Animal Farm
Chapter 1
Prediction: They story will start off introducing all the farm animals and the exposition will be set in a farm. I think the Russian Revolution will also take part in this story by having a rebellion.
Imagine: Middle White Boar. Old Major is an old boar that starts off talking about how he wants to start a rebellion.
Imagine: Farm Animals. All of the different farm animals all the major characters of the story.
Try:
-Why are the animals having a meeting? -Will Jones actually kill his animals that harshly when they grow old? -When are they going to start the rebellion? -Is Mr. Jones nice to his animals? Use:
Singing. The farm animals sing the Beasts of England after Old Major's speech. Alexis, my best friend, and I always sing in the car. We go all out with dancing and everything. We always play this one song that we know word for word just like the farm animals. |
Imagine: A farm. All the animals live on the farm which is the exposition of the story.
Imagine: Three dogs. Jessie, Bluebell and Pincher are part of the minor characters that stay on the farm.
Clarify:
-Major had a strange dream in which he called the meeting for. -Old Major thinks he is going to die soon so that's why he needs to talk to all the animals. -Old Major is the leader of the farm and he wants to start a rebellion against man. -The farm animals think that they are being treated unfairly and men are taking over their positions. |
Review: The book starts off with Mr. Jones locking up the barn, very drunk. Old Major, the boar, calls a meeting to talk about the dream that he had. All the animals go to the front of the barn to hear Old Major speak. The boar starts off talking about how the farm animals get mistreated and their enemy is men. Men are taking over their jobs and the animals don't like it. Then Old Major talks about his dream he had about the song, Beasts of England, that him and his mom used to sing together. Old Major declares that the farm animals should start up a rebellion. All the animals start singing along to the Beasts of England which awoke Mr. Jones. Jones shot his gun into the darkness towards the barn and that's when the animals scattered for the night.
Chapter 2
Prediction: The story will introduce more animals and the rebellion will start. One animal in particular will arise to be the leader of the rebellion, maybe Old Major.
Imagine: Animal Farm sign. When Mr. Jones ran off the farm, the animas changed the name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm.
Imagine: Farmhouse. After the rebellion, all the animals go inside of the house to explore.
Try:
-Why didn't Mr. Jones bring out his gun? -Is Mollie every going to start working? -Why did Mrs. Jones leave and not help? Use:
-Ribbons: Mollie wears ribbons in her hair all day, every day. When I was little, my mother used to put ribbons in my hair all the time and I loved them like Mollie did. |
Imagine: Ribbons and Sugar. Mollie, the horse, was very vain and did not do anything to help. She was sad that she could not have her ribbons and sugar.
Imagine: 7 Commandments. The animals wrote the rules in paint on the wall in the barn.
Clarify:
-The rebellion happen on that day because of Mr. Jones forgot to feed the animals. -Benjamin does not really care about the rebellion. -The animals like Snowball as a leader because he is passionate and nice. |
Review: It starts off with Old Major dying and the animals take his idea for a rebellion. The pigs become the leaders and come up with the idea of Animalism. One day, Mr. Jones gets drunk and forgets to feed the animals so the animals say that its time. They run Mr. Jones off the farm and they succeed. They change the name of the farm to Animal Farm and they make the 7 Commandments. They continue on with the chores like milking the cows. When the animals come back, the milk has disappeared.
Chapter 3
Prediction: Snowball will assign jobs to everyone and make food rations. Napoleon and Snowball will have a fight. Mr. Jones will show up at the farm to try to get it back again.
Imagine: ABDC in the dirt. Boxer would always write out ABCD in the dirt because that was the only letters he knew.
Imagine: The sheep chanting "Four legs good, two legs bad!". The sheep would chant this saying during meetings and speeches.
Try:
-Why do the sheep's always chant and interrupt people? -What is Napoleon doing with the puppies? -Why do the animals not care about the pigs being in control? Use:
-Working hard. Boxer works very hard every day to complete his job and just do his best. Everyone should be like Boxer. When I played travel soccer, I would work very hard during the game so we can win but also have fun. |
Imagine: Animal Farm flag. They had a green flag with a hoof and horn on it.
Imagine: Milk and Apples. The pigs have been taking all of the milk and apples in order to think well.
