Allegories
Who does Mr. Jones represent in Animal Farm?
Tsar Nicholas II
How does Mr. Jones parallel Tsar Nicholas II?
His neglect and drinking problems mirror the Tsar’s misrule.
Why does Snowball study Caesar’s campaigns?
To learn about his battle strategies
Why does Napoleon execute the hens?
To finish the resistance of the egg's sales
What are some of Napoleon's vices?
His pipe, whiskey and beer
What does Squealer represent in Animal Farm?
Russian Media
What reflects the October Revolution in Chapter 2?
The Bolchevik takeover of Russia
How does Boxer’s strength shine in the fight?
He knocked out a stable-lad in the cowshed
What is the effect of the song's ban?
It decreases animal's morale
Why do pigs wear clothes now?
Because they are shifting to opressors as they adopt their habits
Who is used in the book to represent Trotsky's persona?
Snowball
Why does Napoleon’s trade with humans mimic Stalin?
Because the soviets also traded with capitalists
Why do humans spread rumors about the farm?
To discredit them because of the hate they had towards them
How do the animals feel about the executions?
They were completely astonished as well as sad
What event shows the animal's adoption of humans
What is used to represent Trotsky's plans in the book?
The windmill
What parallels the purges in the dogs' attacks?
The loyalty of the people through terror
How do they conmemorate the battle afterwards?
Shooting the gun in the anniversary
Why does the autor show the pig's drinking whiskey
Why can't animals tell apart humans and animal?
The Revolution has failed and pigs wear clothes and act as humans, even standing on their hind legs
What does Snowball’s expulsion signify allegorically?
The silencing of the opposition
How does the renaming of Animal Farm back to "The Manor Farm" symbolize the full-circle return to pre-revolutionary oppression under Stalin’s regime in the Soviet Union?
The Revolution's failure
Who is wounded in the Battle of the Cowshed?
What does the commandments changes aim to?
To help the pigs to rule effectively
How does the book end?
With a fight in which the animals watching can't tell humans and animals apart, symbolizing the fail of the revolution