Terms for the Novel
The terms on this page are general, specific, and literary for this novel.

General Vocabulary

1. ensconced: established
2. falter: hesitate
3. dissentients: those who rebel (dissent) or oppose
4. enmity: hatred
5. preeminent: worthy of respect
6. vivacious: full of life
7. apathy: attitude of disinterest; "I don't care."
8. gamboled: skipped, hopped, leaped about
9. spinney: a thicket, thorny bush
10. acute: sharp senses, highly aware
11. parasitical: dependent upon others
12. shirked: avoided work
13. obstinate: stubborn
14. cryptic: difficult to understand
15. indefatigable: untiring
16. maxim: a saying, a proverb
17. ignominious: shameful
18. posthumously: after death
19. factions: a party that breaks off from the main group
20. dynamo: a hard-working machine, or a machine-like person who never stops

Specific Vocabulary

1. proletariat: the working class
2. propaganda: language meant to persuade or subvert , especially politically
3. Karl Marx
4. Joseph Stalin
5. Russian Revolution

Literary Terms

1. beast fable
2. allegory
3. symbolism
4. satire
5. dramatic irony
6. situational irony

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