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George Orwell
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As the human world watches Animal Farm and waits for news of its
About Animal Farm
failure, the animals struggle against starvation. Napoleon uses Mr.
Whymper to spread news of Animal Farm's sufficiency to the human
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world. After learning that they must surrender their eggs, the hens
stage a demonstration that only ends when they can no longer live
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without the rations that Napoleon had denied them. Nine hens die
Analysis
as a result of the protest.

Chapter 1
The animals are led to believe that Snowball is visiting the farm at
night and spitefully subverting their labor. He becomes a constant
Chapter 2
(and imagined) threat to the animals' security, and Squealer
eventually tells the animals that Snowball has sold himself to
Chapter 3
Frederick and that he was in league with Jones from the very
beginning.
Chapter 4

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Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10
One day in spring, Napoleon calls a meeting of all the animals, during
which he forces confessions from all those who had questioned him
Character Analysis
(such as the four pigs in Chapters 5 and 6 and the three hens who
lead the protest) and then has them murdered by the dogs.
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Numerous animals also confess to crimes that they claim were
instigated by Snowball. Eventually, the singing of "Beasts of
Snowball
England" is outlawed and a new song by Minimus, Napoleon's pig-
poet, is instituted, although the animals do not find the song as
Napoleon
meaningful as their previous anthem.

Squealer
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Boxer Faced with the realities of farming — and his own lack of planning
for the winter — Napoleon is forced to deal with a hungry populace
Mollie and the potentially damaging leaks of such news to the outside
world. To surmount these problems, Napoleon metaphorically
Benjamin assumes the role of director and mounts a theatrical production. In
terms of this metaphor, Mr. Whymper is the audience whom
Moses Napoleon must engage and fool into believing in an illusion, the
sheep are actors reciting lines about the rations having been
Jones increased, and the empty grain bins filled with sand are the props (or
"special effects"). Whymper is fooled into thinking that Animal Farm
Frederick is running smoothly, and Napoleon again demonstrates his judicious
use of deception. (Ironically, this deceptive theatricality is exactly
Pilkington what Squealer later accuses Snowball of having done with Jones at
the Battle of the Cowshed.)
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More deception occurs in the pernicious lies spread about Snowball.
George Orwell Napoleon uses him as a scapegoat for any of the farm's misfortunes,
Biography as Hitler did with European Jews as he rose to power. Both leaders
understand the public's desire to cast blame on an outside source
Critical Essays for all their troubles. Squealer's claims that the pigs have found
"documents" linking Snowball to Jones are an appeal to the animals'
The Russian need for proof — although the nonexistent documents are never
Revolution
revealed to them on the grounds that the animals are unable to read
them. Like the grain-bins filled with sand, Snowball's "documents"
Major Themes
are another ruse used by Napoleon to manipulate the thoughts of
those who could end his rule. The animals refuse to believe that the
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thin walls of the windmill contributed to its collapse, revealing the
extent to which they subscribe to the Snowball-baiting ideology.
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