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Animal Farm Study Guide

Chapter 1 and 2 1)The animals behave like animals when they eat the food an animal on a farm would be given. They also behave like animals when the cows need to be milked and when they go to market. The animals did not act like regular animals when they had a meeting, started singing, made a fire to burn things, chased the farmers out of the ranch, learned to read and wright, and the pigs climbed the ladder. 2)Old Major's speech had a huge impact on the animals. It made them realize they want to be treated better, and what would happen to them if they didn't start a rebellion. His speech made all the animals want to kick out the farmers and have a better life for them, and all the animals in the later generations. 3)When Old Major says, "All men are enemies, all animals are comrades" you can make the assumption that even if an animal hates another animal they will not attack each other, they will remain calm and work together to get what they want. You can also assume that even if a person looks as sweet as can be, the animals should not interact with them . 4)The pigs began leading the animals in the second chapter. The other animals were so easily led because some of the animals weren't as smart as the pigs. Some of the animals knew what they wanted, but couldn't figure out a way to get it unlike the pigs who figured out a plan. 5)Snowball said to Mollie, "Those ribbons that you are devoted to are the badge of slavery." because the humans tied those ribbons in her hair to make her look good to be sold. If she keeps them in from Snowball's point of view she is still going along with what they were fighting for. 6)During the rebellion there was chaos, but after the rebellion there was a great sense of pride in everyone. After the rebellion the roles started to take place. 7)There is a strong statement in the seven commandments. Basically the commandments are saying all animals are good and all humans are bad. Chapter 3 and 4  1)The farm is becoming more like a civilized society. You can tell because they work together more and there are leaders. 2)The flag for the farm was a green tablecloth painted with a hoof and a horn in white.The flag was green to represent the green fields of England. The hoof and horn signified the future of the animals witch would arise when the humans were overthrown. 3)You can tell Nepolean and Snowball are going to have a power struggle because at the meeting Snowball and Napoleon are always participating but never agreeing. 4)When Snowball simplifies the technique you can tell it will be a good propaganda. You can tell this because it is a simple saying that will be easy to remember for even the dumbest animals. 5)The pigs set themselves up to be elite on the farm. The pigs get the milk and the apples, this will keep them the healthiest. They convince the other animals to let this happen by telling them that without these things they could get sick and the farm wouldn't last without them. 6)Squealer took part in brainwashing the animals. He did this with the way he talked. When he told the animals that if the pigs didn't get the apples they could get sick. If they got sick the farmer would come back. When he said this he said like he was pleading for Mr. Jones to come back. Chapter 5 and 6

1)Mollie is rejected by the other animals because she would rather be pampered than do hard work and be part of a team. 2)Snowball won people over with his speech so he got to build the windmill. When the plans are drawn out Napoleon urinates on them. Then he kicks Snowball out and builds the windmill saying it was his idea. 3)Life under Napoleon's rule and life under Jones's rule are not that different. One way they different is the way they do things. All the animals work together instead of a different animal doing different work. They are the same in may ways, how much food they get, the leaders sleep in beds, and how hard they work. 4)Obedience and loyalty has come to replace freedom and bravery on the farm. If you fight for freedom and bravery instead of obedience and loyalty the dogs will hurt you and you may get kicked out of the animal farm. 5)Squeeler squelches the other animals about Napoleons takeover. This is effective because none of the animals disagrees with him once he does this. 6)Boxers motto "I will work harder" shows us that he is a very hard worker and wants to get things done. 7)When the windmill is build Napoleon takes credit for it by explaining how hard he worked to get this accomplished. 8)Napoleon changes the laws to his needs like when he changes the rule to no animal can sleep in a bed with sheets. The animals are forces to accept this because he told them the law was no sleeping in beds with sheets and explained to them how even a pile of hay is a bed. 9)Napoleon's tactics are used to control the other animals. Chapter 7 and 8  1) Even though the economy on he farm is collapsing but Nepolian makes it look like everything is ok by filling the barrels with sand and putting he food on top of it to make it look like there was a lot of food. 2) The hens threaten to thwart Nepolian but a few hens end up dieing of starvation and the rest give in so they can eat. 3) The memory of snowball is used to keep the animals in line because they say what bad things Snowball did and they punished animals when they say they did something with Nepolian. 4) When Nepolian forced animals to admit to crimes then executed them it shows he wants to put fear in the animals so hey won't rebel. 5) Clover is singing "beasts of England" after the executions because this is not the animal farm she had in mind. His tells us that Clover doesn't like what the animal farm has become under Nepoleon's rule. 6) Nepolian abolishes the song because the song is saying they don't have a perfect paradise. The real reason is because when the animals sing the song they are saying they don't have a perfect utopia. 7) There is evidence that Nepolian is lying to the animals to get what he wants. You can tell when he animals see squealer changing the commandments in the middle of the night. 8)The poem Conrad Nepolian builds up Napoleons image by saying he is the best leader, strong, and fearless, ect. 9)The battle of the Windmill was more of an actual war. At the battle of cowshed only a few got hurt. At the battle of the Windmill a few died and almost everyone was wounded. Chapter 9 and 10