Clarify:
-The 7 commandments are rules that the animals have to follow and they are very important. -The animals have to be educated to make a good community. -Squealer makes the animals think that the milk and apples are important for thinking. |
Review: The animals continue with the chores while the pigs supervise and lead them. Mollie, the horse, is super lazy an doesn't do job and just wants ribbons in her mane. Boxer, the work horse, is not very intelligent but works very hard every day. Then we meet Benjamin, the grumpy donkey who is indifferent about the rebellion. Snowball tries to teach the animal how to read and write, some pick it up well but others do not. Then comes the chant "Two legs bad, Four legs good!" that the animals came up with from the 7 commandments. The animas figure out tat the pigs get all of the apples and milk because it helps them think.
Chapter 4
Prediction: Mr. Jones and his friends will come and try to get his farm back. But I think they will not succeed and the animals will celebrate their victory.
Imagine: The men walking into the farm. Some men including Mr. Jones, walked onto the farm to fight the animals.
Imagine: Animals getting ready. When the humans were walking up to the farm, the animals were getting ready for the battle.
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Imagine: Flocks of Pigeons. Snowball sent out flocks of pigeons to tell all of the other animals about the rebellion and to each the song, Beasts of England.
Clarify:
-Boxer was guilty because he killed someone. -Battle of the Cowshed ended very badly for the humans. I guess Mr. Jones will never get his farm back. -Snowball was the hero of the battle because he sacrificed himself to attack M. Jones. Try:
-Why didn't Boxer get a medal? -Why didn't t humans bring more guns or people? -Why was Boxer guilty after the battle? Use:
Guilty: Boxer was very guilty when he killed that man during the battle. I feel guilty when I lie to my parents and just do anything bad in general. |
Review: Mr. Jones and his friends, Mr. Frederick and Mr. Pilkington, try to get the farm back. The Battle of the Cowshed begins. The humans and animals fight it out, Boxer doing most of the damage. Turns out the animals win and run the humans out again. Boxer feels guilty because he kicked a guy in the head and he fell down, Boxer thought he killed him until the guy got up and ran away. The only casualty was a sheep. Snowball gives himself two medals as a hero of the battle.
Chapter 5
Prediction: Napoleon and Snowball will have a huge fight turning into a battle. The animals will have to choose what side to be on and they will hold a meeting to see who the real leader is.
Imagine: Windmill Plans. Snowball thought of this idea to build a windmill on the for many purposes.
Imagine: The Vicious Dogs. Napoleon trained the nine puppies to be attack and guard dogs.
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Imagine: Barn. The animals used the big barn to hold meetings and speeches.
Clarify:
-The dogs Napoleon took away as puppies are now attack dogs because he trained them. -Mollie left the farm for another one because she likes to be spoiled. -Snowball gets run off the farm because Napoleon wanted to be leader and did not like Snowball. Try:
-Where did Mollie go? -Do the other animals miss Snowball? -Where did Snowball go? Use:
Speech. Snowball gives a great speech about the idea of building a windmill. In Economics, we have to give a presidential speech. |
Review: It turns out Mollie has been chatting with a guy from another farm for sugar cubes and ribbons. Then one day she disappears all together. Snowball comes up with the idea of building a windmill on the farm to help but Napoleon hates the idea. Snowball gives a great speech about it and Napoleon does the same back but he urinates on the plans. Before the animals get to decide, Napoleon brings out these attack dogs to run Snowball off the farm. With Snowball out, Napoleon is leader with Squealer by his side. Napoleon gets rid of the meetings and decides to continue on with the building of the windmill.
Chapter 6
Prediction: Snowball sneaks to the farm late at night to talk to the animals and try to make them rebel against Napoleon. Snowball will get caught and killed.
Imagine: Broken Stones. The animals had to figure out a way to break stones to start building the windmill.
Imagine: Destroyed Windmill. The windmill got destroyed and Napoleon is blaming it on Snowball.
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Imagine: Bed without a sheet. The pigs now sleep in beds, but without sheets because of the rules.
Clarify:
-The windmill blew over from the storm, not from Snowball knocking it over. -Squealer is the one changing the commandment because the pigs want to sleep on a bed. -Mr. Whymper is Mr. Jones friend that helps the animals trade. Try:
-Do the animals realize that the commandment changed? -How can the animals be convinced that the windmill got knocked down from Snowball? -Where is Snowball now? Use:
Trading. The animals are trading with humans with the help of Mr. Whymper. Back in 4th grade, I used to trade littlest pet shop toys with other people. |
Review: The animals overwork trying to build the windmill with not a lot of rations to live off of. Napoleon and the pigs decide to move into the farmhouse and sleep on the beds. So of course, Squealer has to change one of the commandments about sleeping on the beds. Napoleon decides to start trading with humans so he gets Mr. Whymper to help them. Then a storm happens and the windmill blows down. But Napoleon blames it on Snowball, trying to make him the enemy.
