Animal farm project reflection

Interpretation
 Literary analysis
Making inferences and drawing conclusions

From doing the animal farm project, I learned three main skills that will greatly affect my school career. The first skill I learned was interpretation. Animal farm was a book overflowing with allegory and rhetoric writing. To understand the book fully, you had to use you imagination to the extent of "living" in each and every decision, opinion, and action made. Since this book was an allegory, the moral, or hidden meaning of the book was not just given to the reader. The reader had to really put him or herself into the shoes of the characters to truly understand the lessons learned from the story. It was defiantly not easy to understand the book if you weren't reading carefully.

The second thing I learned was literary analysis. This second skill kind of ties into the first, because interpreting means making an opinion on something, but to make an opinion, you need to analyze first. Reading the book and understanding why something happens or what is going on is what I learned from this project. Since we pretty much had to make a summary of the book, we had to really understand what we were reading, so we could correctly make our project.

The third skill that I improved on was my making inferences and drawing conclusions. An inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. Because of the project, I had to really understand what I was reading, then reach a conclusion on if the decision was right or wrong. Coincidentally, drawing conclusions was the most important thing I learned from the project. We not only had to draw for the actual project literally, but we also had to mentally draw conclusions to fully understand the book.

Animal farm part 4 humanities

How is this allegorical tale also a rhetorical tale?
The author used rhetorical writing to really make you understand the situation, and used allegorical writing to tie the story into the Russian revolution.

 What is Orwell trying to persuade the audience to see or understand?
That sometimes the bad guys aren't actually the bad guys, and the good guys aren't always the good guys. Orwell is also trying to tell us that sometimes following some one or something blindly can bring you to your demise.

 What is Orwell cautioning his audience against?
I think that Orwell is cautioning his audience to not always have blind faith in something or someone, because even if you think that you are doing the right thing, you might actually be the one making everything worse.  Just like the animals in the book. They thought that they were helping themselves out, but in reality, they were not only hurting themselves, but also others.

 How does the story of Boxer act as a persuasive argument against tyranny?
Boxer was an act against tyranny because even though he was looked at as a leader, he never abused the position or the power he had.

What are the lessons to be learned from Napoleon’s behavior?
There was a quote from a poem that fitted what happened to Napoleon. "Too many choices can destroy a man" even though Napoleon has pure intentions in the beginning, he was given too many choices, decisions, and an overload of power far too quickly.

What is the warning contained in the changes to the list of commandments?
You see it all the time, even in our community. Small, "unnoticeable" changes to our laws. Most do not affect our everyday life, but overtime, they build up, and up, until we are surrounded by a world that is not what it used to be. I think that Orwell was trying to tell the audience that sometimes you cannot trust the people closest to you.

 What is the lesson contained in the final, single commandment: All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others?
Even though we are all human beings with the same right to live, some of use are worlds apart from others. From social statuses, to knowledge. Even though we always say that every human has the right to live, some of us make it seem like others aren't even human.

KCC dry run cooking blog humanities

Today, our cooking dry run actually went much better than I had expected. First off, we were much more organized, and neat. This was thanks to the guidelines and instructions we made to prepare for the cook off. Also, before we started, we got together and had a team meeting to make sure everyone knew what they had to do, and that we were all on the same page. One of the things I stressed before the dry run was our organization. Organization was the key to our success. Being organized forced us to be neat, on time, and on point. Another big thing that made our dry run successful was out thinking on the fly. Because my group only had guidelines, and not necessarily instructions, we had to figure out the small detail on our own. For example, if one person finished their task before everyone else, what they would do, and so on.

To be completely honest, we had almost everything go how we wanted it to go. We only had two errors that kept us from a good grading from the chefs. One was that we did not know when we were supposed to put our chicken into the oven. Since all we could do was guess, there was only a small chance we could have gotten the timing right. Even though our timing was off by 5 minutes, we were marked very harshly for being late. Another thing was that we did not taste our food altogether after we made it. Since we were running a little late, we did not have time, and we had to take our chances.

One of the changes that we will be making is to our dish is how we make our marinara sauce. The main thing that was wrong with our sauce was that the tomato taste was a little too overpowering. Chef Matt told us that we could easily change that by adding spices and Rebs to add to the original flavor to make it not as overpowering.

