Characters
This pig first introduces the principles of Animalism to the animals.
Who is Old Major?
The animals rebel after this farmer neglects to feed them.
Who is Mr. Jones?
The novel shows how leaders can use this technique to manipulate people.
Propaganda
"Napoleon is always right."
Who is Boxer?
According to the commandments, all animals are ________.
What is equal?
After Snowball's expulsion, this character becomes responsible for explaining and justifying Napoleon's decisions.
Who is Squealer?
Napoleon raises these animals in secret before using them to strengthen his control.
Who are the puppies?
The pigs gradually gain more and more of this.
What is power?
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing."
Who is Old Major?
This allowed the animals to sleep in a bed.
What is "without sheets"?
This character seems to disappear whenever work needs to be done.
Who is the cat?
They lead the the first organized acts of resistance against Napoleon?
Who are the hens?
Orwell shows how revolutions can become corrupted by this.
What is greed or self-interest?
"Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey."
Who is Benjamin?
This allowed them to drink alcohol?
What is "too excess"?
Unlike Boxer, this animal recognizes many of the farm's problems but chooses not to challenge them publicly.
Who is Benjamin?
This phrase describes the dream of a society run by animals.
What is Animalism?
The sheep often bleet the phrase "Four legs good, two legs bad" for this reason.
What is to distract the animals?
"And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?"
Who is Mollie?
This alllowed them to kill other animals.
What is "without cause"?
This character's greatest flaw is not laziness or ignorance but his unquestioning loyalty, which ultimately contributes to the success of Napoleon's dictatorship.
Who is Boxer?
Old Major warns the animals to never become like them.
What are humans?
The final scene suggests that the pigs have become indistinguishable from these people.
What are human beings?
"The only good human is a dead human."
Who is Snowball?
By the end of the novel, all commandments have been replaced with this statement.
What is "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."