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Animal Farm ch 1 + 2
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5VLetterkundeRecap
Old English Period
Animal Farm ch 1 + 2

Slide 1 - Slide

The Old English period is ...
A
abt. 1100 - 1500
B
abt. 500 - 1100
C
abt. 800 - 1000
D
after 1500

Slide 2 - Quiz

Who were the first to invade Briton around 43 Ad?

Slide 3 - Open question

Why did the Romans leave Briton?

Slide 4 - Open question

What happened after the Romans left Briton?

Slide 5 - Open question

Name the four Celtic tribes that invaded Briton.

Slide 6 - Open question

Where did the Celtic tribes come from?

Slide 7 - Open question

What happened with the language in the OE period?

Slide 8 - Open question

What is a heptarchy? Name the kingdoms of the heptarchy

Slide 9 - Open question

When did Briton have viking raids?

Slide 10 - Open question

What is the importance of King Alfred?

Slide 11 - Open question

Who fought for the throne after king Edward the Confessor died?

Slide 12 - Open question

What is the Anglo-saxon Chronicle?

Slide 13 - Open question

Why is the Beowulf poem so important?

Slide 14 - Open question

What does the Exeter book contain?

Slide 15 - Open question

Check homework
Translation underlined OE words

Slide 16 - Slide

Translation underlined OE words
Fiend = demon
Sunder = split apart
Appease = satisfy
Glut = fill to excess
Maw = jaw
Wyrd = faith
Thane = military nobleman (leenheer)
Hero = 'hero'

Slide 17 - Slide

Translation underlined OE words
Fiendish = demon-like
Wantonly = deliberate
Kingsman = 'kingsmen'
Loath = unwilling
Sinews = muscles on the bone

Slide 18 - Slide

Animal Farm
George Orwell

Slide 19 - Slide

George Orwell
  • 25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950
  • political writer and journalist
  • Eton College
  • police in Burma (left because of illness, resigned to become a novelist)
  • best-known dystopian novel 1984
  • Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1939) : became a social democrat (wounded in the throat, left to recover)
  • Warned against the dangers of fascist and communist states founded on the rule of one dictator, such as Hitler, Mussolini, Franco and Stalin.

Slide 20 - Slide

Animal Farm
George Orwell 
1945 (written during WWII) 
political satire, allegory
"Animal Farm is an allegory, which is a story in which concrete and specific characters and situations stand for other characters and situations (real life) so as to make a point about them. The main action of Animal Farm stands for the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early years of the Soviet Union."
Animals revolt against incompetent farmer Mr Jones: Russian Revolution 1917
new ideology: Animalism


Slide 21 - Slide

Characters in Animal Farm

Slide 22 - Slide

Chapter 1
Mr. Jones
Manor Form
Old Major (dream, rules, uprising)
Introduction other characters
Terms: equality, Beasts of England, loyalty

Slide 23 - Slide

Chapter 2
Concept: Animalism
Old Major dies
Intelligent animals: Napoleon & Snowball (pigs)
Rise up against Mr. Jones (farmer)
More rules
7 Commandments
Manor Farm = Animal Farm

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