Animal Farm Gideon Dialectical Journal

1. Gideon is afraid to go to Charleston because he is a “nigger”. He feels as though he is illiterate and not very smart he would not fit in. He would not want to go “to city full of white houses… full of white folks making fun…” (p. 16-17). To help him overcome that fear Brother Peter tells him they “need a leader” (p 17). Because of how strong Gideon is physically and mentally he was chosen to represent them.

2. To Brother Peter Gideon is a young man. Since he is a younger man he can learn more than he can;”Just fill you up, like bucket drawing water from the well.” (p 19) He can show the white people that he is not ignorant. But Gideon felt as though they would just laugh at him “and mock this nigger” (p 19). Once Brother Peter told him “take that dollar and buy a book,” Gideon felt as though that he could go to the Convention and make a change.

3. Abner Lait was a tenant of the Carwell’s. He regarded the “world suspiciously and uncertainly.” (p 32) He had a hard time growing his crops and when he had a good one Carwell took it. Abner Lait spent
When Trooper daughter gets raped it makes Trooper retaliate in a bad way. He decided that killing the white men that raped his daughter would make her feel better. But Gideon told him that he will get himself hung and the time he spent at the swamp would have been unnecessary. (p 114) Gideon says, “evil bad things/ fade out slowly/ a nigger is lynched, a poor… girl is mistreated/ they fade out slowly.”(p 115) What he is trying to say is that the white people won’t remember how they got mistreated. Their future counts on them making the right decision. They would have created a new life (p 114) for themselves while working in the swamp and saving their money. I do agree with Gideon, because if Trooper would have retaliated against the two white men he would have ended his life. And would’ve been just another event that would fade away. And his life would be over and he would not be able to have a better