1. Animal Farm
Chapter 2-3

2. Chapter 2 (Summary)
 Napoleon/Snowball description (16)
 Animalism Fully Developed (16)
 Moses-Sugar Candy Mountain (17)
 The Rebellion occurs rather
suddenly
 Animals take farm and preserve the
house (22)
 The chapter ends with a realization
that the extra milk has gone missing

3. THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has
wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.
Reduced to one line for the sheep to
remember:

5. The 7 Commandments
They Reflect
1.
The Core Principles of
Animalism
The Perceived Evils of Man
3. The Teachings of Old Major
2.

6. The Russian Revolution-The
Beginning
 February Revolution of 1917 was
the start of the Russian Revolution
 Removed Czar Nicholas II from
power
 Happened as a result of bread
shortages
 Led to worker protests
 Which led to a mutiny

7. Russian Revolution

8. Chapter 3—Summary
 Pigs take charge/superiority-27
 Raise the pups—(p35 )
 Take the milk —(p35 )
 Boxer’s mantra ―I will work harder‖
 Snowball and Napoleon in conflict (p31)
 Squealer demonstrates knack for
manipulating other animals—(p35)

9. Chapter 3—Analysis
 Boxer’s (The People’s) blind faith in the
system
 7 Commandments Set Forth
 Anti-human directives (no
clothes), moral values (not to kill other
animal), utopian ideas (all animals
equal)
 Role of Slogans

10. Chapter 3 Themes
Emerging Theme—Propaganda
as a form of (language)
manipulation
Emerging Theme—Importance
of knowledge/Danger of
ignorance

11. Key
Allegorical
Connections

12. Allegorical Parallels
Russia/Soviet Union
=
Manor Farm
 Both divided
 Working class/capitalist
 Both began with noble ideas
 Moral dignity and equality

13. Russian Revolution – Leon
Trotsky
Smart, energetic leader in
Russian civil war
Great speaker
Believed in spreading the
socialist revolution abroad
The natural successor to
Lenin

14. Animal Farm - Snowball
Young, smart, idealistic
Wants to make life better for all
One of the leaders of the
Revolution
Wanted to spread the
rebellion and
industrialize the farm

15. Russian Revolution – Joseph
Stalin
 Not a good speaker, not educated like
Trotsky
 Strayed from Marx’s ideals
 Believed in ―Socialism in one country‖
 Used KGB, religion, and
propaganda to keep control

16. Animal Farm - Napoleon
 Not a good speaker, but as
clever as Snowball
 Used devious tactics
 Did not fully believe in, or
follow, Old Major’s teachings
 Had a lust for power and control

17. ADD TO CHART
Allegorical
The Blind Parallels
Masses
 Anyone in any
The Sheep
 They get stuck on
society who is very
slogans
ignorant
 Their knowledge is
 People who can’t
shallow
think for
 Easily controlled
themselves
Four Legs Good. Two Legs
Bad.

18. Allegorical Parallels
Czar’s Palace
Alexander Palace
 Not long after the
Jones’s Farmhouse
 After the initial
departure of Czar
rebellion, ―a
Nicholas for Siberia, unanimous resolution
a museum was
was passed on the
established within
spot that the
the Alexander
farmhouse should be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37jWzszYga8&safet
Palace.
preserved as a
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museum.‖ (23)

19. Russian Revolution – The
Church/Religion
 Marx said ―Religion was an Opiate of
the masses.‖
 It is used to make people be easy
to control.
 Later, Stalin knew religion would
stop a violent revolution.

20. Animal Farm – Moses the
Raven
 Tells tales about Sugar Candy
Mountain
• Exists up in the clouds
• ―Lump sugar and linseed cake grew
on the hedges‖
 The animals disliked
Moses because he ―told
tales and did no work‖

21. Russian Revolution – The Proletariat
 Working Class
citizens
 Loyal to the
revolution
 The group who had
most to gain through
communism

22. Animal Farm - Boxer
 Strong, hard working horse, who
believes in animal farm
 Well-respected
 ―Napoleon is always
right‖
 ―I must work harder‖

24. Russian Revolution – Pravda
 The official newspaper of the communist
party.
 Worked for Stalin/government to support
•Used lies/propaganda
his policies
to
convince the people
to
follow Stalin
•Propaganda—Half-

25. Animal Farm - Squealer
 Smooth talker, deceitful
 Convinces the animals to believe and
follow Napoleon
 Manipulates animals
with lies, fear, and other
tactics

26. Russian Revolution –
Bourgeoisie
 Wealthy ―ruling class‖
citizens
 They didn’t care about the
revolution as much as
protecting their wealth
 Went to other countries
that offered more for them

27. Animal Farm - Mollie
 Was vain, loved
beauty and herself
 Cared about ―things‖
 Worked very little
 Went with anyone who
gave her what she
wanted

28. Add to Chart
Russian Revolution – Cynics and Skeptics
 Doubted revolution would work
 Suspicious of anyone
who rose to a position of
power after the revolution
 Smart enough to know better

29. Add to Chart
Animal Farm - Benjamin
 Old wise donkey, who is
suspicious of
revolution
 Thinks nothing ever
changes
 Perhaps the most
intelligent animal other
than the pigs

30. Soviet Flag with
Russian Revolution –Hammer and
Sickle
 The hammer
represents the
industrial workers
 The sickle
represents the
agricultural workers
 The flag shows they
are united

31. Animal Farm— ―Hoof and Horn‖
Flag
 Orwell’s parody of the
the communist imagery
 Snowball found a green
tablecloth and Painted on it
the hoof and horn
 ―The green represents the green fields of
England,
while the hoof and horn signified the
future Republic of the Animals which
would arise when the human race had