Old Major was the creator of 'Animalism'. He represents Karl Marx, but he also like the original communist leader - Vladimir Lenin. Old Major's skull is shown a lot like the way Vladimir Lenin's remains were shown to the pubic.
Old Major kind of reminds me of Ben Franklin. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, and was a huge part in the development of the USA. Old Major played a huge part in the starting of the Rebellion.
The Hens' Revolt
The Hens' revolt represents the peasants of the Ukraine's resistance to collective farming.
The Hen's revolt could represent any country that was sick of being asked too much of, and acted on it. (Kind of like the Syrian Revolution)
England
Farms in the book represent different countries, so England represents the whole world. England is usually talked about in a very broad sense.
England, to me, could represent the sections of the world that experience terrorism, and the farms could be the countries experiencing it.
Mollie
Mollie could be a representation of the upper classes of Russia, but because she is a horse, she could represent members of the working class that were still loyal to the Czar
For me, Mollie represents those who are double agents of countries. People who sell secrets because the don't like what their countries are doing.
(Such as- Eddie Chapman {Agent ZIGZAG} had a rough start to life, but after spending much time with the Germans, and shown hospitality by the English during WWII, he told Germans that their bombs were hitting London when they weren't, causing much less damage than they were meant to.)
The Book Animal Farm
The Russian Revolution and what Orwell believed what would happen to any society because of power hungry people. (Rich and Poor)
For me, my family is a lot like Animal Farm. My parents are are a mixture of Napoleon, Squealer and Boxer that makes all of the decisions and tells everyone about those decisions, but those people also work extremely hard. I am kind of a mixture of Squealer and Boxer because I can be manipulative, but I don't question authority. My sister is like Napoleon and Mollie because she always tries to boss people around and refuses to do work if she doesn't feel like it, but she is always desperate for attention. My brother is like Benjamin because he is always ready with a sarcastic remark.
Questions Ch. 1 and 2
1. The animals are behaving like animals by acting the way we see them- cats that don't necessarily care, pompous pigs, and dogs that chase and kill rats. The animals are behaving like humans because they are talking, they reason, and they are persuading one another.
2. Old Major's speech hits on all the things that the animals were probably thinking themselves, but weren't going to act on it. The animals see only the pig's side of the story, even though they do agree with it. They start singing along with a ton of enthusiasm to the song Old Major sings. It makes them want to rebel, and they act up.
3. The phrase. "All men are enemies, all animals are comrades," assumes that men are the bad guys that treat all animals terribly. It means that fellow animals have to count on each other to defeat the enemy.
4. The animals that weren't as clever as the pigs worshiped them as being the ones who knew everything, and who would lead them to a utopia. They thought the pigs knew best. That is why they were so easily lead.
5. The ribbons represent something human. The humans are in control of the horses, so they change their appearance, making them more humanly. Ribbons are made by humans.
6. Mr. Jones doesn't feed the animals for 2 days, and when he finally comes back with whips, it's more than the animals can take, and they begin the Rebellion. Mr. Jones and his farmhands are forced from the farm. The animals then had control. The animals were so excited. They ran around, convincing themselves it was true. They burned all evidence of their slavery, got rid of ham in the house, and the barrel of beer was stove in. The animals renamed Manor Farm to Animal Farm.
7. The animals believe that anything that wears clothes, sleeps in a bed or drinks alcohol is bad. Everything humans do is bad- animals cannot be like them.
8. Animalism and Marxism are very similar. Animals only did things instinctively to profit themselves and others of their kind before we domesticated so many of them.
9. The farm could have been a perfect utopian community if the pigs hadn't been as clever as the other animals. They were smarter than the others, so they took advantage of them. If they had the well being of all the other animals in mind, they could have shared everything, given people what they wanted/needed, and treated every animal equally, then it could have been a utopia.
Questions Ch. 3 and 4
1. They're learning how to do their jobs and read, and they have their own government.
2. The flag for the farm is a green flag that represent the fields of England, the hoof and horn painted in white represents all the animals and how they are working together. It also represents the future of the animal's government and how they wanted to take over everything.
