Commandments & Rules
This is what the Seven Commandments are reduced to for the sheep.
"Four legs good, two legs bad!"
The name of the battle where Mr. Jones tries to retake the farm with a gun
The Battle of the Cowshed
This persuasive pig serves as Napoleon's chief mouthpiece and propaganda spreader.
Squealer
Boxer adopts this second personal maxim alongside "I will work harder"
"Napoleon is always right."
This neighboring farmer represents the Western Allies.
Mr. Pilkington
When the animals discover the pigs sleeping in beds, they find the Fourth Commandment has been changed to add these two words.
"...with sheets."
This human neighbor uses forged bank notes to buy timber from Napoleon.
Frederick of Pinchfield Farm
Napoleon takes these specific animals away from their mothers to rear them privately as his personal guard dogs.
9 puppies.
Boxer’s ultimate personal ambition after the collapse of the second windmill is to accomplish this task before retiring.
To see the windmill well under way / get enough stone gathered
In Chapter 6, Napoleon begins using this human solicitor from Willingdon to act as an intermediary for trade with the outside world.
Mr. Whymper
This animal is the only one who claims to remember a clear history, noting that life remains harsh and "ununchanged".
Benjamin
Mr. Frederick’s men use this method to destroy the newly built windmill in Chapter 8.
Blasting it with dynamite/ blowing it up.
This tame raven returns in Chapter 9 to talk about Sugarcandy Mountain, whom the pigs hypocritically tolerate.
Moses.
The side of the van reads that Boxer is being taken to this specific destination.
A horse slaughterer / knacker (though Squealer claims it's a doctor's cart)
To mask the severe food shortage from the human world in Chapter 7, Napoleon has the animals fill the almost-empty storage bins with this material before topping them with grain.
Sand
Napoleon announces that these Sunday-morning ritual gatherings are ended and replaced by special committees.
Debates.
This animal suffers a split hoof and a serious shoulder injury during the Battle of the Windmill.
Boxer
These mandatory festive marches celebrating the struggles and triumphs of the farm are known by this ironic name.
The pigs use the money obtained from selling the dying Boxer to purchase this luxury item for themselves.
A case of whiskey.
When Napoleon orders the hens to surrender their eggs for trade, they stage a rebellion by flying up to the rafters and doing this to their eggs.
Smashing them on the floor (by laying them from high up)
Clover suspects the commandments are being broken, but she always blames this specific failure on herself.
Her bad memory
This weapon is fired twice a year to celebrate the anniversaries of the Rebellion and the Battle of the Cowshed.
Mr. Jones' gun
Squealer claims that Napoleon is dangerously ill on the morning after the pigs discover and consume this farmhouse item.
Whiskey (Napoleon was actually just suffering a severe hangover)
Squealer claims he was present at this location during Boxer's final moments, lying about Boxer's last words praising the farm.
At his (Boxer's) bedside.
When Snowball is exiled, Napoleon claims ownership of the windmill plans, stating that Snowball actually stole the blueprints from among Napoleon's own papers in this specific room.
The incubator shed (where Napoleon had drawn them up himself)