Chapter 7
Prediction: The conditions will continue to get tougher and the animals will not like it. The animals will come up with a plan to overthrow Napoleon and Squealer.
Imagine: Boxer. Boxer always pushes himself to work harder and harder everyday.
Imagine: The execution. Some of the animals confessed that they were in relations with Snowball. Napoleon had the dogs kill anyone who confessed.
Use:
Eggs. The hens have to lay 400 eggs in a week. Once, I visited a farm and I got to pick up the eggs from the hens coop. |
Imagine: Eggs. The hens had to produce 400 eggs a week, so they rebelled and 9 got killed.
Clarify:
-9 hens got killed because of the dogs starving them because they rebelled. -Squealer is like propaganda, he convinces the animals if they are hesitant. -The animals were probably just scared of staying with Napoleon so they confessed. Try:
-How many hens were their? -Could they even produce 400 eggs in a week? -Were they animals that confessed actually in relation with Snowball? |
Review: The animals have to rebuild the windmill throughout the winter and the conditions get worse. The hens now have to lay 400 eggs just to get taken away so they rebel and 9 die. Squealer continues to make Snowball the enemy so he says that Snowball was fighting for Mr. Jones. Boxer has his doubts but eventually is convinced that they are right. One day, Napoleon comes to the farm and makes the animals confess if they are in relation with Snowball or not. Many animals say that they are and are executed immediately by the dogs. The dogs even try to go after Boxer but failed. Then Napoleon says that nobody can sing Beasts of England anymore.
Chapter 8
Prediction: More of the commandments will change making the animals skeptical. The trade with either farm will go horribly wrong and a battle will break out between them.
Imagine: Timber. Napoleon trades the timber to Mr. Frederick for money. Turns out Mr. Frederick gave him fake money.
Imagine: Whisky. The pigs found some whisky in the house and now they drink it.
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Imagine: Fake Money. Mr. Frederick gave the farm fake money for the timber.
Clarify:
-Mr. Frederick tricked Napoleon by giving him fake money to pay for the timber. -Mr. Frederick blew up the windmill and attacked the farm. -The pigs drink whisky now, which is breaking one of the commandments but of course Squealer changed it. Try:
-How do the pigs drink whisky? -Why didn't Napoleon notice it was fake money at the trade? -Couldn't they use that timber and made it useful? Use:
Timber. Napoleon sells the timber to Mr. Frederick for him to use. When my family goes camping, we have to buy timber for the campfire. |
Prediction: The animals now notice that there are many changes to the 7 commandments. Napoleon now has another name, Leader. Napoleon wants to trade this pile of timber to one of the neighboring farms. Napoleon chooses Mr. Frederick and he demands cash on the spot. When they got home, Napoleon realizes that Mr. Frederick paid him with fake money. Then it gets worse, the windmill is blown up and Mr. Fredrick attacks the farm. Boxer gets badly injured but they win the fight. The pigs celebrate with whisky.
Chapter 9
Prediction: Boxer will get injured along with some other animals because they are overworked. The ration will continue to get smaller and the animals continue to work on the windmill.
Imagine: Poultice. Boxer is injured so Clover made him a poultice to help him work.
Imagine: Glue Truck. When Boxer got injured, Napoleon sent him off to be killed by a glue maker.
Use:
-Glue. Boxer got sold to a glue factory because he was old and injured. In Kindergarten, we learned this glue theory: Just a dot not a lot. I feel very bad for Boxer. |
Imagine: Sugarcandy Mountain. Moses reappears and talks about this wonderful place, Sugarcandy Mountain.
Clarify:
-Sugarcandy Mountain is something that Moses made up and is spreading it around the farm. -Boxer got injured from the last battle and suffering from that and being overworked. -Napoleon sold Boxer to a glue factory in exchange for money for whisky. Try:
-Is Sugarcandy Mountain real? -Where did Moses go for that long of a time? -Why don't the animals get enough food? |
Review: The animals work hard on rebuilding the windmill, again. The animals have to build it during the winter and there is not enough food. But the pigs have enough food, they even seem to be getting fatter. Boxer collapses from his injury and he can't get up. Napoleon sends him to the hospital. But the animals figure out that the truck that came to pick him up was a glue factory truck. So, Napoleon sent Boxer off to get killed and turned into glue. But, Squealer says that the hospital bought the truck and just forgot to cross it off. Days later, news comes in that Boxer died in the hospital.
