Animal Farm animals Flashcards
(31 cards)
Who is Mr. Jones
the lord of the farm
what does Mr. Jones like a lot
BarreledBeer
Who is Old Major
prize Middle White Boar
real name was Willingdon Beauty
Why was Major so special on the farm?
had a strange dream the previous night and
respected well
wanted to tell it to other animals
Talked when Jones was asleep and all animals were ready to listen, losing hour of sleep
Describe Major
12 years old
lately grown rather stout
majestic-looking pig
wise and benevolent appearanece
his tushes were never cut
Who animals came first
Dogs
Bluebell
Jessie
Pincher
Pigs: who settled in front of platform
who came after pigs.
Hens who perched on window sills
Pigeons up rafters,
Sheep and cows behind the pigs
who animals came after sheep
Cart-horses: Boxer and clover
slowly with careful hoofs to avoid killing ****.
Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle ages
not in shape because fourth foal was gone
Describe Boxer
An enormous beast
nearly 18 hands tall
stonger than 2 horses
white stripe made him look stupid
Universally respected
steadycharacter and powerful labor
Describe the goat
Muriel
Donkey after goat
Benjamin
oldest and worst-temepered
seldom spoke
spoke to make cynical remarks
NEver laughed
Devoted to Boxer
spent Sundays in small paddock beyond orchards and grazed with no speaking
Describe Mollie
foolish
sexy white mare
She drew Mr. Jones trap
loves sugar
loves her ear ribbons because they are pretty and
What Clover did to ducklings
Made a shelter where they wont get walked on.
Who is Cat and what does she do?
round and looks for warmest place andsqueezes herself between Boxer and Clover.
Purredcontentedly throughout Major’s Speech without listening
What is Moses
the tame raven
Pet of Mr. Jones
perch behind back door
what is the purpose of his Speech
Talk about his strange dream.
He wont live long
Duty to pass his wisdom gained in his life
His understanding of nature of life on Earth like any animal
Describe the animal farm life
miserable, laborious, short
labor capable have to work till last atom
slaughtered when useless
No English animal is free orknows happiness or leisure after age 1
misery and slavery
Speech
Difference between English and American Farm
English soil is fertile
nice climate
English land can hold a lot of crop and animals more than american
Dozen horses, 20 cows, 100s of sheep
comfort beyond their imagination
who is enemy of animals
MAN
who steals labor of animals
only true enemy
remove Man and hunger and overwork is abolished
describe the actions of Man
Does not produce to consume
no eggs, milk, plough pulling, slow to catch rabbits
Lord
he gives bare minimum, only enough so animals dont starve
he gives no milk, let calves die
sells eggs
All clover’s foals were sold at age 1
Describe the fate of animals in Major speech
they don’t live like natural animals life span
Major does not grumble cauz he is lucky
had 400 followers
nobody escapes cruel knife
Porkers will scream their lives
all animals are eaten
Boxer knacker will slit and boil for foxhounds
Dogs-drown by brick on neck
how does he focus rebellion
All evil of their life comes from human tyrants
want to destroy man= rich and freedom
Wants them to rebel sooner or later
Fix your eyes on that
pass this message to futuregenerationsuntil it isvictorious.
what lies does major Speak about
That all men and animals have common interest
No oneshouldgo ashtray
Prosperity of one is prosperity of others
Man in no interst of animals
In animals belives unity, comradeship in struggle
All men are enemies.
All animals are comrades
Describe the tremendous uproar
while major was speaking, 4 rats crept out and listened to Major.
Dogs scared them away.