3. When the animals have meetings, the two argue and disagree about things. They aren't getting along at all, and they're struggling to make the biggest decisions.
4. 2 legs good, 4 legs bad. It's simple, and it sums everything up, and everyone can remember it. It's not completely true. It exaggerates that anything that walks on 2 legs will kill you as soon as look at you.
5. They knew how to read and write, and so the pigs set themselves up as the smartest. The pigs got the milk and the apples to preserve their health, and they said that they needed their brain food. They said Jones was going to come back if they didn't get the milk and apples. They claim that they know best.
6. The animals started questioning when the pigs demand the apples, so Squealer told them that if they didn't get their brain food, the whole of the Animal Farm would collapse, and Jones would come back. They immediately believed him for fear of Jones coming back.
7. The people were attacking in Cowshed, and the animals were defending, where as, in the Rebellion, the animals were attacking.
8. Snowball felt fine about everything, and that the only good human being was a dead one. Boxer felt very guilty about almost killing the boy.
9. In the beginning, it was the pigs who convinced everyone that rebellion was needed, but because they are the most clever, the pigs are turning into farmer Jones. They convince the animals that now everything is equal, even though it's most definately not.
Questions Ch. 5 and 6
1. Mollie is rejected by the other animals because she is so desperate for attention that she leaves the farm and lives under the humans next door.
2. When Snowball finally wins over the farm on the windmill issue, the 9 pups that Napoleon decided to raise chased Snowball off the farm. Napoleon takes control.
3. Under Jones' rule, all the animals were treated equally. The only difference was that the animals couldn't do what they wanted, and they didn't get all the food they needed. Under Napoleon's rule, pigs are getting all the good treatment, and all the animals have to work very hard to get either the same or just barely above the amount of food they got under Jones' rule.
4. Before the pigs took control, the animals could pretty much did whatever they wanted as long as they played their part in helping produce food. Now, under Napoleon, animals have to do whatever Napoleon says, they believe everything the pigs tell them.
5. When the animals question Napoleon's takover, Squealer tells them that a lot of the ideas Napoleon has had (including the windmill) were stolen from him by Snowball. I consider this propoganda because it is making the animals believe something that is not necissarily true.
6. Boxer's character is shaped by his motto of, "I will work harder." He does most of the work, he gets up earlier than everyone and he works later than everyone. He works hardest, and is unquestioningly loyal to Napoleon.
7. Napoleon claims Snowball stole the idea from him, and that the only reason he claimed he opposed it was a tactic of getting rid of Snowball.
8. When the farm begins to run out of supplies, he decides to trade with the neighboring farm. The animals remember discussing that trade was something that would never happen on account of being human. Squealer convinces everyone that there was no proof of that being said. Trading ensues. Soon the pigs move into the house, claiming that they needed a quiet place to think. Rumors go around that the pigs are sleeping in beds. When the subject is brought up the pigs claim that it was supposed to be "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets. The rule has obviously been changed. The pigs admit to sleeping in the beds with blankets instead of sheets. They claim they have to be comfortable to work and that Farmer Jones will return if this doesn't happen.
9. "Tactics," as Napoleon uses it, is talking about a way of getting something done. Specifically, lying about how he felt about the windmill to supposedly get rid of Snowball was a tactic.
Questions Ch. 7 and 8
1. Napoleon shows Whymper the grain barrels that were filled with sand. He also tells the sheep to boast about the great rations the animals were getting.
2. The hens threaten to lay their eggs in the rafters. They are starved, and 9 of them die.
3. The memory of Snowball makes Snowball seem really bad, and makes people think that maybe Snowball is the cause of all their problems, and is influencing animals to defy Napoleon.
4. It think that the 4 pigs were innocent, and that the executions were just tactics for keeping the animals in line. It makes the animals terrified of inducing the slightest provocation. It makes Napoleon seems extremely scary.
5. Clover sings Beasts of England slowly, thinking of the Utopia it speaks of. I think that it symbolizes when Clover realizes that Animal Farm isn't as perfect as they'd hoped it'd be.
