CHOOSE ONE
1. What are the factors that have led up to the Battle of the Windmill? Is the result a “victory”?
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact#Hitler_breaks_the_Pact
-Glance over the “Non-Aggression Pact” introduction, and then read this section, entitled “Hitler breaks the Pact.”
-What are the similarities of these historical events to events that happen in Chapter 8?
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Napoleon had strike up a meeting and announced to his fellow animals that he had sold the lumber to Fredrick. He told them he broke off all relations with Pilkington, and that he was no longer to be trusted. He said that he had been in league with Fredrick the entire time. Fredrick had broken into the farm and attacked Animal Farm. Though there are many casualties, the Battle of the Windmill was quite a victory for the animals. They did not loose anything to the enemy, nor did they gain anything. But they still had their land. Though the windmill was blown to pieces, they still had the ability to create another one.
ReplyDeleteAfter the executions, the animals realize the commandments state, “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” Farmers and Napoleon have been trying to negotiate to sell a pile of timber left over form Jones. Napoleon has been trading money for supplies needed to build the windmill. The pigs teach the animals to hate one of the two neighboring farms. Whichever farm is being hated at the time is the hiding place of Snowball, according to the pigs. Frederick ends up giving forgeries to Napoleon, once Napoleon finds this out, he warns the animals to expect the worse. Frederick attacks the farm with armed men and several animals are killed, Boxer is injured. Napoleon’s negotiations caused this battle. Although the animals fight back, they are no match for the men.
ReplyDeleteHitler and Stalin both agreed to a pact where neither side would attack the other. However, later during the war hitler breaks the pact and attacks russia. In the book napoleon makes agreements with Fredrick. Fredrick breaks the relations by giving napoleon fake money and then attacking the farm. They are able to repel the animals at first which gave them a clear shot at the windmill. As the animals hid inside the barn fredrick and his men blow up the windmill. And just like in the real war, stalin(napoleon)is able to repel hitler's(fredrick) attack on animal farm(russia)
ReplyDeleteSome of the major factors that lead up to the Battle of the Windmill are the fact that Napoleon is in league with Fredrick’s the whole time. This is an issue because whichever farm they dislike at the time is the farm that is supposedly hiding Snowball. Another factor that contributes to the Battle is that when Napoleon trades the timber for the money, Fredrick’s gives Napoleon fake bills, causing Napoleon to warn the animals that he might attack the farm and try and take it from them. During the battle, Fredrick’s men destroy the Windmill, causing the animals to rally and drive the humans out of the farm. I don’t consider this battle a victory because they lost the windmill, and many animals, including Boxer, were injured during the fight. I also don’t consider this a loose though, just because they were able to drive the humans out of the farm.
ReplyDeleteThe Non-Agression Pact has a lot to do with chapter eight in this book. In the Non-Agression Pact, it states that Hitler and Stalin both agree that neither side would attack the other. Basically, they had a truce and they would not attack each other. Even though they had this Non-Agression Pact, Hitler still invaded Russia and attacked Stalin later on during the war. This is very similar to the book because at first, Napoleon and Frederick are negotiating, and they agree not to attack each other and they will be loyal to each others territories. But sure enough, Frederick comes out of no where and gives Napoleon fake money and he ends up attacking the animal farm. While he attacks the animal farm, he manages to blow up the windmill and this is devastating to the other animals on the animal farm.
ReplyDeleteThere were many things that led up to the fight of the windmill. I believe one of the biggest things that were wrong was the instability between animals. Napoleon kept changing rules on the other animals, so the other animals did not know how to feel about subjects. They didn’t know if drinking was good, and they didn’t know if killing another animal was acceptable. Another very important thing that led to the battle was the bad relationship the animals had with the humans. The humans were taking advantage of them and they didn’t even know it. Hunger and poverty also contributed to the beginning of the battle, because a lot of the animals are miserable and they just want to live peacefully by themselves without problems. I do not think that the battle was a win for the animals, because they had a lot of injured or dead animals, and now they can’t trust the humans anymore. On the other hand at the end they little memorial they had kind of brought all the animals closer.
ReplyDeleteThere are many factors that led up to the Battle of the Windmill. The first is that Napoleon even became allies with Frederick. The next was that Napoleon had secretly been dealing with Frederick and the lumber. At first Napoleon had said he sold the lumber to someone else when actually he sold it to Frederick. And then the bills that Frederick gave to Napoleon were fake. That really set Napoleon off and Napoleon said that he wanted Frederick dead. The result of the Battle of the Windmill was a victory in the animals eyes. Napoleon says it is a victory because Frederick and his men had taken up every inch of their ground, and then the animals won every inch back. In my eyes, I agree with Boxer, that this is not a victory because their windmill that they had worked so hard on was destroyed and now they have to build a new one.
ReplyDeleteThe Battle of the Windmill was caused by many different factors. First of all, Napoleon decided he thought it would be a good idea to interact and trade with their neighboring farmers. At the beginning of the story, the animals said they would not interact with people. Because they needed supplies for the windmill, they traded their food and things around the house for additional parts to build it. They hired a man named Mr. Whymper in order to help with these trades. Napoleon and his Animal Farm were not exactly on good terms with their neighboring farmers. For example, the animals heard through the pigeons that an attack was being planned on their farm. Napoleon sent out a cry for help to Pilkington who answered with the words “Serves you right.” The pigeons heard right. Frederick and many of his men stormed onto Animal Farm and proceeded to destroy the windmill.
ReplyDeleteFactors that led up to the Battle of the Windmill were ho napoleon had said he sold the lumber to someone else instead of saying he sold it to Frederick. Also the animals came up with the Sixth Ammendment "No animal shall kill any other animal with out cause", but before they couldnt remember the last two words and then realized the commandment had been violated. Overall i would say that the Battle of the Windmill was not a victory because the windmill was destryoed and some of the animals were dead.
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