Animal Farm Study Guide

PlotClimax-Humans attack animal farm and blow up the windmillIntroduction-Old Major gives his speech about rebellion, but dies three days later. The animals decide to take actionRising Action-The animals run Mr. Jones off, create the 7 commandments, Napoleon and Snowball start making themselves more powerfulFalling Action-Napolen becomes a tyrant and changes the commandments, he sends boxer to the slaughter houseConclusion-the pigs invite humans over for a party and you can no longer tell the difference between the pigs and the animalsSummary Old Major gives a speech encouraging the animals to rebel. He dies three days later. The animals rebel. The pigs are put into a leadership position because they are the only ones who can read and write. The 7 commandments are written on the barn wall. Jones tries to take back the farm, but he fails. Napoleon kills Snowball and claims that the windmill was his (Napoleon's) idea the whole time. They start to build the windmill. The windmill is destroyed by "Snowball". (It was actually a storm) Napoleon kills animals for allegedly helping Snowball, and the Beasts of England is forbidden. The animals sell the timber to Fredrick, but the bank notes are forgeries. Fredrick attacks the farm and destroys the windmill. The animals start rebuilding the windmill. Boxer is sold to the slaughter house in order for the pigs to get money to buy themselves whiskey. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. You can no longer tell the difference between pigs and humans.

SymbolsMankind=capitalism and royaltyMr. Jones=Nicolas Alexandrovich Romanov (the last Tsar of Russia)Mr. Pilkington=Leaders of EnglandMr. Frederick=HitlerPigs=CommunistsNapoleon= Joseph StalinSquealer= Russian mediaSnowball=Leon TroskyOld Major= Karl Marx or Vladimir LeninHorses=working classBoxer=working classMollie=Russias upper classDogs=Army, military, and policeBirds=Ministers and priestsMoses= Russian Orthodox churchHens= Peasant farmersPigeons= Communist world revolutionOld Benjamin Donkey=Old MenMuriel=Old LadiesSheep=The massesThe Cat= Shady members of the Russian societyAnimal Farm=The Soviet UnionManner Farm= RussiaFoxwood=EnglandPinchfield= GermanyTown of Willington= EuropeFarmhouse= The KremlinThe Red Lion=Royal Palace in EnglandSugar Candy Moutain= HeavenAnimalism= CommunismHorn and Hoof= Hammer and Sickle Animal committees=Soviet Committees Beast of England=ideology of Communism Windmill=Stalins five year plan Drinking of alcohol=Intoxicating effect of power Milk and apples=Commodities The Animal Revolt=The Russian Revolution Battle of the Cowshed=The Reds V.S the Whites in the civil war between the bolsherikens (red) and the Bolsherikes (whites) The hens revolt=The bitter resistance to collective farming, Ukraine resistance Destruction of the windmill=The failure of the five year plan The slaughter of the animals=The purges of 1936-1938 Selling of the wood to Frederick=Nazi Soviet Pact The Battle of the Windmill=Battle of Stalingrad

Persuasive techniques Pathos: appeal to fear. The pigs used violence and terror so the animals would follow their leadCommonplace Assertions: saying things are the BEST without reason, statistics and examplesBandwagon: Say they are all doing itLoaded Words: The animals don't understand so they just agree Celebrity Endorsement: They use Napoleon to get animals to do things especially BoxerHasty Generalizations: Napoleon likes this idea we all like this ideaName Calling: They use this to get the animals against snowballCircular Reasoning: Napoleon is the best because he is the bestRhetorical Fallacies: Write things that aren't really true like "all animal are equal"Snob appeal: They want to part of the pigs elite groupGlittering Generalities: Freedom. Better than it used to be