Characters
Who is the animal that comes up with a plan to build a windmill but is eventually run off the farm by a rival animal?
Snowball
Animal Farm is an allegory for this famous historical event.
The Russian Revolution
At the beginning of the book, this character calls a meeting to discuss the tenets of animalism and revolting against the humans.
Old Major
Concerned about becoming like the humans who controlled them, the animal develop this commandment to ensure that animals don't adopt human sleeping habits.
No animal shall sleep in a bed
This brutal dictator takes over Animal Farm and slowly changes the rules of the farm to fit his agenda.
Napoleon
This animal's motto is "I will work harder" and is the primary source of labor for the farm. He eventually dies and is sent off to the glue factory for money.
Boxer
Napoleon is representative of this famous Soviet authoritarian.
Joseph Stalin
In this famous battle, the cows of the farm become hungry and break into the food shed, leading to an all out revolution on the farm.
The Battle of the Cowshed
Although it is blamed on snowball, this is what actually toppled the windmill the first time it was destroyed.
A storm
This donkey is known to be very cynical and does not believe that life on the farm could be much better or much worse than it has always been.
Benjamin
This animal is tasked with explaining all decisions made by the leader to the animals and is great at manipulating the other animals.
Squealer
Mr. Jones represents this monarch who controlled Russia as a tsar before being overthrown.
Tsar Nicholas II
After dying in the battle for the revolution, a sheep receives this award posthumously.
Animal Hero Second Class
No animal shall drink alcohol
These animals are used as a private police force and are taken from their mothers to be raised separately.
Puppies or dogs
This animal is credited with developing the ideas of animalism and communicating a spirit or rebellion to the animals of Manor Farm.
Old Major
Squealer is not known to represent a certain individual but rather this concept, used to manipulate people.
Propaganda
After disagreeing on the windmill plans, one of the pigs is run off through the use of these animals, who relentlessly attack him.
Dogs
In order to inspire fear in the other animals, the pigs hold these spontaneous events in order to keep the animals in line.
Executions
This original owner of Manor Farm is neglectful of the animals which causes them to rebel and run him out.
Mr. Jones
This farmer runs the neighboring Foxwood farm and is used by the leader of Animal Farm to drive up the price of weathered wood for sale against a rival farmer.
Mr. Pilkington
Adolf Hitler
As a sign of his disapproval, Napoleon does this to the plans to build the windmill, showing his disrespectful nature.
The transformation of Animal Farm is complete when the Seven Commandments of Animalism are condensed into this single commandment.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
This owner of Pinchfield Farm is known for paying for lumber in counterfeit money and blowing up the windmill that the animals worked so hard to build.
Mr. Frederick