Animal Farm Review

Animal Farm is an allegory in that it

• Has a surface level meaning and deeper level meaning represented by symbols

• Is a story about an imaginary revolution by animals

• Was written as a satire

• Involves animals

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Animal Farm is an allegorical satire on:

• The Russian Revolution

• The American Revolution

• World War I

• The War of the Worlds

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Orwell’s cynical attitude and tone toward the events and characters in the story is closest of that to that of___________. In other words, if Orwell were a character in his own book, which character would he be?

• Boxer because he works hard to reveal the truth

• Snowball because he is a good persuasive talker

• Napoleon because he believes that dictatorship is the ideal form of government

• Benjamin because he focuses on the negatives aspects of a failed revolution without providing solutions

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If you wanted to prove that Mr. Jones is a tyrannical and cruel leader, which piece of evidence would be the strongest support for this character trait?

• “Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes”

• “Let us face it: [under Mr. Jones] our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep breath in our bodies, and [we] are forced to work to the last atom of our strength…[then] we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”

• [Mr. Jones] is the only creature that consumes without producing.

• “The rest [of the eggs and milk] have gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men”

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Old Major symbolizes…

• The adherence to the law of dominance by man

• The old and wise animals of the farm

• The philosophical vision of the revolution

• The dream that is impossible to accomplish

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Old Major is like Karl Marx in that he

• Leads a revolution

• Expresses radical thoughts that could never really happen

• Has a dream that everyone can live in peace and harmony

• Has a dream of equality for classes that is later used to form a revolution

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“Rings shall vanish from our noses/And the harness from our back/Bit and spur shall rust forever/Cruel whips no more shall crack” This stanza from “Beast of England” does all of the following EXCEPT …

• Reminds the animal of their humiliation

• Serves as symbols of slavery and oppression

• Gives imagery of freedom from man

• Foreshadows how difficult it will be to rebel against man

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Why did the work of organizing and teaching about the rebellion fall naturally with the pigs?

• They were bossy

• They were clever

• They were fat

• They were intimidating

The theory of Animalism is like true Communism in that

• Communists behave more like animals than humans

• There is no distinct class system, so everyone is equal and works to his or her capacity

• There is no government and no leaders

• Communists own private businesses just as each animal produces individual products

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The name change of “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm” most likely represents

• Russia changing its name to Soviet Union

• Russians revolting against Tsar Nicholas II

• The Soviet Union becoming a dictatorship

• Russia making allies with Germany

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