Author: Daisy

Some say the wanderer possesses mystical powers. Some say he is a source of pure evil. Others say he spreads joy to the places he visits. Very few people have ever seen what’s beneath the hood. Very few people know who he truly is. My goal is to become one of those people.

Beyond the snowcapped mountains, there he stood, the wanderer. I clutched my knees to my chest, my breath becoming apparent. A drop of rain rolled down my cheeks, so cold it cut off the hairs of my face. I reached up my hands up to my binoculars hanging around my neck, the penetrating metal numbing my fingers.

Step by step I carefully placed my foot on a rocky ledge. The sound of my heartbeat being blocked out by the sub-zero winds. I squinted my eyes to make out the figure of the wanderer. As my hand wiped away the condensation on my binoculars the figure had disappeared.

I cursed under my breath, backing away from the ridge. I wrapped the jacket around my shoulders tighter, letting in no gusts of wind. The tiny amount of heat I had produced was not leaving this jacket. I made my way about 30 meters before picking up my weathered belongs; a backpack with some of my fathers old clothes; a ripped plastic bag with putrid waft of the rotten smelling food; a water bottle with hole being shut off by duct tape, and a picture of my family. A family that has no idea where I am or what i’m doing.

Treading lightly, my foot scraps along the peaked edges of the rocks, stabbing my blistered feet, as the soles of my shoes have nearly been torn to pieces. They are only just hanging by the rubber outsoles.

1. 3rd person
2. 3rd person
3. 1st person
4. 3rd person
5. 1st person

I jumped off the pavement and looked onto the boulevard. Away, anywhere from here is where I needed to be. The clouds crept, blocking out the the sun; it felt like a metaphor for my life at the moment. footsteps crept

There it it was, again. The hairs on the back of my neck came to a standstill and a bead of sweat ran down the side of my cheek. Stretching, I tried to peel my shirt off my chest, but it seemed firmly stuck by the glue of my sweat. My glasses, that were only just balancing on the end of my nose, fogged up, my vision blurring. I could only hear my heartbeat, downing out the sound of my footsteps, and whatever sounds were hiding. I knew someone was watching me, following me. I turned and ran down the alleyway.

She heard it once again. The hairs on the back of her neck came to a standstill as a bead of sweat ran down her cheek. Behind her, was unexplainable figure. Soundlessly, it was following her path, tracing her footsteps. Tugging, the girl pulled at her shirt cursing under her breath. Her glasses slipped down her nose and her vision blurred. The figure knocked over a can, stopping in his tracks, but she didn’t notice, she was only paying attention to her footsteps counting in her head as if to distract herself and to take her mind out of reality. slowly, she came to a holt, she knew someone was behind her. The dark body slid behind a bin so she wouldn’t catch his eye. As he looked down to stand back up she was gone. She had ran into the alleyway.

A whimpered breath escaped his lips. Breathing had never been such a task. While taking back a stolen breath, a salty droplet touched the tip of his tongue and rolled down to the back of his throat. Sweat clung to his shirt, his Nike top becoming a second skin. Beneath that was his chest. Uneven breaths at an accelerating pace, shaking causing his hands to break down. He reached up to feel his cheeks, hot and moist. The deafening silence caused the tension in the room to holt to a stop.

Claws scratched the wood panels as the dog bounded into the room. All of a sudden the girls eyes went blurry as she felt the ground fall out from under her feet. She moved her hand against the wooden panels to stop her body from collapsing onto the floor.

She plunged into the darkness. Her breath became the only thing to escape her lips and the clouds it created became apparent in the light.

Beyond the city, the sun was just beginning to peak up above the skyline. On the other side of town a big gust of wind picked up, pages began to tumble and dance around the streets. Around the clouds, books twirled and swayed to the beat of the wind.

sight ~ unthinkable

taste ~ acidic

touch ~ slimiest

hearing ~ shrieking

smell ~ delicious

I couldn’t push myself to get out of bed. The unthinkable terrors of the day ahead beckoned me to stay curled up in the cosiest of sheets.

the eyes are being hyperboles. This is being hyperbolised because the couldn’t stick out that far. It describes his fear or surprise.

the cold.

The colours in the sky were so livid, they shone beneath the clouds, as if they were painted the in the sky with the intention of blinding the human eye.