Chapter 10
Prediction: Years later and the conditions haven't changed for the farm animals. The pigs and dogs continue to be in charge and get all the rations. Some of the original animals have died.
Imagine: Windmill. The animals finally finish a new windmill after years pass.
Imagine: Pigs on their hind legs. The pigs started walking like humans on their hind legs.
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Imagine: Sheep. The sheep were taken to a secluded place to learn a new chant by Squealer.
Clarify:
-Some of the original animals have died but some are still there like Clover and Ben. -The pigs are now acting like humans by walking on their hind legs. -All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. Try:
-Why haven't the animals rebelled against Napoleon yet? -Why are the pigs acting like humans now? -Where did Snowball ever go? Use:
Hind legs. The pigs are now walking like humans on their hind legs. When I was in Chicago, I went to a park and saw this dog walking on his hind legs. |
Review: Years pass and the conditions have gotten worse for the farm animals. The pigs and dogs are just fine with more than enough rations. Squealer takes the sheep into a secluded area and teaches them a new chant "Four legs good, two legs better!" So when Napoleon and the other pigs come out walking on their hind legs, it is a surprise to the animals. When Ben goes to look at the commandments, there is only one sentence there, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." At night, some animals go into the farmhouse to see what is going on and they see the pigs and human around a table. They change the name back to Manor Farm and the humans congratulate them. They continue on with their card game and the animals can not see a difference between the humans and pigs faces.
Plot Line
A. Exposition:
B. Rising Action:
D. Falling Action:
E. Resolution:
- Manor Farm, A farm in London run by Mr. Jones. Introduces the farm animals like Boxer, Old Major and more. Mr. Jones is a drunk and does not take care of the farm correctly.
B. Rising Action:
- Mr. Jones forgets to feed the animals because as always, he is very drunk.
- Old Major calls a meeting with the animals and talks about his dream, how they need to rebel to defeat the humans. They sing Beasts of England.
- Old Major dies 3 days later.
- Snowball takes over as leader and leads the animals. Napoleon and Snowball don't get along.
- They run Mr. Jones off the land and rename it Animal Farm. They try to follow Old Major's standards.
- Some animals learn to read and write. They are all happy and working hard.
- The animals defeat the humans in the Battle of Cowshed, naming Snowball as the hero.
- Snowball gives a speech about the Windmill, Napoleon does not think they need to build one.
- Napoleon takes the 9 dogs that he was "teaching" and they run Snowball off the farm.
D. Falling Action:
- Napoleon becomes dictator with Squealer and all of the other pigs on his side. The animals are confused.
- Napoleon changes his mind on the windmill idea, so he gets the animals working hard every day.
- He starts trading with Mr. Wymper for supplies.
- The windmill blows up, Napoleon blames Snowball for it. That turns all of the animals against Snowball.
- They start building the windmill up again.
- All the pigs are becoming more and more like a human by drinking whiskey, sleeping in the beds.
- The pigs call out any traitors who kept in touch with Snowball and kill them on the spot.
- A battle occurs where again the animals defeat the humans but with major injuries, especially Boxer.
- Even though the farm animals are living through bad conditions, Squealer convinces them that they are better off than they were with Mr. Jones.
- The pigs trade with the neighbor Mr. Frederick for timber but get cheated because they pay Napoleon in fake money. The windmill gets blown up.
- Boxer overworks with the Windmill and falls down because of his lungs. The pigs send him off to the hospital" when in reality it was a glue maker that took him to die.
E. Resolution:
- Years on, the remaining animals are overworked and tired. The Sheep chant "Four legs good, two legs better!" now. The pigs are like humns walking on their hind legs.
- The animals go into the farmhouse and see all of the human farmers and the pigs sitting around the table for a meeting. Th animals can't tell between the pigs and men's faces on which ones are human.
