Animal Farm
Chapter 1
What type of
animal is each of these charactes:
- Old Major
- Bluebell; Jessie and Pincher
- Boxer and Clover
- Muriel
- Benjamin
- Mollie
- Moses
What is Old
Major’s message to the other animals?
Explain these
ideas:
“Man serves
the interests of no creature except himself”
“Whatever goes
upon two legs is an enemy” “Whatever goes upon four legs or has wings is a
friend”
“All the
habits of man are evil”
Which is the
philosophy behind this statement: “All animals are equal”
What is the
song “Beasts of England” used for? What does it represent?
Devices:
Onomatopoeia:
Find the
sounds made by the following animals:
Cow:
Dog:
Sheep:
Horse:
Duck:
Chapter
2
What happened
to Old Major?
Who were his
successors?
Compare
Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer
These are two
types of pigs:
A porker: a
pig fattened to provide meat
A boar: an
uncastrated male swine
Which type is
Squealer and what about Napoleon and Snowball?
What did these
three leaders do with Old Major’s teachings?
Who is Moses?
What type of stories does he tell?
Devices:
Biblical allusion:
(Old Testament) the Hebrew prophet who led the
Israelites from Egypt across the Red sea on a journey known as the Exodus;
Moses received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai
Explain the
relationship between the character and the biblical prophet.
The Rebellion:
The animals decide to attack Jones. They take over the farm.
What did the
animals do after the humans had left the farm?
Why didn’t the
animals touch anything inside the farmhouse?
Which were the
principles of Animalism?
The animals
started working around the farm, milking the cows and taking care of the
harvest. When they returned they realised the milk was gone. What may have
happened?
