The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the
cleverest group of animals
Allegory
story in which people, things, and events have another meaning
Pilkington
Churchill
Pinchfield
Germany
Orwell makes this statement about power in Animal Farm:
Absolute power, corrupts absolutely
not a food reduction but a readjustment
Euphemism
Sheep
uneducated masses
Mollie
bourgeoisie
Squealer
Propaganda
As his logical successor, Old Major probably would have favored
Snowball
Animalism
Communism
The conflict between Napoleon and Snowball erupted into a violent debate over
the windmill
Foxwood
England
Dogs
Secret Police
to do something because everyone else is doing it
Bandwagon
literary work that uses ridicule and sarcasm
Satire
2 wings=2 legs, so birds are four-leggged animals
Oversimplification
someone or something to blame for all of the bad conditions
Scapegoat
Moses
religion
Immediately after the Rebellion, it was learned that the pigs had
taught themselves to read and write
masses must feel the leader will make a real difference in their lives
Supporters
avoid answering the question by skirting the issue
Begging the Question
During discussions at their meetings, the animals usually agreed with
whomever was speaking at the time
Snowball
Trotsky
important that the followers and supporters of leader not be too educated
Ignorance of Followers
Frederick
Hitler
After the Rebellion, the animals decided to make the farmhouse into a
museum
When the animals began building the windmill, the most difficult part of their task comes in
breaking up the stone
to think or speak of a thing as having human characteristics
Personification
When an animal outlived its usefulness under Jones, it usually was
killed
animal rebellion
Russian Revolution of 1917
Boxer
working class
Old Major
Vladimir Lenin
Farmer Jones
Czar Nicholas II
There was a rivalry for power between
Snowball and Napoleon
The original "Seven Commandments" were changed in order to
fit the pigs’ purposes
result is opposite of what was expected
Irony
Napoleon
Stalin
work is strictly voluntary but rations will be cut
Internal Contradiction
narrative intended to teach some moral truth using animals as characters
Fable
government in which one party maintains complete control
Totalitarianism
idealist with the good of all the animals as his aim
Old Major
governmental officialism or inflexible routine
Bureaucracy
milk and apples are brain food
Faulty Cause and Effect Reasoning
the manipulation and control of language
Propaganda
After Napoleon takes over, the animals are required to pay special reverence to
Old Major’s skull
Old Major stated that the only creature who consumes without producing is
man
Animal Farm
USSR
Manor Farm
Imperial Russia
The sixth commandment was changed by adding
without cause
Hoof and Horn
Hammer and Sickle