal shall never kill another animal” “they were slain on the spot”
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3. Executions – treating fellow comrades horribly
“the air was thick with the smell of blood” – blunt narrative style “they were slain on the spot” – ‘on the spot’ “pile of corpses in front of him” – blunt narrative style 4. Satire on Stalin
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