Animal Farm Chapter Summaries/Analysis George Orwell

Characters Napoleon: Pig, Joseph Stalin and Napoleon B. of France Snowball: Pig, Leon Trotsky Boxer: Cart Horse, Working Class Society/Inability to think for self Squealer: Pig, Spread a propaganda Jessie and Bluebell/Pups: Dogs, Stalin’s brute force-rep. of Hitler’s brainwashed society

Characters (continued) Muriel: Goat, helps convey the rules/7 commandments Mr. Jones: Manor Farm, Czar Nicholas II Mr. Frederick: Pinchfield Farm, Hitler/Nazi Germany Mr. Pilkington: Foxwood Farm, Capitalist England/U.S.A.

Characters (continued) Old Major: Prize Winning Boar, Karl Marx and V. Lenin Clover: Female Cart Horse, Ignorant Society Moses: Tame Raven, Religion/Hope Mollie: Mare, Bourgeoisie (upper middle-class) Benjamin: Long Lived Donkey, Satirist-Change is inevitable

Chapter 1 Summary *Drunken Mr. Jones to bed/animals meet in the barn *Major Wishes to pass his wisdom -Talks about miserable lives and manipulation/born as slaves Could live in luxury given the resources Use the products of their labors *Dream from the Previous Night -Live free and happy -Animals vs. humans (2 legged walking ‘creatures’) -Once they take the humans they can’t acquire their traits Ex: live in a house, sleep in beds, drink, smoke, $, clothes, trade (p. 11) -“Beasts of England” ---an animal Utopia *Mr. Jones fires a shotgun and stops the commotion

Chapter 1 Analysis “Beasts of England”- the animals will finally be free from man’s domination—enjoy the fruits of their labors The song words lead to a ‘false reality’ (Reality vs. a Dream Utopia) Major’s simple belief is that ‘Man’ is the only reason for their evil (makes it easy for anyone non human to buy in to the situation) -Idea touches on class struggle, surplus value, and domination -Idea is sincere, but it’s only a fantasy—just like . . . -Major states: “All animals are equal” Lenin dies just as Major-leaving his work unfinished Ch. 1=Historic to period before and during WWII -Ends with great unrest!

Chapter 2 Summary *Napoleon/Snowball description *The Rebellion-Animals take farm and preserve the house *Animalism *Moses-Sugar Candy Mountain *7 Commandments: 1. 2 legs is the enemy 2. 4 legs or wings is a friend 3. No clothes 4. No bed 5. No alcohol 6. Not kill any other animal 7. All animals are equal

Chapter 2 Analysis Russian Revolution Becomes very clear -Manor Farm- Part feudal, Part capitalist = Russia Major represents Marx’s philosophy of communism, and Lenin who enacted it = Animalism -Animals=working class (esp. Boxer and Clover) Pigs = intelligentsia (organized and controlled the Rev.) Squealer = Propaganda Moses = Russian Orthodox Church Mollie = Bourgeoisie (Luxuries) Russia began with noble ideas including moral dignity and equality-quickly gone on Animal Farm Orwell’s description of pre-rebellion misery-social inequality and mistreatment of workers