Characterization
Napoleon:
-Round because he changes throughout the book, turns more and more into a human. -A pig. -Dictator of the farm after he drives Snowball out. -Rude, greedy, intelligent, leader, powerful. -Represents Joesph Stalin in the Russian Revolution because they were both harsh dictators with controlling the media, all the workers and they both destroyed their economies. -He only cared about himself, very greedy with the rations and over worked the animals. |
Snowball:
-Flat because he really did not change throughout the book, was only there for a little bit. -A pig. -The leader of the farm for the start of the rebellion. -Intelligent, passionate, enthusiastic, powerful. -Represents Leon Trotsky in the Russian Revolution. Snowball, like Leon, helped win the Rebellion, spread the word about animalism/communism and they were both kicked out of their parties. |
Squealer:
-Round because he changed throughout the book, got more and more sneaky. -A pig. -Sneaky, can turn black into white, persuasive, intelligent. -He works close with Napoleon. -Represents Stalin's propaganda because he would persuade the other animals that Napoleon is always right. He kept the animals thinking that this was the best place olive even though they had d conditions. |
Boxer:
-Round because he changes throughout the book. -A work horse. -Gullible, loyal, dedicated, naïve, unintelligent. -Represents the working class of the Revolution. They both are naïve and were easily taken advantage of. Without the working class, the pigs probably would of never came into power because of their stupidity. |
Themes and Motifs
Abuse of Power:
-The pigs definitely took ahold of the power and just ran with it not caring about anybody else but their selves. They also abused that power by taking advantage of the other animals by making them work all day, every day on the windmill. The animals also didn't get enough food rations while the pigs got fatter and fatter. Napoleon and Squealer slowly manipulated the animals into thinking them being in power is way better than Mr. Jones was, which is not true at all. The two main pigs basically abused their power over the other animals to gain more and more. Lying:
-The whole farm is built on lies. It first starts off with lying about Snowball and how he was really siding with Mr. Jones when it is obvious that he wasn't. Whenever they change the 7 commandments, Squealer lies saying they were always like that. Then at the end, Napoleon changes his whole outlook and starts walking on two leg, lying the whole time to the animals on how apparently "two legs bad, four legs good". Lack of Intelligence:
-The lack of intelligence in this book is what makes the pigs go into power. Boxer and all the other animals barely know how to read and write. They listen to Napoleon and Squealer without questioning the changes of the 7 commandments or their behavior. The animals don't do anything about it even when they are suspicious which is not smart. At the end, whatever animals are left know that the whole rebellion thing was a bad idea when they see the farmhouse meeting. |
Songs:
-Songs were present in this book very much. It first started with the song, Beasts of England. They sung that song for awhile, as long as Snowball was in charge. Then it got banned by Napoleon and in place was the Animal Farm anthem that they sung at every parade. The Seven Commandments:
-The 7 commandments were ether mentioned or changed throughout the book. At first everyone followed the commandments until the pigs moved into the farmhouse so Squealer changed the bed one to animals can sleep on a bed without sheets. The pigs changed many more because they did not fit with what the pigs wanted. "Two legs bad, four legs good!":
-This saying came up when the rebellion started. The sheep chant it randomly during the meetings and the parades. This saying slowly was forgotten until the sheep was taught another saying, "Four legs good, two legs better!" Then the sheep starting chanting that when Napoleon started walking on his hind legs. |
Symbols
The Windmill:
-The windmill is a symbol for corruption that the pigs had over the other animals. Instead of working on getting more food and rest, the pigs made the other animals over work for years to get this windmill done. When it is finished, it is used for the pigs gain and the other animals got no recognition for it. |
The Plunge of Mr. Jones:
-Mr. Jones getting kicked out of his farm is a symbol of Tsar Nicholas II. The common people did not like the king, just like the animas on the farm did not like Mr. Jones. Russia had a famine during World War I because of Nicholas' decisions. Likewise with Mr. Jones and him forgetting to feed the animals. So the people overthrew the king of Russia like the farm animals ran Mr. Jones out of the barn. |
Mood and Tone
Mood:
Rebellious: Throughout the book, everyone was very rebellious. The pigs certainly did not care what people thought of them and they just looked out for themselves. Plus the whole book starts with the animals rebelling so it only makes sense. Angry: I was very angry throughout the book because o how dumb the farm animals seemed to be. The pigs were actually intelligent, but all other animals were not. They had very obvious clues that something sneaky was going on but they just did not get it. That made me angry.
Confused: I was even confused at some parts. For example, when some animals admitted that they worked with Snowball, did they really? If they did not, then why sacrifice them selves and admit to something that they did not do?
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Tone:
Dramatic: The whole plot was drama filled with the dictatorship to the whole Snowball deal. With the battles and how they went down, they were written very vivid and intense. Also, the scene where the dogs would rip out the animals throat if they had any relations to Snowball was written very intense. Overall the writing was very theatrical. Objective: The narrator says some gruesome stuff playing off like it was no big deal. He states some facts without going into detail. But he does teach people a lesson without us really realizing about it.
Intelligent: Orwell really knew what he was writing about with all of the Russian Revolution metaphors. Even though it was bizarre with the animals talking, he wrote them like characters in the Revolution. Overall, the writer is very intelligent.
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