Russian Revolution Rhetorical Analysis

Identify important elements of LITERAL (Russian Revolution) Exposition.

• Dissolving the Duma

• Russo-Japanese war

• Bloody Sunday 1905

Direct Quotation: Element of Exposition:

1. “And remember also that fighting against man, we must not come to resemble him” (Orwell 1.11).

a. Foreshadowing

2. “Then, Snowball (for it was Snowball who was best at writing) took a brush between the two knuckles of his trotter, painted out MANOR FARM from the top bar of the gate and in its place painted ANIMAL FARM” (Orwell 1.24)

a. Setting

3. “Last of all came the cat, who looked round, as usual, for the warmest place, and finally squeezed herself in between Boxer and Clover; she purred contentedly throughout Major’s speech without listening to a word

The Great Purge Napoleon’s dogs kill the hens after rebelling against him

4. Civil war (red vs. white)--- Bolsheviks win battle of cowshed--- animals wi

Due:

Identify important elements of LITERAL (Russian Revolution) Climax & Resolution.

Climax: Stalin has complete control over Russia (mid 1930s) + when Trotsky is exiled from Russia (1928)

Resolution: no resolution- Russia is still a communist nation with Putin as the dictator

Direct Quotation: CONTEXT to Climax/Resolution:

1. “One of them all but closed his jaws on snowball’s tail, but snowball whisked it free just in time. Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more” (Orwell 53).

a. Climax- leaves napoleon as main leader (dictatorship)

2. “That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which followed by what sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o’clock with a tremendous crash of glass. […] and the word went round that from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whiskey” (Orwell 126).

a. climax// falling action--- working class that loves napoleon is seen as nothing to him (can just be sold off with no remorse, napoleon with complete control and no one to overtake

There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’” (Orwell 134).

a. Falling action// resolution- napoleon’s complete control over other animals

4. “it was a pig walking on his hind legs. Yes it was Squealer. A little awkwardly, as though not quite used to supporting his considerable bulk in that position, but with perfect balance, he was strolling across the yard. […] He carried a whip in his trotter” (Orwell 133).

a. falling action// resolution—animals act like people (not just live like them, ie. Clothing and sleeping)

5. The creatures outside looked rom pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell 141)

a. resolution

***two climaxes: when snowball is driven out of animal farm; when boxer is sold off to slaughterhouse, leading into the 10th chapter (years later)  the first climax leads to the “second” climax”

Connect elements of Animal Farm Rising Action to your “RR”