The unbelievable scorching sun had an angels halo wrapped around it.

table ~ stable, strong, hold, stand, support

headphones ~ sing, hooked, changing ,connected, erratic

book ~ twist, unexpected, unique, worn, sentiment

1. Sun and Moon
2. Rude, sulkily, business, spoil, she, him, said and thought
3. The Moon is agitated, gloomy, childish and upset. The Sun is being offensive, greedy

The rope swayed back and forth, its elderly figure breaking at the strands.

The Tree had always learned to let herself be enveloped by the mist, to let it drag her in to the dark abyss.

The Tree smiled down on the lake and wondered what it would be like to fall into that second dimension.

Some may say that this was just the beginning Ataris rule over Megasaki, but to Spots, it was the end. Spots’ leg never fully healed and was now infected with a virus. The virus had reached up through the cavities of the bones  and was spreading like wildfire to his brain; his brain was slowly rotting away. The virus that had no cure, and was incredibly painful and contagious. Unfortunately, one of the Spots’ puppies had caught the disease and had died that night. Spots was now in critical danger.

Propaganda 

Propaganda is a memorable idea in the text because it shows strength and weaknesses in the people and the animals characteristics. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell there are many ideas that suggest propaganda. These ideas are represented by showing that when you are trusted, that can lead you to power and manipulating people to regain trust is an easy way to obtain leadership, you can also scare anyone with lies if they aren’t doing what you want, and by hiding truth with false facts you can make someone or something sound great. 

When Napoleon obtained trust from the other animals he started using that to his advantage to get what he wanted. This is a memorable idea because without the trust that the animals provided, the story would have lead a very different path. Napoleon gave the animals hope and promises when he first came to power such as more food, less work and a better quality of life. Most of the animals couldn’t have wanted anything more, and to them these promises were a dream come true. When the animals began to trust Napoleon as their leader it increased all commitment from the animals to Napoleon’s goals. Because the other farm animals became more trusting of napoleon they became more willing to go with his ideas in hopes it would improve their lives in the long run. This idea is very significant because it shows that if the animals were to question Napoleon the animals would have realized that they were being fooled. Quickly, these promises got less and less likely to happen and further and further out of focus. This relates back to the theme of propaganda because if you trust someone enough they can lie to you and you’d never know.

Napoleon lied to the animals when he changed the commandments. The animals, who had trusted Napoleon throughout the book, didn’t really pay much attention to the changes and just agreed that those commandments were the way that they had always been.  Orwell makes this theme memorable because there are constant chapters where the characters doubt napoleon but are quickly brought to the realization that Napoleon could never lie to them, and it is Squealer that enforces this idea. If George Orwell had not made the animals trust Napoleon or Squealer the truth would have been uncovered and the story would’ve taken a very different direction. Joseph stalin ( who is represented as Napoleon) often focused on trying to boost and glorify the soviet union. The reason most people didn’t question all of the posters and forms of art being put up everywhere is because they had some form of trust in Joseph Stalin. Napoleon creating trust between the animals really helped him get what he wanted.

Napoleon scaring the other characters in the story with lies was a very memorable key idea in the text. This is because it represents falsehood and untruthfulness. George makes this a very important and significant concept. Napoleon doesn’t actually tell the lies though. Sneakily, he uses Squealer to do most of the lying for him. This will mean that if someone was to find out Squealer was lying then Napoleon could say that he never told Squealer that.

Napoleon also does this so the animals don’t think of him badly.  People often do this because they may be too scared to speak up.

It’s a very common way of using propaganda. This is because someone is much more likely to do what you say if the supposed consequences of not doing it are much worse. This also means there is a much lower chance of people not liking you. George Orwell is trying to show that being scared may make someone not think straight and jump to conclusions, in this instance just agreeing with the person that’s making you frightened. Many people feared Joseph Stalin. If someone did not do what he wanted, Joseph would have them exiled. This caused much panic among many of the people, but because everyone was to scared to stand up for themselves Joseph continued to lead ruthlessly. Napoleon scaring the other animals was a very important idea as it showed he was very ruthless. 

There are many examples of Napoleon lying to the other animals to make himself look good. 

