Animal farm – a memorable character Gina and Susannah

Who is the memorable character? Boxer – sympathy towards him, his death Napoleon – so evil

techniques Blunt narrative style Key incident Characterisation Language

Examples for Boxer 1. His trust and loyalty to Napoleon - “I will work harder” - “Napoleon is always right” 2. His stupidity and simple wishes - “Boxer could not get beyond the letter D” “He intended, he said, to devote the rest of his life to learning the remaining twenty-two letters of the alphabet”

3. His death “Get out quickly! They’re taking you to your death!” – they’re “… from somewhere or other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whiskey”- exploiting Boxer’s loyalty

Examples for Napoleon Chases snowball away - “nine enormous dogs wearing brass studded collars came bounding into the barn” - “they dashed straight for snowball” 2. Becomes more tyrannical “an animal shall never kill another animal” “they were slain on the spot”

3. Executions – treating fellow comrades horribly “the air was thick with the smell of blood” – blunt narrative style “they were slain on the spot” – ‘on the spot’ “pile of corpses in front of him” – blunt narrative style 4. Satire on Stalin