Animal+Farm


 * //Welcome to the __Animal Farm__

Author//** -George Orwell -Actual name was Eric Blair, Orwell was a pen name

//**Style**// - The style in animal farm is simple, yet comprehensive, creating a satire, using irony often. It is also an allegory, using symbolism and allusion to illustrate an image of the Animal farm.

//**Tone**// - The tone in animal farm starts off without much direct meaning in the story, until it eventually transforms into an irony, in relation to the commandments of the animals and how the pigs slowly change them.

//**Purpose**// - The purpose of //Animal Farm// is similar to that of //1984//, in that it is a warning of what can happen when one party is given too much power. It is also an example of how ignorance can cause others to be mislead, and how knowledge can be a powerful weapon.

//**Historical Context**// -World War II -Russia's government was Communist (the U.S.S.R) -George Orwell frowned upon the Soviet Union's communist rule, even though many British socialists supported it

//**Notable Points of Discussion**// -Most of the characters represent figures that played important roles in Russian Communism

//**Any Literary Terms or Rhetorical Devices that Categorize the Work**// -Allegory

Character List: **Old Major **Dying pig who inspires the animal uprising. __Old Major as a Symbol __. He represents Vladimir Ilich Lenin, who founded the Russian Communist Party and led the 1917 Russian Revolution. __Napoleon as a Symbol __. Napoleon represents the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, who succeeded Lenin and ruled with an iron fist. He also represents any tyrant of any age, such as Nero, Napoleon Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, or Pol Pot. __Snowball as Symbol __. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, the Communist theorist who helped bring about the 1917 Russian Revolution but was later expelled by Stalin. __Squealer as Symbol __. Squealer represents anyone who distorts the truth or tells outright lies to promote a cause. Paul Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), director of propaganda under Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany, was a real-life counterpart of Squealer. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Jones as Symbol __<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He represents Russia before the 1917 revolution. Individually, he represents Czar Nicholas II (1868-1918), the autocratic ruler who was overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Frederick as Symbol __<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He appears to represent Adolf Hitler, whose forces attacked the Soviet Union in World War II but were defeated. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Boxer as Symbol __<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He represents the common people oppressed and manipulated by Joseph Stalin and his Communist henchmen. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Benjamin as Symbol __<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">He appears to represent realists who know that the Russian Revolution will not change anything. __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mollie as Symbol __<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mollie appears to represent the manipulated masses that are easily satisfied with small rewards that keep that satisfied __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Attack Dogs as Symbols __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> They represent the secret police of totalitarian societies, such as the Soviet Union's Komitet Gosudarstvennoj Bezopasnosti (Committee of State Security, known by the abbreviation KGB) and Nazi Germany's Geheime Staats Polizei (Secret State Police, known by the acronym //Gestapo//).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Napoleon **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruthless, power-hungry pig who eventually seizes control of Animal Farm and abolishes the idealistic rules of government.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Snowball **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Intelligent pig who helps establish animalism. Seeing Snowball as a rival for power, Napoleon ousts him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Squealer **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Napoleon’s clever propagandist.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Jones **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Cruel and neglectful farmer whom the animals overthrow.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Frederick **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Operator of neighboring Pinchfield farm. He attacks Animal Farm but is repulsed.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Boxer **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Hard-working cart horse.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Benjamin **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Old donkey on Animal Farm.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Mollie **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mare who enjoyed the attentions of human beings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">The Attack Dogs **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Napoleon's private bodyguard and police force.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Various Other Animals **