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Animal Farm ch 7-10

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  • What changes were made on Animal farm at the end of the novel?
    Animals will no longer address each other as "Comrade", Sunday morning ritual was abolished, flag changed to solid green, it is now Manor Farm.
  • Why is it necessary to have 4 dogs protecting Napoleon while he sleeps?
    3 hens admitted to plotting with Snowball to murder Napoleon
  • What does Squealer tell the animals about their fear that Boxer was taken by the knacker?
    He says that the vet bought the knacker's van and he never painted over it
  • How did the pigs acquire another case of whiskey?
    They sold Boxer to the knacker and used the money to buy it
  • How does Squealer claim Boxer spent his last hours?
    Squealer was there and Boxer was hailing Napoleon until his end.
  • What is tragic about what happens to Boxer?
    He was the most loyal and hardest worker and he is killed.
  • How does Frederick double cross Napoleon?
    Frederick gives him fake money
  • What do the animals see through the window?
    The pigs playing cards and having drinks with humans
  • How has the farm changed over time?
    Not many remember the Rebellion, Snowball and Boxer are forgotten, Squealer is fat, the pigs are growing exponentially, larger farm, windmill rebuilt
  • How does Napoleon betray Boxer?
    Squealer tells the animals Boxer is going to hospital but is really sold to a knacker
  • How do the animals' lives now have a "greater dignity"?
    They have more songs, speeches, and march in processions
  • Who is Pinkeye?
    He is a pig who tastes Napoleon's food before he eats it
  • Squealer declares "in those days they had been slaves and now they were free", how is this ironic?
    Today the animals are even more like slaves, they are just being convinced they are happier/freer now
  • What is ironic about Muriel remembering the 5th commandment differently?
    It wasn't incorrect, Squealer was caught painting and changing it the night before
  • Why was the killing of the animals in chapter 7 justified?
    They had leagued themselves with Snowball
  • How is Napoleon's transformation being completed?
    He carries a whip, smokes a pipe, wears clothes, plays cards, and drinks
  • What is the scandal surrounding the sale of the wood pile?
    Napoleon sold the wood to Frederick and double crossed Pilkington
  • Why does Napoleon see the battle as a victory?
    The men were chased off and they could re-build the windmill
  • According to Napoleon, where does true happiness lie?
    In hard work and living frugally
  • How does Minimus's poem paint Napoleon? (how is he described?)
    As a fountain of happiness, he is responsible fotr the animals full bellies and clean straw, they sleep at peace.
  • What one act destroys the symbol of all the animals' work but also unites them again?
    Whe men blow up the windmill with dynamite
  • What comparison is made between the dogs, pigs and their non production of food?
    The dogs and pigs are becoming more humanlike, flashing back to chapter 1 and humans taking and not producing anything
  • Which animals are increasing in numbers?
    The pigs
  • Why does Napoleon proclaim the drinking of alcohol punishable by death?
    He drank to much and is suffering
  • Which commandment is changed at the end of chapter 8?
    "No animal shall drink alcohol "to excess"
  • How are the new younglings being treated differently?
    They are being educated by Napoleon and a new school is being built for them
  • What does equal mean in the only commandment left?
    Equal implies better
  • Why does Squealer read the figures to the animals?
    To show how much production has improved, to boost their spirit because they are exhausted.
  • What honor does Napoleon give himself?
    The Order of the Green Banner
  • How does the tale against Snowball change again in chapter 9?
    Snowball faught with Mr Jones, declared "long live humanity" and his wounds were from a bite Napoleon gave him
  • How is the battle against Frederick's men different from the Battle of the Cowshed?
    It is a slaughter, many animals are killed and wounded. Napoleon leads from behind unlike Snowball who had tactics
  • What do the animals see when they look in the farmhouse window at the end of chapter 10?
    They can't tell the difference between the pigs and the humans, they look the same
  • What is Napoleon's feelings towards Boxer's hard work?
    Boxer will die working too hard and Napoleon won't even care
  • How do the pigs continually strip Snowball of his honor?
    They make up new stories about the Battle of the Cowshed, they blame everything on him
  • Why does Napoleon change his story about Frederick and Pilkington?
    He sides himself with the one that will get him what he wants.
  • What titles are given to Napoleon?
    Our leader Comrade Napoleon, Father of all Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep, Ducklings friend
  • Why is it ironic that they will now grow barley?
    Drinking is punishable by death but they will make alcohol (for himself or to sell)
  • What does Pilkington praise the pigs for?
    For growing Animal farm into a respectable farm even though humans doubted them and wished for theri failure
  • What do all the titles Napoleon has tell us about him?
    He is powerful, above everyone else, god-like.
  • In chapter 8, what are the animals finally able to celebrate?
    They finished the windmill and their hard work is finished
  • What is the purpose of the degradation of Snowball?
    His heroism was a legend (untrue stories) and to make Napoleon a hero for saving them from Snowball
  • Why does Napoleon have a portrait of himself pained between the poem and the 7 commandments?
    To be grateful for his command, reminding them of the rules
  • Why does Moses (the black raven) reappear in chapter 9?
    He may be planted by the pigs to give them hope for an afterlife
  • In chapter 8, how do the animals feel about Napoleon?
    They act as if they are greatful but are in fact terrified of him and miserable under his rule
  • How is the pigs new skill supported by the sheep?
    They bleat "Four legs good, two legs better"
  • What is Boxer looking forward to at the end of summer next year?
    His retirement and pension
  • What is Boxer's attitude in chapter 9?
    He is loyal and determined. He has worked himself nearly to death
  • In chapter 9, how must the pigs be treated now by the animals?
    The animals must step aside when pigs walk by, they wear green ribbons on tails on Sundays
  • What causes the animals to run back to the window?
    The uproar within the house because Napoleon and Pilkington both play an ace of spades
  • Why does the narrator say "or thought they remembered" at the beginning of ch. 8?
    The animals are confused and doubt their own memories. Squealer convinces them they are incorrect.
  • Why were the animals instructed to plow the grazing field?
    Napoleon now plans to reseed and harvest barley to brew alcohol
  • What is the single commandment?
    "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
  • What does the way Napoleon behaves with his neighbors tell you about his character?
    He is not trustworthy and can be very dangerous. He is not out for the good of the animals but for himself
  • What is ironic about Minimus's poem and the real Napoleon?
    In the poem Napoleon takes care of the animals but he really mistreats them
  • What is ironic about "Spontaneous Demonstrations"?
    Spontaneous means impulsive and by scheduling the demonstrations they aren't spontaneous. It is another tool of manipulation.
  • What does Clover see in the yard?
    Squealer walking on his hind legs, all pigs walking on two legs
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