Transcript Animal Farm Chapter 1 Old Major*s Speech

Animal Farm Chapter 1
Old Major’s Speech
 Old Major calls a meeting (man is evil so
don’t adopt his evil ways)
 Dogs vs. Rats, Dogs vs. Cats
 Revolution and rebellion
 Animal vs. Man … and Animal vs. Animal
Chapter 2
Animal Rebellion: The Takeover
Old Major dies
Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer take charge
Animalism
The Seven Commandments (copy them down)
Who will milk the cows?
Where did the milk go?
Foreshadowing of future trouble
Chapter 3
The Rise of the Pigs
 Some animals work (Boxer), some
animals don’t (Mollie, the cat)
 Since some animals can’t read
very well, Snowball comes up with
“4 legs good, 2 legs bad”
 Squealer justifies the pigs getting
milk and apples (propaganda)
Chapter 4
The Battle of the Cowshed
 Rumors spread to Foxwood
(Pilkington/China) and Pinchfield
(Frederick/Germany)
 Snowball is the hero of the Battle of
the Cowshed – his ideas lead to victory
 Mollie and Napoleon are nowhere to
be found during the battle
 The strength and kindness of Boxer
(worry over hurting the stable boy)
Chapter 5
The Windmill
 Mollie leaves (the beginning of the animals’
“unity” falling apart)
 Snowball wants to build a windmill (“the
three day workweek!”)
 Napoleon disagrees and says they should
focus on increasing food production (“the full
manger!”)
 At the vote, Napoleon’s dogs (Jessie and
Bluebell’s puppies) chase Snowball away
Chapter 5
The Windmill (cont.)
 Napoleon announces that the
windmill will be built after all
 Squealer says the idea for the
windmill was Napoleon’s idea all
along…he just pretended not to
want it so that they could get rid of
Snowball
Chapter 6
The Rise of Napoleon
 Building the windmill is very hard (Boxer
says, “I will work harder!” and “Napoleon
is always right!”)
 No work on Sundays, but food rations are
cut because food supplies are low
 Napoleon announces that they will begin
working with Mr. Whymper to help them
trade with neighboring farms
Chapter Six
The Rise of Napoleon (cont.)
 Squealer says, “We never wrote down
anywhere that we wouldn’t trade with
humans, did we?”
 No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.
 The windmill is destroyed in a storm
(probably because it’s poorly built) but
Napoleon says that Snowball did it
 Napoleon proclaims a death sentence on
Snowball
Chapter 7
Napoleon Tightens His Grip
 The Egg Rebellion – the hens don’t
want to give their eggs to
Whymper…9 hens starve to death
 Rumors spread about Snowball
 The Battle of the Cowshed – Snowball
is portrayed as a traitor and Napoleon
as the hero
Chapter 7 (cont.)
 4 pigs, 3 hens, a goose and a sheep
are killed in front of everyone after
“confessing” to crimes
 Climate of fear keeps animals in line
 Animals still believe they’re better off
than they’d be if Jones came back
 Squealer says that “Beasts of
England,” the theme song of the
rebellion, should no longer be sung
Chapter 8
The Battle of the Windmill
 “No animal shall kill another animal
without cause.”
 Napoleon tries to play Frederick
against Pilkington with the selling of
the timber and he himself gets played
(symbolizes the dishonesty that exists
in international relations as countries
only try to do what’s best for them).
Chapter 8 (cont.)
 Frederick and his men blow up the
Windmill
 Squealer tells the animals that they
won the battle and Napoleon gives
himself another medal
 The pigs get drunk to celebrate
 “No animal shall drink alcohol
to excess.”
Chapter 9 The Death of Boxer
 Animals must stand aside when a pig
passes
 Pigs are allowed to wear ribbons
 Moses reappears and talks more and more
about Sugarcandy Mountain
 Boxer collapses and is taken away to the
“vet” (but in a Horse Slaughterer’s van)
 Squealer tells another lie about how
Napoleon was with Boxer when he died
 The pigs get money and get drunk
Chapter 10
What Have We Become?
 Animals live day to day and most have
forgotten about life with Farmer Jones
 Pigs begin walking on their hind legs
 Only one commandment now: “All
animals are equal, but some animals are
more equal than others.”
 Pigs and humans look exactly alike as
they drink alcohol and cheat at cards
Major Themes of Animal Farm
Absolute power corrupts anyone
Governments are able to manipulate people
because most people are not very smart
There are good, honest people in the world
(Clover, Boxer), but unless they are careful
they will be taken advantage of because there
are also very bad people (Napoleon, Squealer)
Seeing something wrong and keeping your
mouth shut (Benjamin) is a terrible mistake