6. Napoleon abolishes Beasts of England claiming that they already have a Utopia, and that they need not sing of something they already have. The real reason he abolishes it is because the animals may come to their senses, and realize that song speaks of something they DON'T have.
7. Napoleon lies to the animals by changing the rules constantly. For example: "No animal shall drink alcohal IN EXCESS." "No animal shall kill any other animal WITHOUT CAUSE." He also says he found evidence of betrayal with both Pilkington and Frederick. Napoleon also told a whole bunch of lies about Snowball. He said that Snowball never received "Animal Hero, First Class," and that he had been coming in the night to do horrible things to the farm, including milking the cows in their sleep.
8. The poem COMRADE NAPOLEON makes Napoleon seem God-like. It makes him seem welcoming, loving, watchful and fair, which he is none of (except maybe watchful.)
9. In the Battle of Cowshed and Windmill, the humans were attacking. In the Rebellion, the animals were attacking. But the difference between the Battle of Cowshed and the Battle of the Windmill is that a lot more animals died in Windmill, and humans did the most damage so far.
Questions Ch. 9 and 10
1. The stated purpose of the Spontaneous Demonstration was to remind the animals that they were free, and that they worked for themselves- it was also a break for them. The real purpose of it was to praise Napoleon and feed his ego- also to brainwash the animals into thinking that everything was just fine.
2. Napoleon allowed Moses to return to the farm because maybe the pigs, even though they deny it, believe in Sugarcandy Mountain, but the more likely reason is that it might keep the animals working hard and thinking about the future, and not about the bad lives they lived at that moment. Napoleon knows his world isn't perfect for everyone, but the vision of perfection in the animals heads may just keep them from the truth.
3. Boxer is admired by the animals on the farm because he would work until he couldn't breathe- that is, with every fiber of his being. He works when no one else has the will to continue. When he is ill, the animals are told that Boxer is just going to the vet to be healed to the best of the vet's abilities. Boxer was actually sent to a horse slaughterer. Squealer explains that the "Horse Slaughterer" print on the van was just what was left on when the vet bought the van from the horse slaughterer, and that the vet had yet to change it. Squealer tells them that Boxer's last words were to live on, long live animal farm, and Napoleon is always right. Squealer acts very suspicious as he says this.
4. I think the knacker represents the willingness to eliminate the working class at the slightest setback in a schedule, and the way that the upper class doesn't care what happens to those lower than them. The pigs didn't care what happened to Boxer- they only cared about themselves.
5. The farm has portioned itself into 2 classes- Rich and Powerful & Poor (Working Class.) It starts off with 3 classes: Powerful, Middle and Poor. When the Middle and Poor classes don't question the Powerful, then the Powerful will take more and more from those lower classes until there is no more Middle. Only Rich and Powerful & Poor.
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(Such as- Eddie Chapman {Agent ZIGZAG} had a rough start to life, but after spending much time with the Germans, and shown hospitality by the English during WWII, he told Germans that their bombs were hitting London when they weren't, causing much less damage than they were meant to.)
Questions Ch. 1 and 2
1. The animals are behaving like animals by acting the way we see them- cats that don't necessarily care, pompous pigs, and dogs that chase and kill rats. The animals are behaving like humans because they are talking, they reason, and they are persuading one another.
2. Old Major's speech hits on all the things that the animals were probably thinking themselves, but weren't going to act on it. The animals see only the pig's side of the story, even though they do agree with it. They start singing along with a ton of enthusiasm to the song Old Major sings. It makes them want to rebel, and they act up.
3. The phrase. "All men are enemies, all animals are comrades," assumes that men are the bad guys that treat all animals terribly. It means that fellow animals have to count on each other to defeat the enemy.
4. The animals that weren't as clever as the pigs worshiped them as being the ones who knew everything, and who would lead them to a utopia. They thought the pigs knew best. That is why they were so easily lead.
5. The ribbons represent something human. The humans are in control of the horses, so they change their appearance, making them more humanly. Ribbons are made by humans.
