Animal farm
Characters
Human
● Mr. Jones: The often drunk farmer who runs the Manor Farm before the
animals stage their Rebellion and establish (oprichten) Animal Farm. Based
on Tsar Nicholas II.
● Mr. Pilkington: farmer of neighboring farm; Foxwood. Fredericks biggest
enemy. Based on the capitalist governments of England and the United
States.
● Mr. Frederick: farmer of the neighboring farm. Based on Adolf Hitler
● Mr. Whymper: human lawyer whom Napoleon hires to represent Farm in
human society
- Pigs (the smartest animals)
● Old Major: The old pig who taught animalism. He died before the revolution.
Based on Karl Marx
● Napoleon: The pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the
Rebellion, used dogs, moses, and Squealer to control animals. Not as clever
as snowball.Cruel, brutal, selfish. Based on Joseph Stalin
● Snowball: The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after
the Rebellion. Snowball is intelligent, passionate. He was forced to live
somewhere other than the farm. Based on Leon Trotsky
● Squealer: The pig who convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon
(propaganda). Changes the commandments. Based on Propaganda
department of Lenin's government
- Dogs: A private army that used fear to force animals to work. Killed or intimidated any
opponent of Napoleon. Another part of Napoleon's strategy to control animals. Based
on KGB - Secret Police (Jessie, Puncher, Murier, Bluebell)
- Horses
● Boxer: Strong, hard working horse, believes in Animal Farm. "Napoleon is
always right", "I must work harder". Is betrayed by Napoleon, who sells him.
Based on Dedicated, but tricked communist supporters
● Clover: Female horse, Boxers best friend. She suspected the bigs of
changing the 7 Commandments but wasn’t sure. Based on Russian working
class
● Mollie: Loved her beauty and self and didn't think about the animal farm.
Went with anyone who gave her what she wanted. Based on petit
bourgeoisie that fled from Russia a few years after the Russian
Revolution.
- Raven
● Moses: tells animals about SugarCandy mountain (heaven), animals can go
there if they work hard. Snowball and Major were against him, Napoleon let
him stay because he taught animals to work and not complain. Based on
Religion
- Donkey
, ● Benjamin: Refuses to believe in the Revolution, believes that life will remain
unpleasant no matter who is in charge. Based on Skeptical people in
Russia and outside Russia
Begrippen (je kan zelf ook nog toevoegen als je wil)
- Animalism: philosophy of all of the animals being treated equal and sharing equally
in both the responsibilities and rewards of the farm, is explained with the Seven
Commandments (Communism)
- Rebellion: What pushes Mr. Jones out of the farm.
- Propaganda: information, ideas, opinions, that are spread with the intention of
influencing people's opinions
- Allegory: something similar to an historical event (story within a story)
- Totalitarianism: government that controls everything
Samenvatting
Chapter 1: After Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, falls asleep drunk, all of his animals
meet in the big barn at the request of old Major, a 12-year-old pig. Major delivers a political
speech about the evils inflicted upon them (kwaad dat hen wordt aangedaan) by their human
keepers and their need to rebel against Man. After discussing the various ways that Man has
exploited and harmed the animals, Major mentions a strange dream of his in which he saw a
vision of the earth without humans. He then teaches the animals a song — "Beasts of
England" — which they sing repeatedly until they awaken Jones, who fires his gun from his
bedroom window, thinking there is a fox in the yard. Frightened by the shot, the animals
disperse and go to sleep.
Chapter 2: After the death of old Major, the animals spend their days secretly planning the
rebellion, although they are unsure when it will occur. Because of their intelligence, the pigs
are placed in charge of educating the animals about Animalism, the name they give to the
philosophy explained by Major in Chapter 1. Among the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon are
the most important to the revolution. Despite Mollie's concern with ribbons and Moses' tales
of a place called Sugarcandy Mountain, the pigs are successful in spreading the principles of
Animalism to the others.
The rebellion occurs when Jones again falls into a drunken sleep and neglects to feed the
animals, who break into the store-shed in search of a meal. When Jones and his men arrive,
they begin hitting the animals but soon find themselves being attacked and chased off the
farm. The triumphant animals then destroy all traces of Jones, eat, and enjoy their newfound
freedom. After a tour of Jones' house, they decide to leave it untouched as a museum.
Snowball changes the sign reading "Manor Farm" to "Animal Farm" and paints the Seven
Commandments of Animalism on the wall of the barn. The cows then give five buckets of
milk, which Napoleon steals.