Animal farm part three humanities

Part two animal farm project Humanities

         How is Orwell’s Animal Farm an allegorical retelling of the end of feudalism and the rise and consolidation of communism in Russia?                                                             Animal Farm is retelling of the end of feudalism and the rise and consolidation of communism by the animals, who are shown as leaders,  All the animals are equals, except for the ones who have been chosen as leaders.  The people who fought and promised to be good, ended up becoming exactly what they were overthrowing in the end.
          How does Orwell parallel Czarist Russia and the life of the Russian peasantry in the characters and events of Animal Farm?                                                                             Orwell parallels Czarist Russia and the life of Russian peasantry by having the animals who act as the leaders, and then the ones who are the peasants.  An example of this is the pigs, they’re the only ones that are educated, and wear a green ribbon tied around their tails to symbolize luxury. The peasants, were of equal social standing, such as the peasantry in Czarist Russia
        What internal feud within the Communist party is paralleled in the struggle for power between Napoleon and Snowball.                                                                                        The power struggle between Napoleon and Snowball is a parallel of the struggle between Leon Trosky and Joseph Stalin.
         During the Stalinist period the Communist State repeatedly set industrial and agricultural production goals that were often difficult or impossible to reach. These goals played a major role in the government’s Five Year Plan and similar plans. How are these plans represented in Orwell’s novella?                                                                                    These plans are represented through things such as food, and the building of the windmill.  The building of the windmill reflects the governments Five Year Plan.  The windmill is something like motivation, once it is built, the animals will not have to work as hard, which gives them motivation to work harder to complete it quicker.          
         How does Napoleon gradually begin to abuse his power? Why do the other animals of Manor Farm allow him to encroach upon their rights and freedoms?                           Napoleon begins to abuse his power by giving more privileges and authority to the pigs.  When the dogs get brought into the story, it is realized that all of the animals except the pigs are basically Napoleons’ personal slaves.  All of the original rights and freedoms the animals had are lost.  The other animals allow him to encroach upon their rights and freedoms because they are unaware of this.
        How does Napoleon respond to criticism or resistance? Is there a parallel to his behavior in the history of Soviet Union?                                                                        Napolean responds badly to criticism or resistance.  He then begins to blame all of his flaws on Snowball, and attacks or murders the people who decide to resist him.  This is a parallel of Trosky and Stalin, who acted the same as Napoleon and Snowball.
         In the last paragraphs of the novella Napoleon, amongst the other human farmers, is heard to give a toast to the prosperity of Manor Farm. Contained within this scene is the irony that makes Napoleon’s behavior so ghastly. Describe the irony inherent in Napoleon’s behavior, and explain how it corresponds to the behavior of the party elite in the Soviet Union.                                                                                                                               Napoleons behavior is ironic because he starts acting like Snowball. Even though he ran Snowball out of Animal Farm.  Napoleon starts to act out the things he promised he would not allow anymore.  He began to act almost identical to Mr.Jones.

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Part one animal farm humanities

         How is Orwell’s Animal Farm an allegorical retelling of the end of feudalism and the rise and consolidation of communism in Russia?                                                             Animal Farm is retelling of the end of feudalism and the rise and consolidation of communism by the animals, who are shown as leaders,  All the animals are equals, except for the ones who have been chosen as leaders.  The people who fought and promised to be good, ended up becoming exactly what they were overthrowing in the end.
          How does Orwell parallel Czarist Russia and the life of the Russian peasantry in the characters and events of Animal Farm?                                                                             Orwell parallels Czarist Russia and the life of Russian peasantry by having the animals who act as the leaders, and then the ones who are the peasants.  An example of this is the pigs, they’re the only ones that are educated, and wear a green ribbon tied around their tails to symbolize luxury. The peasants, were of equal social standing, such as the peasantry in Czarist Russia
        What internal feud within the Communist party is paralleled in the struggle for power between Napoleon and Snowball.                                                                                        The power struggle between Napoleon and Snowball is a parallel of the struggle between Leon Trosky and Joseph Stalin.
         During the Stalinist period the Communist State repeatedly set industrial and agricultural production goals that were often difficult or impossible to reach. These goals played a major role in the government’s Five Year Plan and similar plans. How are these plans represented in Orwell’s novella?                                                                                    These plans are represented through things such as food, and the building of the windmill.  The building of the windmill reflects the governments Five Year Plan.  The windmill is something like motivation, once it is built, the animals will not have to work as hard, which gives them motivation to work harder to complete it quicker.          
         How does Napoleon gradually begin to abuse his power? Why do the other animals of Manor Farm allow him to encroach upon their rights and freedoms?                           Napoleon begins to abuse his power by giving more privileges and authority to the pigs.  When the dogs get brought into the story, it is realized that all of the animals except the pigs are basically Napoleons’ personal slaves.  All of the original rights and freedoms the animals had are lost.  The other animals allow him to encroach upon their rights and freedoms because they are unaware of this.
        How does Napoleon respond to criticism or resistance? Is there a parallel to his behavior in the history of Soviet Union?                                                                        Napolean responds badly to criticism or resistance.  He then begins to blame all of his flaws on Snowball, and attacks or murders the people who decide to resist him.  This is a parallel of Trosky and Stalin, who acted the same as Napoleon and Snowball.
         In the last paragraphs of the novella Napoleon, amongst the other human farmers, is heard to give a toast to the prosperity of Manor Farm. Contained within this scene is the irony that makes Napoleon’s behavior so ghastly. Describe the irony inherent in Napoleon’s behavior, and explain how it corresponds to the behavior of the party elite in the Soviet Union.                                                                                                                               Napoleons behavior is ironic because he starts acting like Snowball. Even though he ran Snowball out of Animal Farm.  Napoleon starts to act out the things he promised he would not allow anymore.  He began to act almost identical to Mr.Jones.