Tracking Themes What is George Orwell trying to say about people-even though his characters are animals?
The main themes in Animal Farm are related to power and control. See if you can identify and
analyze those themes.
Step 1: What parts of the plot seem related to a possible theme in the novel? (Think about the
main conflict and how it get resolved or worked out.)
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Step 2: Which characters seem related to a possible theme? Which characters change, and
what do those changes suggest about people, power, or life?
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Step 3: How does George Orwell use symbols to hint at the novel's themes? What objects,
people, or places stand for something "bigger" in the story?
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Step 4: What does the novel's title suggest about the novel's theme? Why do you think Orwell
named his allegory Animal Farm?
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Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

Which sentence you is an example of chronological structure in “the city without us”?

Which component of a rhetorical argument is missing from the chart above? a. civics (civos) b. ethics (ethos) c. patriotics (patros) d. histrionics (histros)