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10A Animal Farm
Review characters and keywords from Animal Farm
| Question | Answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxer | The cart-horse with strength, dedication, and loyalty | This character is quick to help but slow-witted | He shows dedication to the ideals of Animal Farm but can't think about them independently |
| Old Major | A prize-winning boar whose vision leads to the rebellion | Days after he teaches the other animals "Beasts of England," he dies. | Based on Marx and Lenin |
| Clover | a good-hearted female horse who suspects the pigs of violating the commandments | She often thinks that she misread the commandments the first time | A horse that's a good friend of Boxer. |
| Moses | A tame raven who spreads stories of Sugarcandy Mountain. | This character is used to explore how communism exploits religion as something to pacify the oppressed | Leaves the farm shortly after the rebellion but returns later. |
| Mollie | A horse that craves the attention of humans | This character represents the rich upper-classes that left Russia shortly after their revolution | She has a hard time on Animal Farm and leaves to live a life of ribbons and sugar cubes |
| Benjamin | The donkey who refuses to feel inspired by the rebellion | This character believes that life will remain the same no matter who is in control of the farm | Only this character seems to understand the changes that are happening on the farm as a result of the pigs taking power |
| Mr. Jones | The often drunk farmer who runs Manor Farm | Is easily run off of his farm by the animals | |
| Mr. Frederick | He operates the neighboring farm of Pinchfield and proves to be untrustworthy | Based on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany just prior to WWII | |
| Mr. Pilkington | Easygoing farmer who runs the Foxwood farm. | Represents the capitalist governments of England and the United States | |
| Napoleon | Pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm | Based on Russian leader Joseph Stalin | This character uses the dogs (military force) to control the other animals |
| Snowball | Challenges Napoleon for control of the farm after the rebellion | Based on Russian leader Leon Trotsky | An intelligent, passionate, eloquent character who wins the loyalty of the other animals |
| Squealer | The pig who spreads Napoleon's propaganda among the other animals | This character is supposed to represent the way people in power can twist words and manipulate people through the media | |
| George Orwell | the penname of the author of Animal Farm |