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ANIMAL FARM CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS
CHAPTER 2
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VOCABULARY
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Pre-eminent – better, more important
Vivacious-lively, happy
Inventive-creative
Nimble movements-quick movements
Animalism-reference to communism (same
principles)
Expounded-explain something
Apathy-having no interest/enthusiasm about
something
Liberty-freedom
Clover-a plant (leaves have three round parts)
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• Disheartened-unmotivated
• Idle-lazy
• Rabbiting-to keep talking about something for a
long time
• Tormentors-bullies/oppressors/abusers
• Thrashing-beating
• Maltreating-mistreating, treating badly
• Reign-rule (period of ruling)
• Blinkers-eye flaps (for horses usually)
• Capered-run around happily
• Ration-portion
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• Knoll-small hill
• Spinney-small area of land covered in trees and
bushes
• Lithograph-a picture made using flat metal or
stone surfaces, parts of which are covered in ink
• Reproached-to criticise someone
• Unanimous-everyone agreed
• Unalterable-unchangeable
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Napoleon
• Named after Napoleon Bonaparte
= Autocratic ruler of France who became the ruler through warfare
= Betrayed the French Revolutionary principles of “liberty,
fraternity and equality”
• Represents – Joseph Stalin, dictator of USSR
= Betrayed Russian Revolutionary principal of “Workers of the
Wold Unite”
• Note his description
= Berkshire boar = breeder (not for slaughter)
= fierce-looking; not a good speaker
= ‘getting his own way” = manipulative
=ruthless, self-serving, sly, scheming
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Snowball
• Name gives the idea of purity, integrity (what Orwell believed he stood
for)
• Represents – Leon Trotsky
• Note his description
= vivacious – lively and happy (not so serious)
= good speaker
= creative/innovative
=intelligent
=visionary
=committed
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Squealer
• Name: a “squealer” is someone (often a soldier or spy) who would be
willing to betray his comrades if it suited him – thus someone
untrustworthy
(a squeal is also a screeching high –pitched sound made by a pig)
• Represents – Communist Propaganda
• Note his description
= looks cute and innocent – it is therefore hard NOT to believe him
= brilliant speaker (persuasive)
= “turn black into white” = he can lie so well that the lies seem true
= he is a ‘spin doctor’ whose job it is to put a 'positive spin' on events or
situations (promotes a favourable interpretation of events)
=manipulative
=intelligent
=self-serving
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Moses
• Represents Religion / Russian Orthodox Church
• Also a clever talker
• Pigs called him a liar – why???
- Communist revolutionaries were against religion and its teaching
because it convinced people to accept their situations / lot in life and
not want a better one
- They wanted all of the people's faith to be placed in THEM
- The people should believe that they are ALREADY in paradise
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Mr Jones
• Drunk – lost money in lawsuit
• Neglects the farm and the animals = bad leader
• Winsor chair – Windsor is the name of the royal family of England at the
time = symbol of luxuries, wealth and nobility of the upper class
• Reacts to animals’ behaviour with VIOLENCE – uses whips
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How the animals react to the new idea of
‘Animalism’
• Difficulty understanding and adapting
Too stupid
Apathetic (not interested or willing to make an effort to change things)
Still felt duty and loyalty towards Mr Jones
Believed that they could not survive without Jones
Mollie does not want to give up luxuries
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The Rebellion
• Happens spontaneously - unplanned
• Caused by aggravating circumstances
• Successful because the animals work together WITHOUT any leaders
• Note that the animals’ reactions to events are immediate – when
something happens, they react at that point in time and then forget it
• Instantly get rid of all the instruments of enslavement and torture
(note that ‘whips’ has its own sentence – not mentioned with the other
instruments – why???)
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The farmhouse
• Represents the Tsar Palace and the luxuries of upper class life
• Lithograph of Queen Victoria – England’s poor suffered under her rule
(lithography = method for printing using a stone or a metal plate with a
completely smooth surface)
• Declared a museum – no animal is ever to live in it
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The pigs
• Already elevated above the others due to their intelligence
• First thing that separates them is their ability to read and write
 History can only be recorded through accurately writing it down
 If you are the only one who knows how to read and write, you can
control history
• The disappearance of the milk and apples
 first betrayals of the ideals of the revolution
 Use their power and intelligence to benefit themselves
 Cleverly diverts the animals’ attention away from the milk and apples