It is very important because it relates to the real world and makes you think about what our leaders and rulers may be doing behind the scenes. Orwell likes to make this point stand out for multiple reasons. The first one being that Napoleon lying to the animals to make himself look good shows that he is not a good leader in the first place. It shows that the only way for him to gain trust and respect from the other animals is to lie to them. This is very important because it means that some of the leaders we think may be great on the outside may also be a really bad person and have bad plans on the inside. It shows that he really isn’t a good leader and has done very little to make himself look like a good leader without lying. Another point George Orwell wants to get across is that Napoleon must be hiding schemes and plans if he has to lie about him being great all the time. Napoleon lies when Boxer got taken away. Because Boxer was such a respected character Napoleon knew he had to make himself look good; so he lied. He lied about the fact that he had taken Boxer away to die. If he had told the animals this there would have been much retaliation against him. 

George is trying to show that just because someone is nice doesn’t mean that that is the real them. People can get you tangled up in their lies. Many leaders around the world often lie to their people to get them to be on their side. Leaders want their people to stick with them because you can’t lead when there is no one with you. Napoleon constantly lied to make himself look good and it worked.

Animal Farm by George Orwell shows propaganda all throughout the book. It uses propaganda and makes it a very memorable key idea in the text. It is shown when you are trusted you can manipulate people, you can scare anyone with lies to get them to do what you want, and by hiding truth with false facts you can make yourself sound very capable. Propaganda is a very relevant piece of context in relation to the book Animal Farm.

Propaganda is very significant key idea in the novel ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell.  There were many moments when propaganda stood out. When napoleon blames snowball on the fall of the windmill he uses propaganda by hiding the truth with false facts. Napoleon and squealer also constantly remind the other animals that mr jones will return if they do not do their work. One last example of propaganda is when napoleon lies to the animals on the farm that boxer is leaving to go to the hospital when he is hurt.

Napoleon blames snowball on the fall of the windmill by hiding the truth with false facts. This shows an extreme example of propaganda because napoleon is lying to the animals to get his own way. He blamed the fall of the windmill on snowball which lead to all of the animals believing that napoleon could never do anything wrong, and gave the animals hope that without a doubt Napoleon could never make a mistake. Snowball could not be there to defend himself and so it makes it very easy for Snowball to take the blame. Napoleon also hid the truth from the animals to make sure they all believed that he is perfect, couldn’t make a mistake and with him in power they could never lose.

If the animals had been paying more attention to napoleon there would’ve been very clear signs that he made up the “snowball knocking over the windmill story” on the spot. In the book Animal Farm it says “ suddenly he halted as though his mind had been made up.” this shows that he was hesitant of what to say and how to stick up for himself. It also says that in the beginning of his speech he spoke very quietly and gradually got louder and louder. This suggests that he was indecisive of what to say at the start, but then began to feel better about his argument towards the end. Dictators lying about someone else has been used many times in politics and is not uncommon. The media also lie about people online instead of saying true facts so people will see their side and hate on a certain person. George Orwell wants his readers to realize that people lie all the time to get their own way and that if people have the opportunity to make themselves look good that often will use that to their advantage. Throughout the book Napoleon is constantly hiding the truth to make himself look like he would never make a mistake.

Napoleon and Squealer constantly reminds all the other animals that mr jones will return to the farm if they don’t complete their work. Whenever the animals seemed confused or complained about their leaders, the pigs used the phrase “ you wouldn’t want mr jones back, would you?”  to scare all the animals and manipulate them to get whatever they wanted. They used this to their advantage as the animals would have no other choice than to agree and continue working. The animals had been taught that mr jones was far worse than any of the pigs could ever be and that if mr jones returned to rule the farm they would all live on next to nothing.  All of the pigs used propaganda effectively as they got all of the animals on the farm to believe their lies and false facts, and persuaded them all to do more work and do whatever the pigs wanted. Orwell wants to show his readers that propaganda is a very effective tool and can be very had to differentiate lies from the truth. Its shows that it can be easy to persuade others and make them change their opinions. There are many times on TV were people try to change others opinions and a lot of times people tend to say random facts that aren’t proven just to get their point across. Napoleon and squealer use everyone else’s fear for their own advantages.

Napoleon lied to all the animals saying that boxer was going to a hospital when instead he was taken to horse slaughter and glue boiler. He lied to all the animals to make himself look good as boxer was a very respected character. He tried to explain to the animals that the van previously was a van for the death of horses but said that it was now for hospitals. Three days later squealer said that he had died and “ his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished.” Because boxer well was so respected the animals would want to carry in his dreams in finishing the windmill. Squealer also said boxers last word were long live napoleon.