1. Animal Farm Chapter Summaries/Analysis
George Orwell

2. Characters Napoleon: Pig, Joseph Stalin and Napoleon B. of France
Snowball: Pig, Leon Trotsky
Boxer: Cart Horse, Working Class Society/Inability to think for self
Squealer: Pig, Spread a propaganda
Jessie and Bluebell/Pups: Dogs, Stalin’s brute force-rep. of Hitler’s brainwashed society

3. Characters (continued)
Muriel: Goat, helps convey the rules/7 commandments
Mr. Jones: Manor Farm, Czar Nicholas II
Mr. Frederick: Pinchfield Farm, Hitler/Nazi Germany
Mr. Pilkington: Foxwood Farm, Capitalist England/U.S.A.

4. Characters (continued)
Old Major: Prize Winning Boar, Karl Marx and V. Lenin
Clover: Female Cart Horse, Ignorant Society
Moses: Tame Raven, Religion/Hope
Mollie: Mare, Bourgeoisie (upper middle-class)
Benjamin: Long Lived Donkey, Satirist-Change is inevitable

5. Chapter 1 Summary *Drunken Mr. Jones to bed/animals meet in the barn
*Major Wishes to pass his wisdom
-Talks about miserable lives and manipulation/born as slaves
Could live in luxury given the resources
Use the products of their labors
*Dream from the Previous Night
-Live free and happy
-Animals vs. humans (2 legged walking ‘creatures’)
-Once they take the humans they can’t acquire their traits
Ex: live in a house, sleep in beds, drink, smoke, $, clothes, trade (p. 11)
-“Beasts of England” ---an animal Utopia
*Mr. Jones fires a shotgun and stops the commotion

6. Chapter 1 Analysis
“Beasts of England”- the animals will finally be free from man’s domination—enjoy the fruits of their labors
The song words lead to a ‘false reality’
(Reality vs. a Dream Utopia)
Major’s simple belief is that ‘Man’ is the only reason for their evil (makes it easy for anyone non human to buy in to the situation)
-Idea touches on class struggle, surplus value, and domination
-Idea is sincere, but it’s only a fantasy—just like . . .
-Major states: “All animals are equal”
Lenin dies just as Major-leaving his work unfinished
Ch. 1=Historic to period before and during WWII
-Ends with great unrest!

7. Chapter 2 Summary *Napoleon/Snowball description
*The Rebellion-Animals take farm and preserve the house
*Animalism
*Moses-Sugar Candy Mountain
*7 Commandments:
1. 2 legs is the enemy
2. 4 legs or wings is a friend
3. No clothes
4. No bed
5. No alcohol
6. Not kill any other animal
7. All animals are equal

8. Chapter 2 Analysis Russian Revolution Becomes very clear
-Manor Farm- Part feudal, Part capitalist = Russia
Major represents Marx’s philosophy of communism, and Lenin who enacted it = Animalism
-Animals=working class (esp. Boxer and Clover)
Pigs = intelligentsia (organized and controlled the Rev.)
Squealer = Propaganda
Moses = Russian Orthodox Church
Mollie = Bourgeoisie (Luxuries)
Russia began with noble ideas including moral dignity and equality-quickly gone on Animal Farm
Orwell’s description of pre-rebellion misery-social inequality and mistreatment of workers