1. You may wish to refer to:
 Napoleon’s personality and motives
 Napoleon’s treatment of Snowball
 The way Napoleon treats the other animals
 How Napoleon changes the rules of Animalism, The Seven Commandments
 Napoleon’s use of the dogs
 The similarities to their enemy, the humans
 Napoleon’s rhetoric and the reality on Animal Farm
You may wish to refer to similarities between Stalin and Napoleon, such as:
 Blaming problems on others
 Using violence to rule by fear
 Spreading propaganda about their great leadership
 Their treatment of rivals
 Their style of leadership (dictatorship)
 Treatment of the working classes
 Attitude toward the rules of Communism/Animalism
 Orwell’s use of allegory to represent real Russian characters and events
 Orwell’s feelings about equality and Stalin’s version of Communism
How does Orwell use the character of Napoleon to criticise Stalin
through Animal Farm?
How does George Orwell present Napoleon as a bad character in
Animal Farm?
Write the question at the top of your page, and then answer in your book.
You may use:
A COPY OF ANIMAL FARM
NOTES FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS
Write the question at the top of your page, and then answer in your book.
You may use:
A COPY OF ANIMAL FARM
NOTES FROM PREVIOUS LESSONS

2. You may wish to refer to the following parts of the book:
 The front cover of the book
 The blurb on the back cover of the book
 The ‘narrative hook’ at the start of the book
 The opening chapter
 Miss Wells’ nightmare
You may wish to discuss the use of the following techniques:
 Imagery
 Punctuation
 Styles of narrative hook
 Sentence type and length
 Descriptive language (linked to the character’s senses)
Possible Introduction
The Stuff of Nightmares is a horror story for children. It is aimed at a young audience
that are interested in scary, tense and frightening stories. Malorie Blackman uses a
variety of techniques that help to hook the reader by creating tension and suspense at the
start of the book.
Firstly, Malorie Blackman hooks the reader by…
Evidence: For each point that you make, you must provide evidence. This should
normally be in the form of a quote from the book, although if you are talking about
the front cover you just need to describe what you can see.
Effect on the reader: Once you have made your point and given your evidence, it is
important to explore the effect of each technique on the reader.
You must: explain the technique and give examples
You should: analyse why this technique helps to hook the reader (e.g. This makes
the reader want to read on because…)
You could: evaluate how successfully the technique hooks the reader (by talking
about your own point of view)
Assessment Question: How does Malorie Blackman, the author of The Stuff of
Nightmares, hook the reader?