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Allegory and Satire. 5/7/14. Take out your “Shooting an Elephant” response paper HW Check that you have vocab packets for units 4,5, and 6 for your test on Tuesday Items you will need today: Your HW Animal Farm book Animal Farm Notes paper from yesterday. Shooting an Elephant discussion.
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5/7/14 • Take out your “Shooting an Elephant” response paper HW • Check that you have vocab packets for units 4,5, and 6 for your test on Tuesday • Items you will need today: • Your HW • Animal Farm book • Animal Farm Notes paper from yesterday
Shooting an Elephant discussion • What does the elephant symbolize/represent to Orwell? • What is Orwell’s tone towards imperialism? • What do you expect the tone of Animal Farm to be (in regards to communism)?
Allegory- definition • a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one • (like a metaphor…one that extends the entire piece of writing)
Satire-definition • Satire is a technique employed by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. • It intends to improve humanity by criticizing its follies and weaknesses. A writer in a satire uses fictional characters, which stand for real people, to expose and condemn corruption.
In comics… • Look at the following comic strips from the series called “Pigs Before Swine” • Determine what is being satirized and what the underlying meaning is.
Put it into practice… • Extra credit (up to 5 points on your animal farm final assessment): • Create your own satirical comic strip about a topic that is prominent in high school (boyfriends, cell phones, lunch, etc.)