Characters
These are the breed of animal who are the smartest on Animal Farm and do all of the strategy.
Who are the pigs?
Bringing up Snowball any time something bad happens on the farm to distract the animals from their own changes would be an example of this.
What is scapegoat?
This animal runs Snowball off the farm with the dogs and takes power in Animal Farm.
Who is Napoleon?
This is a food that Mollie the white mare leaves Animal Farm for.
What are sugar cubes?
All of the animals deciding to follow Old Major's points on Animalism would be an example of this.
What is bandwagon?
This is the animal who says "I will work harder", and "Napoleon is always right."
Who is Boxer?
The pigs using the phrase "readjustment of rations" would be an example of this.
What is euphemism?
This man helped the animals carry out their trade with other humans when they began doing so.
Who is Mr. Whymper?
These are the words the pigs formed to be an easier phrase to remember for those who couldn't read the seven commandments--the sheep especially loved it.
What is "four legs good; two legs bad"?
The dogs growling each time an animal has a protest to bring up would be an example of this.
What is fear?
These are the original 3 pigs who follow Old Major's call for Animalism.
Who are Squealer, Snowball, and Napoleon?
The pigs suggesting things are bad now, but surely they wouldn't go back to the days of Jones would be an example of this.
What is least of evils?
This animal is found having fallen off a ladder with a paint brush near the Seven Commandments.
Who is Squealer?
These are the words added after the 6th commandment "no animal shall kill any other animal" as the first amendment to the commandments.
What are "without cause"?
The pigs emphasizing their shared time on the farm during the time of Jones with the rest of the animals would be an example of this.
What is plain folks?
This animal is cynical, doesn't believe life will ever be easy, and refuses to read the commandments when he is asked about them even though he is smart enough to read them.
Who is Benjamin?
The word "equal" being used in many instances from "all animals are equal" to "some are more equal than others" would be an example of this.
What is glittering generality?
This breed of animal are taken from their parents as babies and educated by the pigs separate from the rest of the animals and used as a weapon later in the story.
Who are the dogs?
This is the name of the song Old Major teaches them and serves as a beacon of hope for the animals--it is eventually banned by Napoleon.
What is "Beasts of England"?
The pigs associating all bad things on the farm with Snowball would be an example of this.
What is transfer?
These are the two farmers who Napoleon keeps going back and forth on doing trade with.
Who are Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick?
The animals bowing to Old Major's skull as they walk into work would be an example of this.
What is deification?
This animal first proposed the windmill saying that it would provide the animals with the benefits of electricity and a three-day work week.
Who is Snowball?
This is the wonderful and magical place above the clouds that Moses the raven tells the animals about and gives them hope.
What is Sugar Candy Mountain?
The pigs not answering the animals' questions about where the milk went and instead urging them to begin working would be an example of this.
What is stalling?