All 10 Uses of
resolution
in
Animal Farm
- And remember, comrades, your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray.
p. 10..0 (definition 1) *resolution = determination
- A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum.
p. 23..4 (definition 2) *resolution = a formal statement of a decision voted on by a group
- Here the work of the coming week was planned out and resolutions were put forward and debated.
p. 31..3 (definition 2)resolutions = formal expressions of opinion arrived at by group vote
- It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions.
p. 31..3 (definition 2)
- The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own.
p. 31..4 (definition 2)
- Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money — had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at that first triumphant Meeting after Jones was expelled?
p. 63..6 (definition 2)
- All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they remembered it.
p. 63..7 (definition 2)
- He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.
p. 64..5 (definition 2)resolution = a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a group
- Have you any record of such a resolution?
p. 64..8 (definition 2)
- Again the animals seemed to remember that a resolution against this had been passed in the early days, and again Squealer was able to convince them that this was not the case.
p. 66..3 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (resolution as in: Her resolution weakened.) determination (firmness of purpose)
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(2) (resolution as in: a United Nations resolution) a formal statement of decision or opinion voted on by a groupeditor's notes: While a resolution typically expresses an opinion and has no legal force, when used in early U.S. history or in the expressions joint resolution of Congress or continuing resolution, it becomes a synonym for legislation (meaning that it carries the force of law).