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English Midterm
AF characters vs. Russion Revolution (WARNING: read these cards in ASCENDING order or they won't make sense!) Further note: these cards are by Sagy. Thank you, Sagy!
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01/28/2007

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Napoleon is like...
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Joseph Stalin
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Moses the Raven is like...
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Religion (The Church)
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Animalism is like...
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Communism
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Snowball is like...
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Leon Trotsky
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Mr. Jones is like...
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Czar Nicholas II
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Squealer is like...
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Propaganda department of Stalin's government
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Mollie is like...
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Vain, selfish, rich people of Russia, and all the rest of the world
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Old Major is like...
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Karl Marx
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The Dogs are like...
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Stalin's KGB (Secret Police)
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How is Napoleon like Joseph Stalin?
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N:
-not a good speaker, not as clever as SB
-cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt
-his ambition is for power, killed opponents
-used dogs, Moses, and Squealer to control animals
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J. Stalin:
-not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky
-same as N, didn't follow Marx's ideas
-cared for power, killed all that opposed him
-used KGB, allowed Church, and propagandized
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How is Moses like Religion/The Church?
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M:
-tells about SugarCandy Mountain (Heaven)
-animals can go there if they work hard
-SB and Major were against him
-they thought heaven was a lie to make animals work
-N let him stay b/c he taught animals to work and not complain
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Religion:
-Marx said "Religion is the Opiate (= a drug) of the people"(ie. a lie used to make people work and not complain)
-Religion was tolerated in the revolution b/c it would make people work
- Stalin knew religion would stop violent rebellions
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How is Animalism like Communism?
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Animalism:
-no owners
-workers get a better life, all animals are equal
-everyone owns the farm
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Communism:
-same
-all people are equal
-government owns everything, people own government
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How is SB like Leon Trotsky?
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SB:
-young, smart, good spaker, idalistic
-really wants to make life btter for all
-one of leaders of revolution
-chased away into exile by N's dogs
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L. Trotsky:
-other leader of "October Revolution"
-pure communist, followed Marx
-wanted to improve life for all in Russia
-chased away by Stalin's KGB (Stalin's Secret Police)
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How is Mr. Jones like Czar Nicholas II?
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Mr. J:
-irresponsible to his animals(lets them starve)
-sometimes cruel (beats them w/ whip)
-sometimes kind (mixes milk in their mash/food)
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Czar N II:
-a poor leader (at best)
-cruel (sometiomes brutal w/ opponents)
-sometimes kind (hired students as spies (he paid them rather then forcing them to do it))
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How is Squealer like the Propaganda department of Stalin's government?
Definition
Sq:
-big mouth, talks a lot
-convinces animals to believe and follow N
-changes and manipulates the commandments
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Propaganda dept.:
-worked for Satlin to support his image
-used any lie to convince the people to follow Stalin
-benefited from the fact that education was controlled (could tell the people anything and they'd believe them)
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How is Mollie like the vain, selfish, rich people of Russia, and all the rest of the world?
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M:
-was vain (loved her beuty and self)
-didn't think/ care about the farm
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those people:
-some people didn't care about the revolution
-only thought about themslves
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How is Old Major like Karl Marx?
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OM:
-taught Animalism
-animals do the work and people keep the $/food, so the animals need to revolt
-dies before the rebellion
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K. Marx
-invented Communism
-"workers of the world unite", take over government
-dies before Russian Revolution
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How are the Dogs like KGB (Stalin's Secret Police)?
Definition
the dogs:
-a private army that usd fear to force animals to work and not complain or contradict N
-killed or intimidated any opponent of N
-anotherpart of N's strategy to control animals
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KGB:
-not really police, but froced support for Stalin
-used force, often killed entire families for disobedience
-totally loyal, part of Stalin's power, even over army
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