Characters Flashcards
Which character is an allegory for Tsar Nicholas II?
Mr Jones, the farmer.
Which characters are an allegory for the Bolsheviks?
The pigs
Which Russian Revolutionary is Old Major an allegory of?
Karl Marx, or Leninist thought.
Which Russian Revolutionary is Napoleon an allegory of?
Joseph Stalin
Which character is an allegory for Leon Trotsky?
Snowball, the pig.
What is the farmhouse an allegorical reference to?
The Kremlin
Which event in the novella mirrors the October Revolution?
The first rebellion against Jones.
What is represented through the character of Pilkington and Foxwood Farm?
The British Empire
Which Russian construct is Squealer an allegorical reference to?
Propaganda, or Pravda.
Which character allegorically references the Proletariat of Russia?
Boxer, the horse.
Who, or what, is represented by Moses the Raven?
The Russian Orthodox Church
The mother figure of the farm - sees the faults in Napoleon’s rule but lacks the words to express herself.
Clover
The animals that Napoleon uses to police the farm.
The dogs
They represent the secret organisations of the police
Which animals stage a brave protest about conditions in the farm?
The hens
They bravely protest about their eggs being taken
