TITLE: Animals Behaving Badly
AUTHOR: Alan Lenhoff
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2001
Main Idea #1: Power
Summary: No matter who you are, you always want more of what you have. You can never have enough power
Quote: He was using animals to say something about human beings--and about the tendency of human governments, however good the intentions of their founders, to turn into tyrannies.
Question: Do Macbeth and Napoleon have the same desire for power?
TITLE: Animal Farm
AUTHOR: Robert Pearce
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2005
Main Idea #1: Revoltions
Summary: While Animal Farm is fiction, it is strongly based on real life. Orwell strongly feels that the only benefit to a revolution is to change who is in power; you will not be treated any differently afterwards.
Quote: “I meant that that kind of revolution can only lead to a change of masters. I meant the moral to be that revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert and know how to chuck out their leaders as soon as the latter have done their job.” George Orwell
Question: Why is it important to change leaders periodically?
Main Idea #2: Revolutions
Summary: It is hard to say whether revolutions are worthwhile because you will end up with the same result as when you started.
Quote: why one particular revolution failed or implying that all revolutions fail
Question: What is the point of revolting?
Main Idea #3: Leaders
Summary: The Dominant class may respect the lower classes, but they will always be looked down upon.
Quote: He added that every middle-class person 'has a dormant class-prejudice'. This seems true of Orwell himself. He often praised the working class for their stoicism and hard work - but never for their intelligence or leadership.
Question: Why have respect for someone you look down on?
TITLE: Mayor Defends Push for More Power
AUTHOR: Donovan Vincent and Vanessa Lu
YEAR PUBLISHED: 2008
Main Idea #1: Wanting More Power
Summary: The Mayor is secretly trying to gain more power; however, he does not want the town’s people to figure that out.
Quote: "I'm not looking for any enhanced powers at all. It is a real abuse of the language to say I'm seeking more power"
Question: It is obvious that he is trying to gain power, why is he trying to hide it? It will come out eventually.
Main Idea #2: Eliminating Others
Summary: The Mayor eliminated the ‘checks and balances’ of their town’s government. He can do what ever he wants. His is similar to a dictator.
Quote: “Removing that step, critics warn, would give Miller greater ability to wield an axe over bureaucrats, opening a path to politicizing the civil service.”
Question: How did he eliminate the Council’s approval? Is he like Napoleon and Macbeth in that they killed their friends off?
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