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The document provides a summary of chapters 1-5 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It answers questions about key events and characters. In chapter 1, the animals sit in groups according to type when Old Major gives his speech. Old Major says the animals should rebel against human exploitation and cruelty. The song "Beasts of England" expresses the hope for a rebellion. In chapter 2, Snowball and Napoleon emerge as leaders after Old Major's death. Squealer is a talented speaker. In chapter 3, Benjamin and the other older animals are less enthusiastic about the revolution. Snowball and Napoleon differ on education, with Napoleon isolating the puppies. Squealer's persuasiveness increases his importance. Chapter 4 describes

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Animal Farm Questions

The document provides a summary of chapters 1-5 of Animal Farm by George Orwell. It answers questions about key events and characters. In chapter 1, the animals sit in groups according to type when Old Major gives his speech. Old Major says the animals should rebel against human exploitation and cruelty. The song "Beasts of England" expresses the hope for a rebellion. In chapter 2, Snowball and Napoleon emerge as leaders after Old Major's death. Squealer is a talented speaker. In chapter 3, Benjamin and the other older animals are less enthusiastic about the revolution. Snowball and Napoleon differ on education, with Napoleon isolating the puppies. Squealer's persuasiveness increases his importance. Chapter 4 describes

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Animal Farm (Chapters I-V) Practical session # 2

(Use examples from the text to back up your answers)


1. Is there something significant about the way the animals sit in the assembly right
before Old Majors speech in Chapter 1?
All animals are sitting in groups, attending to the speech, depending on the type of
animal, they sit in a different place. The pigs (except for Old Major who is found in an
elevated position according to his status) enter in a group, as do the dogs, cows, sheep,
and other various fowl. The huge cart horses Boxer and Clover are introduced here, also
Benjamin, the donkey (the oldest animal); Muriel, the white goat; Muriel the foolish
white mare, the cat and the raven Moses. They were all admiring Old Major for his
wisdom and they were willing to lose an hour of sleep to listen to him.
2. What are, according to Old Major, the reasons why the animals should rebel
against Man? What are the vices of Man that animals should avoid?
The cruel behaviour of Mr. Jones is the reason for this planned rebellion. It is the
inhumanity of their master that drives them into this situation where they plan to rebel.
They are usually underfed and also sometimes Mr. Jones forgets to feed them also
because he has taken to drinking. They have to work hard on the farm also and the man
exploits them, this is how they feel.
"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are
miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will
keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to
the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end
we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of
happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an
animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth . "Man is the only creature that
consumes without producing. Also, Old Major says that no animal escapes the cruel
knife in the end
3. What is the message of the song Beasts of England?
The message is that a rebellion is necessary and this way justice will be done, and they
will suffer no more. They must expel Mr. Jones from the farm and their problems will
be over. The way they will live freely is being described in the song Beasts of England.
In the song, thus, the situation of the animals before and after the rebellion is depicted.
Soon or late the day is coming,
Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown,
And the fruitful fields of England
George ORWELL Animal Farm
Shall be trod by beasts alone
4. What two characters emerge as leaders after Majors death in Chapter 2?
Compare them. What special talent does Squealer have?
The two characters who try to organize and rule the others are two pigs Snowball and
Napoleon. They had elaborated old Majors teachings into a complete system of
thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism.
One pig, Squealer, was a fat pig. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing
some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail
which was somehow very persuasive. The others said of Squealer that he could turn
black into white. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only
Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own
way. The major difference about the two was that Snowball had fought in the rebellion,
he was the master mind of the rebellion, also was considered a hero in one of the battles.
The other one, Napoleon, didnt have a major role in the rebellion, in the first battles, he
was just trying to gain the power and overthrow Snowball.
5. Explain the symbolism in the name of Moses the raven and in Sugar Candy
Mountain.
It is, I believe, it is an advocate of religious beliefs, and the message he is bringing is
that of life after death, like that of the Bible. Moses claims to know where animals go
after they die, to Sugar Candy Mountain.
The pigs had an even harder struggle to counteract the lies put about by Moses, the
tame raven. Moses, who was Mr. Joness especial pet, was a spy and a tale-bearer, but
he
was also a clever talker. He claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country
called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. It was situated
somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds, Moses said. In Sugarcandy
Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and
lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. The animals hated Moses because he
told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the
pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place.
6. How do the animals react to what they see in the farmhouse after the Rebellion?
The animals are very impressed by the luxury they see in the farmhouse.
They tiptoed from room to room, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a
kind of awe at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds with their feather mattresses, the
looking-glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph of Queen Victoria
over the drawing- room mantelpiece.
7. What are the new principles of Animal Farm? What is suggested by the
disappearance of the milk at the end of the chapter?
The new principles of Animal Farm are reduced to Seven Commandments.
They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in
reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments. These Seven
Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable
law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after.
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has
wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
7. All animals are equal.

8. What characters seem less enthusiastic about the revolution than the rest in
Chapter 3?
These characters were Old Benjamin, the donkey, and
Old Benjamin, the donkey, seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion. He did his
work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Joness time, never shirking
and never volunteering for extra work either. About the Rebellion and its results, he
would express no opinion. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was
gone, he would say only Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead
donkey, and the others had to be content with this cryptic answer.
9. How do Napoleons and Snowballs views on education differ?
Snowball had a system to educate the animals on the farm, in the Committees, but
Napoleon believed that this was useless. He took no interest in this project. He said that
the education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for
those who were already grown up. He took the puppies of the dogs, Jessie and Bluebell,
and he said he would be that he would make himself responsible for their education. He
took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness-
room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their
existence.
10. Are we beginning to see the importance of Squealer to the pigs in this chapter?
Yes, Squealer is being a good leader, he is trying to make them acquire knowledge and
make them intelligent so that they know what rulers they choose.
11. Who is the leader of the Battle of the Cowshed in Chapter 4? What is his attitude
towards war and death? How does it contrast with Boxers?
The leader is Snowball, he is brave and fights courageously in this battle, but when one
stable boy they think has died, he shows no mercy towards him and towards his death.
On the other hand, Boxer, feels sorry for him. He cries and says that he had no intention
of doing that, that he had no wish to take life, not even human life, so he is merciful.
12. What changes have taken place in Chapter 5? What kind of society is the farm
becoming? How does Squealer persuade the animals to believe what he says at the end
of the chapter?
The farm is becoming a divided society. Both Squealer and Napoleon are fighting for
achieving power. The rivalry between Snowball and Napoleon escalates. It comes to be
accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should
decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a
majority vote. Napoleon and Snowball always disagree on the issues raised, with
Snowballs oratory at the Sunday Meetings winning over the majority, but with
Napoleon better achieving support between times. There is a disagreement whether or
not to build a windmill, and on the issue of how best to defend the farm. after Snowball
expulsion from the farm by Napoleons threatening dogs, Squealer persuades the
animals that they should eat the milk and the best apples because they were the leaders
and they needed the food for they are doing the hardest task, that is, to sort out what the
farm will be doing and to make plans for it and give orders to the other animals.
Squealer warned the animals that they had to do an extra task, this extra task would
mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations.
The animals were not certain what the word meant, but Squealer spoke so persuasively,
and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly, that they
accepted his explanation without further questions.

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