Animal Farm Satire Notes

Animal Farm Satire
Notes
Animalism and Communism

Animalism
No owners,
no rich, but
no poor
Workers
get a
better life,
all animals
equal
Everyone
owns the
farm
Communism
Aristocracy
and workers
share and
become one
All people
equal
Government
owns
everything,
people own
government
Animal Revolution and Russian

Revolution
Animal Revolution
It was supposed to
make life better for all
Life was worse at the
end
The leaders became the
same as, or worse than
the other farmers
(humans) they rebelled
against
Russian Revolution
Supposed to fix problems from
Czar
Life was even worse long after
revolution
Stalin made Czar look like a nice
guy
Old Major and Karl Marx

Old Major
taught
Animalism
Believed
animals
needed to
revolt;
even the
lower
animals
must come
together
dies before
revolution
Karl Marx
invented
Communis
m
Believed in
the maxim,
Workers of
the world,
Unite!"
dies before
Russian
Revolution
Napoleon and Joseph Stalin

Napoleon
Joseph Stalin
not a good
not a good
speaker, not
speaker, not as
educated like
clever like
Trotsky
Snowball
cruel, brutal,
selfish,
devious,
corrupt
his ambition is
for power,
killed
opponents
used dogs,
Moses, and
Squealer to
control animals
same as
Napoleon,
didn't follow
Marx's ideas
cared for
power, killed
all that
opposed him
used KGB,
church, and
propaganda
(newspapers,
media)
Snowball and Leon Trotsky

Snowball
young, smart,
good speaker,
idealistic
really wants to
make life
better for all
One of leaders
of revolution
chased away
into exile by
Napoleon's
dogs
Leon Trotsky
other leader
of "October
Revolution"
pure
communist,
followed
Marx
wanted to
improve life
for all in
Russia
chased away
by Lenin's
KGB (Lenin's
secret police)
Squealer and Propaganda, Newspapers

Squealer
big
mouth,
talks a lot
convinces
animals
to believe
and follow
Napoleon
Changes
and
manipulat
es the
command
ments
Newspapers
worked for
Stalin to
support his
image
used any lie
to convince
the people
to follow
Stalin
benefited
from the
fact that
education
was
controlled
Mr. Jones and Czar Nicholas II

Mr. Jones
irresponsi
ble to his
animals
(lets them
starve)
Czar Nicholas II
a poor
leader at
best,
compared
to western
kings
sometime
s cruel beats
them with
whip
cruel and
sometimes
brutal with
opponents
sometime
s kind mixes
milk in
animal
mash
Sometimes
kind - hired
students as
spies to
make $
The Dogs and KGB

The Dogs
KGB (Secret
Police)
a private
army that
used fear to
force animals
to work
not really
police,
but forced
support
for Stalin
killed or
intimidated
any
opponent of
Napoleon
used
force,
often
killed
entire
families
for
disobedie
nce
Mollie and Human Greed

Mollie
was vain - loved her
beauty and self
didn't think about the
animal farm
went with anyone who
gave her what she
wanted
Human Greed
some people didn't care about
revolution
Often only think about
themselves
went to other countries that
offered more for them
Moses and Religion

Moses
SugarCandy
mountain
Religion
(Communism)
Heaven
animals
can go
there if
they work
hard
Kept the
animals
spirits up,
despite harsh
conditions
Religion
was
tolerated
because
people
would work
Napoleon let
him stay
because he
taught
animals to
work and not
complain
Stalin knew
religion
would stop
violent
revolutions
Boxer and the Working Class

Boxer
strong, hard working
horse, believes in
Animal Farm
"Napoleon is always
right", "I must work
harder"
gives his all, is betrayed
by Napoleon, who sells
him
Working Class
people believed Stalin because
he was "Communist"
many stayed loyal after it was
obvious Stalin a tyrant
betrayed by Stalin who ignored
and killed them
Windmill and Industrial Revolution

Windmill
the windmill was promised to make the
animal's life easier
Shorten work week

Windmill Destroyed
Build new windmills
Industrial Revolution
'Five-Year Plan' was supposed
to improve Soviet industry and
increase production
It would allow the soviets to
shorten the work-week
Plan failed miserably
Stalin kept churning out new
'Five-year Plans
Mr. Frederick and Adolf

Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Mr. Frederick
Fredrick's known for

being vicious to older
animals, beating
animals even throwing
them in his furnace
Frederick and his
farmhands attack
Animal Farm
Committed
unthinkable
crimes against
humanity
during the
Holocaust
broken pact
between the
Soviet Union
and Nazi
Germany by
invading the
country
Mr. Pilkington and Capitalist

Governments
Mr. Pilkington
Neighbor to Animal Farm
Napoleon and Pilkingtons
relationship quickly turns icy
when they play a simultaneous
Ace of Spades at the conclusion
of the novella.
Capitalist Governments
Western capitalist countries such
as the United States and Britain.
After the end of World War II, the
Cold War was ignited between
the US and the Soviet Union,

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Animal Farm Satire

Animalism and Communism

Animal Revolution and Russian

Old Major and Karl Marx

Napoleon and Joseph Stalin

Snowball and Leon Trotsky

Squealer and Propaganda, Newspapers

Mr. Jones and Czar Nicholas II

The Dogs and KGB

Mollie and Human Greed

Moses and Religion

Boxer and the Working Class

Windmill and Industrial Revolution

Shorten work week

Mr. Frederick and Adolf

Fredrick's known for

Mr. Pilkington and Capitalist

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