1) The stated cause of the Spontaneous Demonstration was to celebrate the struggles and triumphs of Animal Farm.The real reason was to force the animals to go through the motions of loyalty despite what they may actually feel. 2) Napoleon allows Moses to come back to the farm because it is good for the morale of the animals to believe that they are destined for something better in the afterlife. They will not dwell on the unfairness of their current life if they believe that a better life is waiting. 3) Boxer is admired on the farm because he is a hard worker even when he is injured. The animals believed he was sent to a hospital but he is actually sent to a horse slaughterer. Squeeler covers this fact up by telling the animals the van used to belong to a horse slaughterer and was just bought by a veterinarian who hasn't painted over the words yet. 4) Boxer being sent to the Knacker is a symbol of loyal workers mistreated by government. 5) When the society of animal farm split into two different parts there became an upper-class and a lower class. This formed when the pigs started to walk on two legs, drank beer, and didn't do any work. Any animals that do work were in the lower class and the pigs and dogs that didn't do work were in the upper class. Thought questions 11) Clover doesn't remember how life was when Jones was in charge but she is told that life is a lot better with Napoleon. Nobody else remembers or talks about how life was with Jones so there is nothing to compare. 12) Boxer works hard because he thinks it will solve all problems and when he works harder everything will be fixed.

**Fable**- a story that has a moral and has animals as characters that can talk.
There is propaganda pretty much everytime squeeler speaks. For example when he says two legs bad four legs good, when Boxer says nepolian is always right, and when Squeeler says certainly you dont want farmer jones back, and when they say snowball was helping him all along. Allegory Table

|| Karl Marx- He was a famous political philosopher behind the ideas of communism and socialism. Many leaders of the late 1800's and 1900's believed strongly in his ideas. He believed that everybody should share equally in the work of society as well as that society products. || Obama is like Marx because he wants equality for everybody. He also believes that change is needed to accomplish that || || Nicholas II -He was the Emperor and autocrat of Russia. He was a horrible decision maker which led Russia to collapse . || Nicholas II is like my sister. She makes horrible decisions that leads to chaos in the house. || || Leon Trotsky- He was second in command to Lenin, just as Snowball was second in command to Old Major. He played a key role in the Red Army to the Russian Civil War. Trotsky wanted to spread communism to other parts of the world, whereas other wanted to just keep it in Russia. || Trotsky is like my siblings. We are pretty much second in command in the household, but contribute alot of good ideas. || || Nepolian is Joseph Stalin. Stalin was the second leader of the Soviet Union just like Nepolian was the second leader of the Animal Farm || Nepolian represents my teachers. If someone is arguing with them the kick them out of the class room. || || The windmill represents Stalin 's attempt to keep the working class so busy on unnecessary and endless projects that they would not have time to think about his political policies. || The windmill today could represent || || The animals being slaughtered represent the Great Purge and how people were being accused and executed the same way the animals were. || Today this could represent the man who admitted to a crime he didnt do and he had to go to which is like the animals admitting to the crime and getting executed. || || **Sugar Candy Mountain** - A reference to 'Heaven'. In the novel, Moses "...claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died//.//The Pigs realized that by offering their subjects the promise of a mystical reward after their death, it would help make their miserable over-worked lives more bearable for them to endure. || Today this could represent Heven. We are told that Heaven is this amazing place we go to when we die if we work hard and dont do anything bad. ||
 * ~ Animal Farm Character/items/events ||~ What is symbolized for Orwell ||~ What it could symbolize today ||
 * Old Major- Old and very respected
 * Farmer Jones- He was not a very good leader. He didn't feed the animals so they rioted and kicked him out of the farm
 * Snowball- He became the leader after Old Major died and usually did the planning, writing, or drawing. Snowball was a very intellegent pig and thought of alot of ideas to make Animal Farm better.
 * Nepolian-Nepolian took over as the ruler and kicked snowball out.
 * The windmill- The windmill is a project Nepolian had the animals working on.
 * Animals being executed- The animals were executed in animal farm for doing things with snowball.
 * Sugar candy mountain- A place you go when you die if you work hard in life.


 * Russia had switched to communism and a man named Joseph Stalin had take over and things got bad quick. People were starving (not a sign this version of communism was working) and Stalin used propaganda to convince people every thing was dandy. ||  ||

Five people

1. Nicholas the 2nd, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias - Through his decisions he led Russia to collapse.

2. Trotsky- He was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and a theorist and he was the founder and leader of the first red army. Also he apposed Stalins non aggressive pact with Adolf He wanted every thing to be better and was a good speaker.

3.Lenin as a leader of the Bolsheviks headed the Soviet state during its first years. He fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian civil war and worked to create a Socilist economic system.

4.Stalin - He killed people who opposed him, started the secret police (KGB) and he was not a comunist.

5. Bolshevik- They came to power in Russia during the October revilution. There beliefs and practices were referred to as Bolshevism.

6. Secret Police All though not really police they could kill people for disloyalty.

7. Religion- It was allowed because they thought it would make people not complain and it would stop violence.