1. Animal Farm
Chapters 7 & 8

2. Chapter 7
How is the windmill destroyed (the first time)? Why does Napoleon blame Snowball? (Group 6)
Why does Napoleon insist the windmill must be rebuilt immediately? (Group 5)
How does Napoleon react when the hens rebel against his orders? (Group 4)
Why does Napoleon continue to spread the idea that the farm is being sabotaged by Snowball? (Group 3)
Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing “Beasts of England?” (Group 2)
In his role as leader, what is Napoleon doing to consolidate his power? (Group 1)
Explain why the animals confessed to being traitors.

3. Chapter 8
How is Napoleon becoming more and more like a typical dictator? (Group 2)
What makes the battle against Frederick’s men different from the Battle of Cowshed? (Group 3)
Why do the men blow up the windmill? (Group 4)
The animals celebrate a victory, but at what cost? (Group 5)
Describe the whisky scene. Why would Orwell make this scene somewhat humorous? (Group 6)
Why are the animals so easily fooled, even when they find Squealer with a ladder and white paint outside the barn at night? (Group 1)
What does Benjamin understand that the other animals do not? Why does he keep quiet? (Group 1)

4. The Seven Commandments Rewritten
No Animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets. (p67)
No Animal shall kill any other Animal without cause. (p91)
No Animal shall drink alcohol to excess. (109)
How and why is Napoleon changing the commandments? What is Napoleon’s ultimate goal?

5. Literary Elements Irony Foreshadow Example from Animal Farm: p92
Definition: a literary device in which a write gives an advance hint of what is to come in the later in the story.
Example: Death, in The Book Thief, tells the reader of Rudy’s death two years before it happens.
Example from Animal Farm: p98