ANIMAL FARM BY GEORGE ORWELL

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ANIMAL FARMBY GEORGE ORWELL
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THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

• SERIES OF REVOLUTIONS BEGINNING IN 1917- LED TO
  WORLD WAR I
• THE CZAR WAS DEPOSED
• BECAME THE SOVIET UNION
• COMMUNISM

• SOCIAL CLASSES
• PROLETARIAN WAGE WORKERS
• Bourgeoisie- UPPER CLASS AND WEALTHY

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FARMER JONES/CZAR NICHOLAS II

• IRRESPONSIBLE TO HIS ANIMALS (LETS THEM STARVE)
• SOMETIMES CRUEL (BEATS THEM WITH A WHIP)
• SOMETIMES KIND (MIXES MILK INTO FOOD)
• REPRESENTS CORRUPT/FLAWED GOVERNMENT THAT IS
  RIPE FOR REVOLUTION.

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OLD MAJOR/KARL MARX

• 12 YR. OLD BOAR
• WANTS TO ESTABLISH A UTOPIAN SOCIETY
• SHOW PIG PAMPERED
• HERO SKULL IS PAID TRIBUTE
• INITIATES THE REBELLION AND SEVEN COMMANDMENTS

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SNOWBALL/LEO TROSTKY

• SMART, LEADER
• MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANIMALS THAN OLD MAJOR
• CREATES THE FLAG
• FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD
• HERO OF THE BATTLE OF THE COWSHED
• PERSUASIVE SPEAKER

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NAPOLEON/JOSEPH STALIN

• BOAR BEING BRED FOR SALE
• MANIPULATIVE
• INTIMIDATING AND USES PROPAGANDA
• DICTATOR
• POWER HUNGRY

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BOXER /LONG SUFFERING WORKERS AND PEASANTS

• NOT VERY INTELLIGENT
• HARD WORKING
• DEVOTED
• STRONG
• HONEST
• SIMPLE
• INSPIRATION TO OTHERS

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SQUEALER/PROPOGANDIST

• SMALL AND FAT
• GOOD SPEAKER
• USED BY NAPOLEON
• KEEPS ANIMALS IN CONTROL
• CHANGES THE COMANDMENTS

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OTHER CHARACTERS

• CLOVER
• A MOTHERLY MARE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
  WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS
• SOURCE OF STRENGTH FOR BOXER

• BENJAMIN
• CYNICAL DONKEY
• BELIEVES EVERYTHING REMAINS THE SAME/NOTHING EVER
  CHANGES

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CONTINUED

• MOSES
• TIMID RAVEN
• TELLS TALES OF A LAND OF PROMISES AND BETTER LIFE
  ON SUGARCANDY MOUNTAIN
• SYMBOLIC OF ORGANIZED RELIGION

• MOLLIE
• VAIN
• FRIVOLOUS
• MARE
• CONCERNED ONLY WITH HER OWN PLEASURE AND CONFORT
• SYMBOLIC OF THE NOBLES WHO FLED AFTER THE RUSSIAN
  REVOLUTION

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CONTINUED

• FREDERICK
• BUSINESSMAN
• OWNER OF A SMALL FARM
• INVOLVED IN LAWSUITS
• CRUEL TO ANIMALS
• SYMBOLIC OF HITLER

• PILKINGTON
• EASY GOING
• FARMER
• SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME FISHING AND HUNTING
• APATHETIC TOWARDS SITUATION

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CONTINUED

• WHYMPER
• ACTS AS A MEDIATOR BETWEEN THE ANIMALS AND THE
  HUMANS
• BUSINESS MINDED LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE ANIMALS

• MURIAL
• GOAT
• READS BETTER THAN MOST OF THE ANIMALS
• HAS INSIGHTS