Plot
These two animals are in direct competition with each other as leaders
Who are Snowball and Napoleon?
"And now, comrades, I will tell you about my dream last."
Who is Old Major?
The disappearing of the milk hints at future corruption
What is foreshadowing?
Karl Marx/ Vladimir Lenin
Who is Old Major?
Mr. Jones
Who is Tsar Nicholar II?
This song is sung repeatedly as the anthem for the animals
What is "Beasts of England?"
"I will work harder"
Who is Boxer?
The plot of Animal Farm mirrors/represents the Russian Revolution/ rise of communism
What is allegory?
Napoleon
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Leon Trotsky
Who is Snowball?
This is the reason the pigs assumed leadership in Animal Farm
What is intelligence?
"Comrade, those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"
Who is Snowball?
The reader understands that the pigs are manipulating the commandments while the animals do not
What is dramatic irony?
Boxer
Who is the working class in Soviet Russia?
The dogs/ hounds
Who is the Russian Secret Police/ KGB?
These two items decorate the Animal Farm banner
What is hoof and horn?
"Windmill or no windmill, life would go on as it had always gone on—that is, badly."
Who is Benjamin?
George Orwell uses humor and exaggeration to create this
What is satire?
Mollie
Who is Russia's materialistic upper class/ aristocracy?
Propoganda
Who is Squealer?
What is pile of timber?
"My sight is failing. Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?"
Who is Clover?
The pigs become identical to the animals they overthrew
What is situational irony?
Benjamin
Who are the intellectuals that do not intervene when they are aware of corruption?
Mr. Whymper
Who are the capitalists that did business with Soviet Union?