6. Mr. Jones doesn't feed the animals for 2 days, and when he finally comes back with whips, it's more than the animals can take, and they begin the Rebellion. Mr. Jones and his farmhands are forced from the farm. The animals then had control. The animals were so excited. They ran around, convincing themselves it was true. They burned all evidence of their slavery, got rid of ham in the house, and the barrel of beer was stove in. The animals renamed Manor Farm to Animal Farm.
7. The animals believe that anything that wears clothes, sleeps in a bed or drinks alcohol is bad. Everything humans do is bad- animals cannot be like them.
8. Animalism and Marxism are very similar. Animals only did things instinctively to profit themselves and others of their kind before we domesticated so many of them.
9. The farm could have been a perfect utopian community if the pigs hadn't been as clever as the other animals. They were smarter than the others, so they took advantage of them. If they had the well being of all the other animals in mind, they could have shared everything, given people what they wanted/needed, and treated every animal equally, then it could have been a utopia.
Questions Ch. 3 and 4
1. They're learning how to do their jobs and read, and they have their own government.
2. The flag for the farm is a green flag that represent the fields of England, the hoof and horn painted in white represents all the animals and how they are working together. It also represents the future of the animal's government and how they wanted to take over everything.
3. When the animals have meetings, the two argue and disagree about things. They aren't getting along at all, and they're struggling to make the biggest decisions.
4. 2 legs good, 4 legs bad. It's simple, and it sums everything up, and everyone can remember it. It's not completely true. It exaggerates that anything that walks on 2 legs will kill you as soon as look at you.
5. They knew how to read and write, and so the pigs set themselves up as the smartest. The pigs got the milk and the apples to preserve their health, and they said that they needed their brain food. They said Jones was going to come back if they didn't get the milk and apples. They claim that they know best.
6. The animals started questioning when the pigs demand the apples, so Squealer told them that if they didn't get their brain food, the whole of the Animal Farm would collapse, and Jones would come back. They immediately believed him for fear of Jones coming back.
7. The people were attacking in Cowshed, and the animals were defending, where as, in the Rebellion, the animals were attacking.
8. Snowball felt fine about everything, and that the only good human being was a dead one. Boxer felt very guilty about almost killing the boy.
9. In the beginning, it was the pigs who convinced everyone that rebellion was needed, but because they are the most clever, the pigs are turning into farmer Jones. They convince the animals that now everything is equal, even though it's most definately not.
Questions Ch. 5 and 6
1. Mollie is rejected by the other animals because she is so desperate for attention that she leaves the farm and lives under the humans next door.
2. When Snowball finally wins over the farm on the windmill issue, the 9 pups that Napoleon decided to raise chased Snowball off the farm. Napoleon takes control.
3. Under Jones' rule, all the animals were treated equally. The only difference was that the animals couldn't do what they wanted, and they didn't get all the food they needed. Under Napoleon's rule, pigs are getting all the good treatment, and all the animals have to work very hard to get either the same or just barely above the amount of food they got under Jones' rule.
4. Before the pigs took control, the animals could pretty much did whatever they wanted as long as they played their part in helping produce food. Now, under Napoleon, animals have to do whatever Napoleon says, they believe everything the pigs tell them.
5. When the animals question Napoleon's takover, Squealer tells them that a lot of the ideas Napoleon has had (including the windmill) were stolen from him by Snowball. I consider this propoganda because it is making the animals believe something that is not necissarily true.
6. Boxer's character is shaped by his motto of, "I will work harder." He does most of the work, he gets up earlier than everyone and he works later than everyone. He works hardest, and is unquestioningly loyal to Napoleon.
7. Napoleon claims Snowball stole the idea from him, and that the only reason he claimed he opposed it was a tactic of getting rid of Snowball.
