Allegorical Representations Pt. 1
Old Major has a dream of equality for classes that is later used to form a revolution just like this real Historical Figure
Karl Marx
Presents a surface-level meaning and deeper-level meaning using symbols in this text
Animal Farm
"I will work harder"
Boxer
Old Major's dream encourages animals to do this
Revolt/Rebel
At the pigs’ party, the humans compare the less intelligent animals to this class
The lower class
Like Napolean, this real-life person gained power through propaganda and the blind trust of the people
Joseph Stalin
Animal farm is an allegorical satire for this historical event
The Russian Revolution
"You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself."
"All animals must work together to unite and break free from man", which is the central idea of this
Beasts of England
An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit rather than by the state
Capitalism
This real-life person represents Mr. Frederick
Adolf Hitler
The name change of “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm” represents
Russia changing its name to the Soviet Union
"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing"
Old Major
The animals on Animal Farm were able to come together and chase the men from Animal Farm to validate the rebellion in this fight...
The Battle of the Cowshed
In this system there is no distinct class system, so everyone is equal and works to his or her capacity
Communism
Squealer represents
Propaganda
“Terrible stories were leaking out…about the cruelties that Frederick practiced upon his animals. He had flogged an old horse to death, he starved his cows, he had killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace…” This quote represents this historical figure and historical event
Hitler and the Concentration Camps
"Get out!" he shouted. "Laziness, that’s what’s wrong with this farm."
Mr. Jones
This act makes the pigs and humans indistinguishable
Napoleon being addressed as “our leader” is a sign of this form of government
A Dictatorship
Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick's fear of the spread of Animalism represents this historical event
The Red Scare
The working class
"Mollie! Look me in the face. Do you give your word of honor that that man was not stroking your nose?"
Clover
"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pug to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" shows what thought?
Lost the ability to discern who is a friend and who is a foe by trading one tyrant for another
Napoleon being the only candidate for president illustrates the illusion of this political system
Democracy