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Animal Farm
A Study In Parallels
The Characters
Animal Farm
Mr. Jones
Czar Nicholas II
• Irresponsible to the
animals
(lets them starve)
• Cruel--beats animals with
a whip
• Sometimes kind--mixes
milk in animals’ food
occasionally
• A poor leader compared
to other leaders of the
time
• Cruel – Kills and tortures
opponents
• Sometimes kind – hired
students as spies to give
them an income
In History
The Characters
Animal Farm
Old Major
• Taught Animalism
• Workers do the work,
rich keep the money,
animals revolt
• Dies before actual
revolution
In History
Karl Marx
• Invented Communism
• Taught that workers
should revolt and take
over the government
• Dies before the
Russian Revolution
The Characters
Animal Farm
Animalism
• No owners, no rich,
but no poor--utopia
• Workers get a better
life; all animals are
equal.
• Everyone owns the
farm.
In History
Communism
• All people are equal
• Government owns
everything, and the
people own the
government
The Characters
Animal Farm
Snowball
In History
Leon Trotsky
• Young, smart, good
speaker, idealistic
• Wants to make life better
for all
• One of the leaders of the
revolution
• Chased away by
Napoleon's dogs
• Pure communist, followed
Marx’s ideas
• Wanted to improve life for
all in Russia
• A leader of the revolution
• Chased away by Lenin’s
secret police (KGB)
The Characters
Animal Farm
Napoleon
In History
Josef Stalin
• Not a good speaker or as
clever as Snowball
• Cruel, Brutal, Selfish,
Corrupt
• His ambition is for power;
he killed opponents
• Used Dogs, Moses, and
Squealer to control other
animals
• Not a good speaker or as
educated as other
leaders
• Didn’t follow Marx’s ideas
• His ambition is for power;
he killed his opponents
• Used KGB, the church,
and propaganda to
control the people
The Characters
Animal Farm
The Dogs
In History
KGB – Secret Police
• A private army that used
fear to force animals to
work
• Killed or intimidated any
opponent of Napoleon
• Totally loyal to Napoleon
• Forced support for Stalin
through fear and
intimidation
• Often killed entire families
of opponents of Stalin
• Totally loyal to Stalin
The Characters
Animal Farm
Squealer
In History
Propaganda Dept.
• Convinces animals to
believe and follow
Napoleon
• Changes and
Manipulates the
commandments
• Used any lie to convince
people to follow Stalin
• Benefited from the fact
that education was
controlled by the
communist party
The Characters
Animal Farm
Moses the Raven
In History
Religion
• Tells Animals about Sugar
Candy Mountain- Heaven
• Sugar Candy Mountain
thought to be a lie by the pigs
but used to make the animals
work
• Napoleon let him stay because
it kept the animals peaceful
and working
• Tells the workers about
Heaven
• Heaven thought to be a lie by
Communists but used to make
the peasants work
• Communists allowed religion
because it kept the peasants
happy and working
The Characters
Animal Farm
Mollie
In History
The Aristocracy
• Was vain-loved her
• Cared only for their
beauty and herself
possessions and their
• Didn’t care about Animal
own comfort
Farm
• Didn’t care about Russia
• Would follow anyone who • Fled to other countries to
gave her treats
maintain their comfortable
• Left Animal Farm after the
lives after the revolution
revolution
The Characters
Animal Farm
Boxer
In History
The Peasants of Russia
• Strong, hard-working
horse
• Believes in Animal Farm
and the pigs
• Gives his life and is
betrayed by Napoleon
Strong and hardworking
people of Russia
• Believe in Stalin and in
the Communist ideal
• Betrayed by Stalin who
ignored and killed them
through intimidation and
neglect
The Characters
Animal Farm
Benjamin
• Old, wise donkey who is
suspicious of the pigs
motives
• Says little to avoid
attracting attention
• Thinks “Nothing ever
really changes”
• His suspicions about
change and Boxer are
true
In History
The skeptical people of
Russia
• Generally the educated people
who will not or cannot escape
Russia
• Say little to avoid attracting
attention
• Think “Nothing ever really
changes”
• Their suspicions about change
and the communists are true
Overall Details of the Revolution
Animal Farm
• Supposed to make life
better for all animals
• Life was actually worse at
the end of the novel
• The pigs became the
same as, or worse, than
the original leader, Mr.
Jones
In History
• Supposed to make life
better for all citizens
• Life was actually worse at
the end of the Communist
reign
• Stalin became much
worse than Czar Nicholas
II ever was