Allegorical characters
Represented Czar Nicholas
Who was Jones?
Represented the Russian Revolution
What is the rebellion?
Represents the Russian Orthodox Church in the book
Who is Moses the Raven?
Boxer's devoted but temperamental friend.
Who is Benjamin the donkey?
It changed from, "No animals shall drink alcohol"
What is "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess"
Represented Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
Who is Old Major?
Represented the Death of Lenin.
What was the death of Old Major?
Represents Stalin's secret police, the NKVD
Who were the dogs, trained by Napoleon?
Moses the Raven's land beyond the clouds.
What is "Sugarcandy Mountain"
It changed from "No animal shall kill any other animal"
What is ""No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."
Represented Stalin
Who is Napoleon?
Represented Trotsky being deported from Soviet Russia
What is Snowball was chased from the farm by dogs?
Represents Germany
Who was Frederick?
Communism is represented in the book by the ideology introduced by Old Major.
What is "Animalism"
It changed from "All animals are equal"
What is "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others"
Who is Snowball?
Represented Stalin's attempt to industrialize Russia with 5 year plans.
What is the windmill?
Represents England (and somewhat America)
Who is Pilkington?
Represented the German invasion of Russia
What is the "Battle" and destruction of "The Windmill"?
It changed from "No animal shall sleep in a bed"
What is "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets"
Represented Josef Goebbels (Stalin's propaganda minister)
Who is Squealer?
Represented Stalin's show trials, where party members still loyal to Trotsky are executed.
What is animals confess to being in league with Snowball and are executed by dogs.
Represents how the relationship between the Allied Powers disintegrated and there became more negativity between the US/UK and the Soviets.
What is the meeting of farmers at the end of the book? First there were toasts and congratulations, but then it broke into fighting and accusations.
Represents Propaganda effort of Stalin's 5 years plans to the public (while they were actually a failure).
What is showing other farmers grain bins full of sand, topped with grain?
It used to be "four legs good, two legs bad"
What is "four legs good, two legs better."