English: Animal Farm Test – Flashcards
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Mr. Jones
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- Original owner of Manor Farm; farm suffers under his incompetence (Represents the last of the Czars - (old gov.)
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Old Major
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- responsible for Animalism; pure-bred pig; Grandfatherly; Philosopher of change; inspires the rebellion; Beasts of England (Represents Karl Marx - (author of Communist Manifesto)
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Snowball
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- Pig who wants to be a leader; persuasive speaker; argues with Napoleon; idea to build windmill (Represents Leon Trotsky, the revolutionary with whom Stalin fought for control after the revolution)
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Napoleon
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- Betrays Animalism with his greed; schemes behind the scenes to get power; abuses trust of the animals with lies (Represents Joseph Stalin, the brutal head of State after the Russian Revolution)
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Squealer
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- A manipulative, persuasive pig; makes lies sound logical (Represents Pravada - a Russian newspaper that helped spread communist propaganda)
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Boxer
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- A strong, faithful, hardworking horse; worked to exhaustion, then was murdered for $; a metaphor for the Boxer Rebellion in China which signaled the beginning of communism in China (Represents Proletariat (lower class workers): loyal, hopeful
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Clover
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- Motherly type horse who tried to comfort others (Represents Proletariat (lower class workers): Russian women
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Benjamin
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- Old Donkey who didn't believe change would happen (Represents older, cynical generation of people)
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Moses
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- Clever raven who promises SugarCandy Mountain; does not work, just tells stories (Represents Orwell's view of the Church (Marx's view that "religion is the opiate of the people"
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Muriel
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- knowledgeable goat (reads to Clover) (Represents educated working class - takes no action though they oppose the new government)
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Farm Animal
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- ordinary creatures who believed what they were told, forgot what they knew, and accepted whatever was happening due to fear (Represents Russian people during time of U.S.S.R.)
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Dogs
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- Bluebell and Jessie give their puppies to Napoleon, who raises them to be his enforcers and privileged bodyguards (Represents KGB or bodyguards of Stalin)
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Pigs
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- surround and support Napoleon; live in luxury (Represents communist party loyalist - friends of Stalin)
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Mr. Frederick
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- owner of Pinchfield Farm; neighboring farmer; proves to be untrustworthy: steals their attacks (Represents: Pinchfield is Germany; Frederick is Hilter)
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Mr. Pilkington
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- owner of Foxwood Farm; easygoing, gentleman farmer (Represents: Foxwood is England; Pilkington is Prime Minister Chamberlain)
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Mr. Whymper
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- solicitor (lawyer) Napoleon hires to represent Animal Farm to humans (Represents Ambassadors and PR men who made Russia look good to the world)
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Mollie
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- a vain, flighty horse; enjoys her perks (sugar and ribbons); doesn't care much about politics (Represents middle class skilled workers who are used to good pay and good benefits)
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ESSAY QUESTION: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." To which character does this MOST apply? Why?
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(Napoleon)... (uses his power to change the rules to benefit himself) ... (Once he gains power, he is corrupted) ... (changing the rules to help himself)
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ESSAY QUESTION: How are the animals with limited education affected by their ignorance?
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(couldn't help or participate much with farm ideas) ... (knowledge and reading was at a low rate) ... (weren't able to gain much power since they didn't have the knowledge to use it for everyone's good)
