Characters
This character delivered a speech that laid out the principals of animalism.
Who is Old Major?
The theme of education as a tool for manipulation is easily seen through Napoleon's private tutoring of these animals.
Who are the puppies? (and later, the piglets!)
This is a term for a story that can be read on two levels: a surface level, and a much deeper one.
What is an allegory?
Napoleon is based on this historical leader.
Who is Josef Stalin?
This project symbolizes the animals' unity and collective strength.
What is the windmill?
This character manipulates the other animals through the use of rhetorical appeals like logos, pathos, and ethos.
Who is Squealer?
Who is Mr. Jones
Napoleon could be described as this type of leader.
What is a tyrant? / What is an authoritarian leader?
What is the USSR?
This animal symbolizes religion.
Who is Moses the Raven?
This character's personal mottos were "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right."
Who is Boxer?
Orwell shows how difficult it can be to tell fake news from the real thing when the animals assume the these things changed because they just misremembered.
What are the Seven Commandments?
Because it ridicules real-life people, Animal Farm can be considered this type of writing.
What is satire?
Snowball is based on this historical leader.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
This character symbolizes the people who were wealthy before the revolution.
Who is Mollie?
This character was cynical, old, and was certain that nothing would ever get any better.
Who was Benjamin?
This anthem symbolizes the animals' resistance and hope for the future.
What is "Beasts of England"?
This is a term for giving animals human-like traits, such as making them talk and develop complex systems of government.
What is anthropomorphism?
The neighboring farms, Foxwood and Pinchfield, are based on these two countries.
What are England and Germany?
These animals symbolize the KGB or secret police.
Who are Napoleon's dogs?
This character, alongside Boxer, represents the dedication of the working class.
Who is Clover?
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Boxer had two of these: "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right"
What is a maxim? / What is a motto?
George Orwell fought in the civil war in this country, which helped shape his views as he wrote Animal Farm.
What is Spain?
To the animals, this character is a symbol of fear and a return to a worse time.
Who is Mr. Jones?