Animal farm characters Flashcards
(12 cards)
Who are the main characters?
Old major Snowball Napoleon Squealer Boxer Mollie Benjamin Moses Jones Fredrick Pilkington
what is an allegory?
A story where the chararacters and situationsrelate to other characters and situationsto make a point about them.
e.g. The main action of Animal farmsstands for the Russian revolution in 1917 and the early years of the Soviet Union
Who does Old major represent
Karl marx or Vladimir lenin
Who does Snowball represent
Leon trotsky
Who does Napoleon represent
Stalin
What does Squealer represent
Propaganda
Who does boxer represent
Working class people
Who does Moses represent
Church
Who do the 9 hounds controlled by napoleon represent
Army
who does Jones stand for
Tsar nicholas II
Who does Frederick stand for
Germany (adolph hitler)
Who does Pilkington stand for
Capitalist governments of the UK and USA