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Animal Allegory table

Character/event/thing	What it symbolized for Orwell	What it symbolizes for me
Animal Farm the Book	This book represents, firstly, what happened after the Russian revolution and how the leaders of it eventually became just as powerful and corrupted as the Czar. Under that, it also shows what happens when authority goes unquestioned.	It's like the way we do a Socratic Seminar. The teacher starts off asking for everyone to participate, but pretty soon only a few people are talking. Some people try to get their thoughts in but can't find the opportunity, and some are just OK with listening.
Boxer	The unskilled working class of the Soviet Union. They were easy to convice that the leaders were making good decisions because they think that they will benefit from any new system. Since they never had the good life in the first place, they thought that their new life after the revolution was much better. They had nothing else to compare to.	Like my Dad, who does a lot of work, and couldn't tell his boss that it is not an option to work that night, after the boss said it had to happen.
Squealer	The media, at that time the newspapers. The rulers took control of it to mask the evil intentions of the leaders. Thus the communist intentions could be carried out with little resistance. Their biggest tool in this was propaganda.
Mollie	The middle class, who had enjoyed being under the control of the Czar, because they had been treated well. By joining the Communists, they would have lost compared to what they had before, so they went back to the Czar.	A typical house pet (especially mine) would enjoy being under the control of humans, because they have a good life and don't have to work for it. An animal that is not domesticated would be afraid of being under a human's control.
Muriel	Part of the working class that was educated enough to think for themselves and find problems with the leaders. However, they were not inspired enough to do so.	Often times, when someone is being bullied by another person,the victim may know how to get the bully to stop, but might be too scared to do it.