Written Task 1

Diary Entry 1

18 January 1935

Dear Diary,
These few days have been bad. When Old Major gave his speech, I had mixed
feelings about animalism. I first liked the idea because I hated drunken Jones
tormenting us, but I really liked the times when Mr Jones wasnt drunk and would
feed me sugar treats and pat my beautiful mane as I drove his carriage. I think out of
all the animals, I was his favourite. When I realised that I could not wear my ribbons
and eat sugar treats, I was stunned but I decided to keep quiet as I did not want to
go against my fellow animals.

Now that Mr Jones is gone, I really miss him and cant get used to this way of life. I
am so angry that my prized ribbons have been burned and how can the other
animals reproach me when I tried on a blue ribbon from Mrs Jones dressing room?
Now that the harvest has begun, the work is just too much for me. It is so
exhausting. Im not a workhorse like Boxer.

How I long for the days when Mr Jones was around and would take care of me.
Today, I made up an excuse just to have time to write to you, diary; thats how busy I
am. Ive got to go, its getting late and the animals are coming back from work.

Bye for now,

Mollie
Written Task 1

Diary Entry 2

6 January 1945

Dear Diary,
I am so glad I left animal farm- I just couldnt stand it any longer. So many things
have happened. The Battle of The Cowshed was absolutely frightening. I was hiding
behind the stronger animals, but when I heard a loud gunshot, I was petrified and
retreated to my manger. After we won the battle, life continued as always -that
isbadly. I just cant get myself to wake up early and am way too exhausted to work
the whole day. How can I maintain my beautiful mane if I work like a horse like
Boxer?

That day when I was looking over the hedge that divides Animal Farm from
Foxwood, I saw one of Pilkingtons men, Mr Paul, who reminded me of the old times
with Mr Jones. I let him stroke my nose - oh how nice it felt to be taken care of. The
next few days I kept on sneaking out to meet him and eventually, left Animal Farm
for good to live with him. After hearing about how much work there was to do and
how little food there was to go around, I would say I am so much better off where I
am than if I stayed on Animal Farm.

Love,
Mollie

Total word count for written task 1: (450)

Written Task 2

All I Want
Verse 1)
Mollie Mollie was full of jolly.
I didnt come this far on my own intervention.
I seek no war, no battle, and no suppression.
All I want is my prized blue ribbon.
Yes, Mollie Mollie was sure full of jolly.

Verse 2)
Mollie Mollie was full of belly.
I didnt come this far to make myself a folly.
I seek no work, no stress, and no deprivation.
All I want is more food and a lot more sweet sugar treaties.
Yes, Mollie Mollie was sure full of belly.

Verse 3)
Mollie Mollie has a mane full of beauty.
I didnt come this far to display all my depression.
I seek no fame, no name, and no glorification.
All I want is to have a stroke on my nosey.
Yes, Mollie Mollie indeed has a mane full of beauty.

Chorus)
Man man I belong to you, and you belong to me.
Man man you are still Mollies best destination.
Man man I belong to you, and you belong to me.
Man man you are still Mollies best companion.
Yeah, yeah, you are still Mollies best companion.
Language Arts Coursework: My Reflections

During the June holidays, I started my Language Arts Coursework on Animal Farm.
There are two parts. Firstly, I had to write two diary entries on a minor character from
Animal Farm and I chose Mollie. The two diary entries had to be about Mollies
character development and experiences relating to the events that happened in
Animal Farm. Secondly, I had to write a song that is based on the two diary entries.
The song had to express the feelings and thoughts of Mollie.

I faced many challenges when completing the Language Arts Coursework. Firstly, it
was hard to decide which character to write about. Secondly, I could not remember
the exact details of each event in Animal Farm, thus I had to flip back and forth to
find the specific chapters. Thirdly, it was hard to get into character for the diary
entries as they had to be from the view of Mollie. However, the main challenge was
the writing of the song. Firstly, I could not find inspiration for the song. Secondly, it
was hard to portray Mollies character, thoughts and experiences into a song that did
not look like random words jumbled up into a poem.

Nonetheless, I did not let these challenges overwhelm me. Firstly, to choose a
character, I looked for a character that had obvious character traits and good
experiences that I could write about. Secondly, whenever I read a chapter again, I
annotated it to remember the events that happened. Thirdly, I studied Mollies
character in the book thoroughly which helped me to enter into Mollies thoughts.
Finally, for the writing of the song, I took words and the main ideas of the diary
entries and with inspiration from modern songs, wrote it into a full song.

This Language Arts Coursework made me appreciate the characters in the novel
more. For example, how Mollie was vain, materialistic and lazy had a much better
fate then Boxer who was also a horse but worked hard to his death. This
Coursework was indeed a very informative, educational and interesting experience.