8. When the farm begins to run out of supplies, he decides to trade with the neighboring farm. The animals remember discussing that trade was something that would never happen on account of being human. Squealer convinces everyone that there was no proof of that being said. Trading ensues. Soon the pigs move into the house, claiming that they needed a quiet place to think. Rumors go around that the pigs are sleeping in beds. When the subject is brought up the pigs claim that it was supposed to be "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets. The rule has obviously been changed. The pigs admit to sleeping in the beds with blankets instead of sheets. They claim they have to be comfortable to work and that Farmer Jones will return if this doesn't happen.
9. "Tactics," as Napoleon uses it, is talking about a way of getting something done. Specifically, lying about how he felt about the windmill to supposedly get rid of Snowball was a tactic.
Questions Ch. 7 and 8
1. Napoleon shows Whymper the grain barrels that were filled with sand. He also tells the sheep to boast about the great rations the animals were getting.
2. The hens threaten to lay their eggs in the rafters. They are starved, and 9 of them die.
3. The memory of Snowball makes Snowball seem really bad, and makes people think that maybe Snowball is the cause of all their problems, and is influencing animals to defy Napoleon.
4. It think that the 4 pigs were innocent, and that the executions were just tactics for keeping the animals in line. It makes the animals terrified of inducing the slightest provocation. It makes Napoleon seems extremely scary.
5. Clover sings Beasts of England slowly, thinking of the Utopia it speaks of. I think that it symbolizes when Clover realizes that Animal Farm isn't as perfect as they'd hoped it'd be.
6. Napoleon abolishes Beasts of England claiming that they already have a Utopia, and that they need not sing of something they already have. The real reason he abolishes it is because the animals may come to their senses, and realize that song speaks of something they DON'T have.
7. Napoleon lies to the animals by changing the rules constantly. For example: "No animal shall drink alcohal IN EXCESS." "No animal shall kill any other animal WITHOUT CAUSE." He also says he found evidence of betrayal with both Pilkington and Frederick. Napoleon also told a whole bunch of lies about Snowball. He said that Snowball never received "Animal Hero, First Class," and that he had been coming in the night to do horrible things to the farm, including milking the cows in their sleep.
8. The poem COMRADE NAPOLEON makes Napoleon seem God-like. It makes him seem welcoming, loving, watchful and fair, which he is none of (except maybe watchful.)
9. In the Battle of Cowshed and Windmill, the humans were attacking. In the Rebellion, the animals were attacking. But the difference between the Battle of Cowshed and the Battle of the Windmill is that a lot more animals died in Windmill, and humans did the most damage so far.
Questions Ch. 9 and 10
1. The stated purpose of the Spontaneous Demonstration was to remind the animals that they were free, and that they worked for themselves- it was also a break for them. The real purpose of it was to praise Napoleon and feed his ego- also to brainwash the animals into thinking that everything was just fine.
2. Napoleon allowed Moses to return to the farm because maybe the pigs, even though they deny it, believe in Sugarcandy Mountain, but the more likely reason is that it might keep the animals working hard and thinking about the future, and not about the bad lives they lived at that moment. Napoleon knows his world isn't perfect for everyone, but the vision of perfection in the animals heads may just keep them from the truth.
3. Boxer is admired by the animals on the farm because he would work until he couldn't breathe- that is, with every fiber of his being. He works when no one else has the will to continue. When he is ill, the animals are told that Boxer is just going to the vet to be healed to the best of the vet's abilities. Boxer was actually sent to a horse slaughterer. Squealer explains that the "Horse Slaughterer" print on the van was just what was left on when the vet bought the van from the horse slaughterer, and that the vet had yet to change it. Squealer tells them that Boxer's last words were to live on, long live animal farm, and Napoleon is always right. Squealer acts very suspicious as he says this.
4. I think the knacker represents the willingness to eliminate the working class at the slightest setback in a schedule, and the way that the upper class doesn't care what happens to those lower than them. The pigs didn't care what happened to Boxer- they only cared about themselves.
5. The farm has portioned itself into 2 classes- Rich and Powerful & Poor (Working Class.) It starts off with 3 classes: Powerful, Middle and Poor. When the Middle and Poor classes don't question the Powerful, then the Powerful will take more and more from those lower classes until there is no more Middle. Only Rich and Powerful & Poor.