The Animals
What do the sheep chant?
"four legs good, two legs bad"
What theme does this quote illustrate? "The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious. So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples (and also the main crop of apples when they ripened) should be reserved for the pigs alone."
The Danger of Corrupt Power
Who does Napoleon represent in real life?
Joseph Stalin
Scapegoat
Orwell uses this symbol to represent a political entity with diplomatic concerns
The Farm
Who's motto was "Napoleon is always right!"
Boxer
What theme does this quote illustrate? "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer — except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."
Class Struggles
Who does Old Major represent?
Karl Marx
"At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him."
Scare Tactics
These are the founding principles of Animalism that symbolize a rewriting of history to gain/maintain control.
The 7 Commandments
Who inspires the revolution?
Old Major
What theme does this quote describe? "The three hens who had been the ringleaders in the attempted rebellion over the eggs now came forward and stated that Snowball had appeared to them in a dream and incited them to disobey Napoleon’s orders. They, too, were slaughtered."
Totalitarianism
Who does Boxer represent?
The exploited working class
"All men are enemies. All animals are comrades."
Either/Or
The symbol of (false) hope for the animals that ultimately only benefits the pigs
The Windmill
Who loved sugar and ribbons?
What theme does this quote illustrate? "‘It was the most affecting sight I have ever seen!... I was at his bedside at the very last. And at the end, almost too weak to speak, he whispered in my ear that his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished. ’Forward, comrades!’ he whispered. ’Forward in the name of the Rebellion. Long live Animal Farm! Long live Comrade Napoleon! Napoleon is always right.’ Those were his very last words, comrades.’"
The Power of Language - Propaganda & Manipulation
Animalism closely aligns with the ideals of...
Communism
What logical fallacy is used in the following quote: "Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades,’ cried Squealer
Faulty Causality / Scare Tactic
The (Rebuilding of the) Windmill
Which characters remains quiet and cynical no matter the changes that he notices?
Benjamin
What theme does this quote describe? "There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"
The Betrayal of Revolution
What role does Squealer play in Animal Farm
Propaganda / Helping to maintain the image of the pigs
"He had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snow ball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence."
Ad hominem attack
Sugar Candy Mountain