Animal farm characters and parallels Flashcards
(21 cards)
Who does Snowball represent?
Trotsky
Who does Napoleon represent?
Stalin
Who does Mr Jones represent?
Tsar Nicholas II
Who does Old Major represent?
Marx and Lenin
Who does Boxer represent?
The working classes (proletariat)
Who do the hens represent?
The peasants
Who do the sheep represent?
the masses who followed without questioning
Who does Mollie represent?
Upper class Russians who were happy under Tsar Nicholas II
What does Squealer represent?
propaganda
What does Moses represent?
religion
What do the dogs represent?
Stalin’s secret police
What does the cat represent?
Self-interest and hypocrisy
Who does Mr Pilkington represent?
Churchill
Who does Mr Frederick represent?
Hitler
Who does Benjamin represent?
Intellectuals/ people who were aware of the corruption but did nothing to stop it.
Who does Mr Whymper represent?
People who did business with communist Russia
What does the hoof and horn on the flag represent?
hammer and sickle
What does the expulsion of Jones represent?
Deposition of Tsar Nicholas ll
What does the Battle of the Cowshed represent?
Allied intervention of Soviet Russia in 1941
What does the building of the windmill represent?
Five Year Plan
What do the starving animals represent?
Ukrainian famine of the 1930’s
