Animal Farm 1945

Animal Farm 1945

1. Characters and their real life correspondents.

   • Napoleon- Stalin
     • Snowball- Trotsky
       • Benjamin- older citizens, wise
       • Mr Jones- Tsar Nicholas
         • Mr Frederick- Hitler
         • Mr Pilkington- Churchilll
           • Mr Whymper- solicitor
             • Minimus- propaganda, rewrote beasts of england
               • Dogs- secret police
       • Cat -wealthy industrialist
     • Boxer- Proletariates
       • Squealer- Propaganda, media and Pravda
         • Old Major- Marx/Lenin
         • Clover- Ignroant/uneducated
       • Moses- religon & the russian orthodox church
     • Mollie- petit bourgeoise

2. Chapter 1- Mr Jones the drunken owner of Manor Farm is too self obsessed he often over indulges and leaves the animals starving. Old Major, and the others are fed up of the way humans treat them and take all their produce, so he gathers all the animals and tells them about the dream he previously had. He inspired the animals to rebel and make the farm a socialist society. He says "all men are enemies, all animals are comrades". They all sing beasts of England and dream of a life without humans.

3. Chapter 2- Old Major dies in his sleep but the animals continue to plan the rebellion. The pigs are seen to be the most intelligent animals especially Snowball and Napoleon, the develop the philosophy of Animalism. The rebellion comes unexpectedly as Jones is chased off the farm, and all symbols of animal oppression are destroyed, like whips, harnesses and reins. The pigs who can read and write paint the seven commandments on the barn wall. All animals are equal but only the pigs get the milk from the cows.

4. Chapter 3- The separation of the pigs is apparent as they watch and supervise the harvest. Boxer, the cart horse, works particularly hard. On Sundays they hold a meeting to discuss the ideas the pigs put forward, Snowball and Napoleon always disagree. Their new flag is put up a green flag with a hoof and horn, very similar to the soviet one which was red with a hammer and a sickle. Literacy classes begin and Snowball begins "four legs good, two legs bad" as the essence of Animalism. Napoleon takes the puppies and Squealer makes excuses for the pigs needing all the milk and apples.

5. Chapter 4- News of the rebellion is spreading to other farms and they're becoming worries that it will happen to them too. Jones and his allies attempt to re-capture the farm, but the animals, under heroic courage of snowball ejects them. The Battle of the Cowshed will always be celebrated on the farm.

6. Chapter 5- Mollie deserts the farm for an easier life. During a severe winter arguments between Snowball and Napoleon become more noticeable. There is great controversy over wether to build a windmill or not, to provide power. The two pigs argue wether to keep the rebellion on Animal farm or to spread wider, when Snowball finally projects his plans Napoleon orders his 9 dogs to chase Snowball off the farm he just escapes with his life. After snowballs removal the dogs become Napoleon's bodyguards. It's announced there will be no more meetings just orders instead, and Squealer convinces the animals that Napoleon wanted to windmill all along.

7. Chapter 6- Work gets harder, Napoleon is now fully in charge, he tells the animals they must work on a Sunday too. Building the windmill is a struggle on Boxer's strength keeps them going. Forbidden trading with other farms also became the norm. The pigs started to sleep in beds and Squealer once again convinces them it isn't against the commandments. When the windmill collapses Snowball is blamed and Napoleon orders it to be built again.

8. Chapter 7- In another harsh winter food supplys are low, Napoloen orders the eggs to be sold to other farms but the hens lash out and smash the eggs, the rebellion soon fizzles out tho. Some hens are killed but everything bad is blamed on Snowballs absence. It's even claimed he was Jones' agent all along, and that the battle of the cowshed was staged, that he wasn't a hero. Four pigs who questioned this conspiracy were killed by the vicious dogs. Horrified by these events the animals are then told the singing of Beasts of England is "no longer needed".

9. Chapter 8- It had becomes normality to give Napoloen credit for every success that took place. The animals feared an Attack from Mr Fredrick to find out that Napoleon had been in an agreement with him all along. Fredrick then fools Napoleon and launches an attack on Animal Farm, this time the struggl eis much harder and the windmill collapses once again, only Boxer's heroism prevails. The animals then discovered the pigs had been drinking alcohol to celebrate and found Squealer with a painpot altering the commandments.

10. Chapter 9- After the victory life still remained as hard as ever for most animals. No one get to retire and rations are reduced, "but doubtless it had been worse in the old days", the animals told themselves. There are many spontaneous celebrations to thank Napoleon, Boxer works harder than ever but his strength is staring to falter. He is taken away for treatment, they think, until Benjamin notices the 'ambulance' belongs to a horse slaughterer... "Boxer was never seen again". The pig pretend he is getting treated and meet to celebrate his life, but end up getting drunk instead.

11. Chapter 10- Years have passes, many animals are dead. The survivors feel better but only the pigs and dogs seem richer. They still believe all animals are equal until they see the pigs walking on 2 legs, and Napoleon like Jones now carries a whip. The animals now see written on the wall "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS." The word comrade is no longer used and the farm goes back to it's orignal name; Manor Farm. In the final scene, the animals look in the window, "From pig to man, and man to pig... but already it was impossible to say which was which."