Characters
Which animals is considered vain by the other animals?
Who is Mollie?
Old Major represents this character.
What is Karl Marx. Lenin?
Russia's government pre-Revolution.
What is an absolute monarchy?
This animal spreads propaganda
What is Squealer?
Animal Farm's original name
What is Manor Farm?
Which character represents Czar Nicholas the Second?
Who is Mr. Jones?
The dogs represent this.
What is the soviet secret police?
Major world event that inspired the Revolution?
What is World War One?
The saying that made the animals so afraid the accepted Napoleon's power grab.
What is "Jones will come back"?
Boxer's motto is
What is "I will work harder"
Which character pees on the windmill plan?
Who is Napoleon?
Old Major skull represents this.
What is Lenin embalmed corpse?
Name of the group that took control of Russia after the Revolution.
What are the Bolsheviks?
Propaganda definition
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What did the dogs do to the rats during Old Major's meeting?
What is chased after them?
Who is Moses?
The humans at Battle of the Cowshed represents this.
What is the Whites?
The original reason for the St. Petersburg riots in 1917?
What is food?
This animal creates poems and songs for Napoleon.
What is Minimus?
Definition of communism
a political theory in which a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
How do the animals represent the Russian working class?
The animals in Animal Farm symbolize the Russian working class by showing their dedication, trust in leadership, and ultimate betrayal by those in power.
George Orwell choose to make Animal Farm a fable in which animals represent real people and events for this reason.
George Orwell chose to write Animal Farm as a fable with animals representing real people and historical events to make his political critique more accessible and impactful. By using animals instead of actual political figures, Orwell simplifies complex historical events, such as the Russian Revolution and the rise of totalitarianism, making them easier to understand.
The Russian State was far behind it's European counterparts for these reasons.
What are it wasn't as industrialized and the czar had more power than the average European monarch?
This is why propaganda is dangerous in an uneducated society.
What is because they are unable to stop government/media/ powerful people from manipulating them?
A theme of animal farm
* Revolution
* Power and Control
* Class Hierarchy