Characters & Symbolism
$100: This pig represents Leon Trotsky in the novel and is eventually exiled from Animal Farm
Who is Snowball?
$100: This concept is exemplified by the gradual changes to the Seven Commandments throughout the novel.
What is corruption of ideals/revisionist history?
Also accept propaganda or rhetoric.
$100: This event marks the beginning of the revolution at Manor Farm
What is Old Major's speech/death?
$100: This literary genre describes "Animal Farm" as it uses animal characters to criticize human society.
What is allegory/fable/satire?
$100: This historical figure is represented by Old Major in the novel
Who is Karl Marx/Vladimir Lenin?
$200: This character symbolizes the loyal, hardworking proletariat who never questions authority and adopts the motto "I will work harder."
Answer: Who is Boxer?
$200: This recurring motif in the novel symbolizes how the pigs use propaganda to maintain control over the other animals.
What are the songs/chants/slogans (like "Beasts of England" or "Four legs good, two legs bad")?
$200: This massive construction project symbolizes the Five-Year Plans of the Soviet Union and leads to Boxer's downfall
What is the windmill?
$200: This rhetorical device is employed when Napoleon blames farm problems on Snowball's sabotage.
What is scapegoating?
$200: This historical event is symbolized by the Rebellion in which the animals overthrow Mr. Jones
What is the Russian Revolution of 1917?
$300: This cynical donkey represents the skeptical intellectual who foresees the corruption of the revolution but does nothing to stop it
Who is Benjamin?
$300: This theme is demonstrated when the pigs begin walking on two legs and carrying whips, ultimately becoming indistinguishable from humans
What is the corruption of power/the cycle of oppression?
What is the inevitability of totalitarianism?
or
What is power corrupting the revolutionary leaders?
$300: This battle represents the Allied invasion of Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War and ends with the animals' victory
What is the Battle of the Cowshed?
$300: This narrative technique allows readers to understand events through the limited perspective of the common animals, highlighting their exploitation
What is limited third-person perspective?
$300: The conflict between Napoleon and Snowball represents the power struggle between these two historical figures
Who are Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky?
$400: This character represents religious institutions that pacify the oppressed, promising rewards in the afterlife.
Who is Moses the raven?
$400: This literary technique used throughout the novel reveals how language can be manipulated to control others, especially seen in Squealer's speeches
What is propaganda/rhetorical manipulation?
$400: This shocking event reveals the complete betrayal of Boxer's loyalty and represents Stalin's betrayal of the working class
What is Boxer being sent to the knacker/glue factory?
$400: This contradiction in terms exemplifies the manipulative use of language when the pigs alter the commandment to read "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
What is an oxymoron/doublethink?
What is paradox?
or
What is rhetorical manipulation/linguistic corruption?
or
What is Orwellian language/newspeak?
$400: This historical policy is represented by Napoleon's sudden slaughter of animals who confess to various crimes.
What are Stalin's Purges/Great Terror?
$500: This alcoholic human character who represents Tsar Nicholas II is driven from his farm during the animal rebellion.
Who is Mr. Jones?
$500: This philosophical concept is challenged in the novel when the pigs establish themselves as a privileged class despite the original revolutionary ideals
What is egalitarianism/equality? OR
What is classless society?
or
What is communism/Marxism?
or
What is social equality/collective ownership?
$500: This climactic scene reveals the complete transformation of the pigs and the failure of the revolution when animals can no longer distinguish between pigs and humans.
What is the card game/dinner party between pigs and humans?
$500: This literary technique is used when Orwell has Boxer sent to the knacker rather than dying naturally, creating emotional impact while emphasizing the pigs' betrayal.
What is dramatic irony/pathos?
$500: This historical phenomenon is represented by Squealer's constant statistical reports about increased production, despite the animals having less food
What is Soviet propaganda/falsified production figures?