Animal Farm Author's Intentions

Character's

100

Who does Napoleon represent in the Russian Revolution?

Joseph Stalin

200

Who does Snowball represent in the Russian Revolution?

Leon Trotsky 

300

What was George Orwell's intention with the character Benjamin (the donkey)?

Benjamin represents passive individuals that chose to remain silent throughout conflict.

400

What was George Orwell's intention with the character Boxer?

Boxer is an allegory for the exploited working class during Stalin's reign.

500

Other than being a symbol of hope, and a representative of the communist manifesto (a book). What else does Old Major represent?

Old Major is also a representative of the ignorant upper middle class of Russia who agreed with the uprising, but didn't care enough to join.

Quotes

100

What does Boxer say by the end of the book?

"Napoleon is always right"

200

What is a quote that Orwell uses to show the final loss of freedom?

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

300

What did Orwell want to show us by using this quote? "I will work harder"

He shows us that the working class that doesn't know any better will blindly follow and push themselves to their limits without reasoning.

400

What are the 7 commandments (The original ones)?

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy

2.Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend

3.No animal shall wear clothes

4.No animal shall sleep in a bed

5.No animal shall drink alcohol

6.No animal shall kill any other animal.

7.All animals are equal

500

What do the commandments change to at the end of the book (There are 5)?

1.Four legs good, two legs better

2.No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets

3.No animal shall drink alcohol to excess

4.No animal shall kill any other animal without cause

5."All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"