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Always said "four legs good; two legs bad" and represents the citizens of the Soviet Union.
Who are the sheep?
How many original commandments were on the barn wall?
What is seven?
Old Major's dream
What is the speech that represents Karl Marx and Frederick Engels' The communist Manifesto?
The reason the animals overthrow the farm.
What is "because they haven't been fed"?
Animal Farm was an allegory about this historical event.
What is the Russian Revolution?
He states, "Man is the only creature who consumes without producing" and inspires the animals to revolt.
Who is Old Major?
This was the first commandment that was broken, and it was changed to this.
What is "no animal shall sleep in a bed;" it was changed to "no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets"?
The card game represents the pig's dictatorship as complete to the real-life event.
What is The Tehran Conference in 1943?
Where Boxer is really sent when he becomes ill.
What is the Knackers? (Glue factory)
The author of Animal Farm.
Who is George Orwell?
Suspicious white goat who could read that represents the working class.
Who is Muriel?
"No animal shall kill any other animal" was changed to this.
What is "no animal shall kill any other animal without cause"?
The event is symbolized by the hens smashing their eggs and all the animals confessing to crimes they did not commit.
What is The Great Purge?
A storm knocked it down.
What is the windmill?
"Four legs good, two legs bad" was changed to this.
What is "four legs good, two legs better"?
Smartest animals on the farm that NEEDED the apples and the milk.
Who are the pigs?
"No animal shall drink alcohol" was changed to this.
What is "no animal shall drink alcohol to excess"?
The event is symbolized by the sale of the timber.
What is The Non-Aggression Pact between Stalin and Hitler?
Pigs begin to resemble this at the end of the novel.
What are the humans?
This is the reason Squealer says, "Surely, no one wants to see Jones return."
What is it scares the animals into agreeing with the pigs?
Carthorse that represents the upper-middle class (bourgeoisie) that was vain, spoiled, weak-hearted, and disloyal.
Who is Mollie?
At the end of the book, this was the only commandment left and was altered.
What is "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."
The event is symbolized by Mr. Fredrick blowing up the windmill and attacking Animal Farm.
What is World War II?
Blamed for everything that went wrong on the farm.
Who is Snowball?
Where the animals go after they die.
What is Sugar Candy Mountain?