Characters
Human
● Mr. Jones: The often drunk farmer who runs the Manor Farm before the
animals stage their Rebellion and establish (oprichten) Animal Farm. Based
on Tsar Nicholas II.
● Mr. Pilkington: farmer of neighboring farm; Foxwood. Fredericks biggest
enemy. Based on the capitalist governments of England and the United
States.
● Mr. Frederick: farmer of the neighboring farm. Based on Adolf Hitler
● Mr. Whymper: human lawyer whom Napoleon hires to represent Farm in
human society
- Pigs (the smartest animals)
● Old Major: The old pig who taught animalism. He died before the revolution.
Based on Karl Marx
● Napoleon: The pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the
Rebellion, used dogs, moses, and Squealer to control animals. Not as clever
as snowball.Cruel, brutal, selfish. Based on Joseph Stalin
● Snowball: The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after
the Rebellion. Snowball is intelligent, passionate. He was forced to live
somewhere other than the farm. Based on Leon Trotsky
● Squealer: The pig who convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon
(propaganda). Changes the commandments. Based on Propaganda
department of Lenin's government
- Dogs: A private army that used fear to force animals to work. Killed or intimidated any
opponent of Napoleon. Another part of Napoleon's strategy to control animals. Based
on KGB - Secret Police (Jessie, Puncher, Murier, Bluebell)
- Horses
● Boxer: Strong, hard working horse, believes in Animal Farm. "Napoleon is
always right", "I must work harder". Is betrayed by Napoleon, who sells him.
Based on Dedicated, but tricked communist supporters
● Clover: Female horse, Boxers best friend. She suspected the bigs of
changing the 7 Commandments but wasn’t sure. Based on Russian working
class
● Mollie: Loved her beauty and self and didn't think about the animal farm.
Went with anyone who gave her what she wanted. Based on petit
bourgeoisie that fled from Russia a few years after the Russian
Revolution.
- Raven
● Moses: tells animals about SugarCandy mountain (heaven), animals can go
there if they work hard. Snowball and Major were against him, Napoleon let
him stay because he taught animals to work and not complain. Based on
Religion
- Donkey
, ● Benjamin: Refuses to believe in the Revolution, believes that life will remain
unpleasant no matter who is in charge. Based on Skeptical people in
Russia and outside Russia
Begrippen (je kan zelf ook nog toevoegen als je wil)
- Animalism: philosophy of all of the animals being treated equal and sharing equally
in both the responsibilities and rewards of the farm, is explained with the Seven
Commandments (Communism)
- Rebellion: What pushes Mr. Jones out of the farm.
- Propaganda: information, ideas, opinions, that are spread with the intention of
influencing people's opinions
- Allegory: something similar to an historical event (story within a story)
- Totalitarianism: government that controls everything
Samenvatting
Chapter 1: After Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, falls asleep drunk, all of his animals
meet in the big barn at the request of old Major, a 12-year-old pig. Major delivers a political
speech about the evils inflicted upon them (kwaad dat hen wordt aangedaan) by their human
keepers and their need to rebel against Man. After discussing the various ways that Man has
exploited and harmed the animals, Major mentions a strange dream of his in which he saw a
vision of the earth without humans. He then teaches the animals a song — "Beasts of
England" — which they sing repeatedly until they awaken Jones, who fires his gun from his
bedroom window, thinking there is a fox in the yard. Frightened by the shot, the animals
disperse and go to sleep.
Chapter 2: After the death of old Major, the animals spend their days secretly planning the
rebellion, although they are unsure when it will occur. Because of their intelligence, the pigs
are placed in charge of educating the animals about Animalism, the name they give to the
philosophy explained by Major in Chapter 1. Among the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon are
the most important to the revolution. Despite Mollie's concern with ribbons and Moses' tales
of a place called Sugarcandy Mountain, the pigs are successful in spreading the principles of
Animalism to the others.
The rebellion occurs when Jones again falls into a drunken sleep and neglects to feed the
animals, who break into the store-shed in search of a meal. When Jones and his men arrive,
they begin hitting the animals but soon find themselves being attacked and chased off the
farm. The triumphant animals then destroy all traces of Jones, eat, and enjoy their newfound
freedom. After a tour of Jones' house, they decide to leave it untouched as a museum.
Snowball changes the sign reading "Manor Farm" to "Animal Farm" and paints the Seven
Commandments of Animalism on the wall of the barn. The cows then give five buckets of
milk, which Napoleon steals.
