Animal Farm Homework:

Personal response:

 What is your reaction to the novel’s ending? For example, do you find it uplifting,
depressing, cynical? Explain.

- My reaction to the novel's ending was sad. The animals are worse than they used to be and they're being forced to work by the pigs, who are having a good life.


1) What dealings does Napoleon have with Frederick and Pilkington? How does the battle over
the windmill affect the animals? What events from Soviet history is Orwell highlighting?

- Napoleon traded with Frederick and Pilkington. The animals are now under Napoleon's control.


2) What happens to Boxer and how do the other animals learn of his fate? How do they come to a final conclusion about these events?

- Boxer was slaughtered. The animals learned that he received every possibly treatment and then died peacefully. They were always convinced by Squealer that everything was going well.


3. What changes are made to the Fifth and Sixth Commandments? How is the entire list of
Commandments ultimately refashioned? What point is Orwell making about the role of
communication in Soviet society?


- They were changed from 'No animal shall kill another animal' to 'No animal shall kill another animal without cause' and 'No animal shall drink alcohol' to 'No animal shall drink alcohol to excess'. The entire list of Commandments was finally refashioned to 'All animals are equally, but some are more equal than others'. The soviet leaders made the rules to suit what they do, which seems unfair to me.


4. In Chapter 10 the pigs begin to walk on two legs. In your opinion is this evolution a sign of progress? Explain.

- I personally don't think this shows any progress, but I think there's a sign of influence. Napoleon was dealing with a lot of humans and got influenced by them and he wanted to stand on two legs. That's why I think its a sign of influence.


5. Some critics believe that, at the end of the book, Orwell suggests that the pigs and human political leaders are interchangeable. Do you think most government rulers are interchangeable? How might power change those who have it? Explain.

- Yes, I think that at least half of the political leaders are interchangeable. Some political leaders are incorrectly leading their people, exactly like the pigs. Orwell stated, "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". The previous quotation means that when people didn't have power, they didn't have the position to make decisions. When they gained the powers they were looking after, they thought they had the ability to make any decision, so they made absolutely wrong decisions. Throughout all of these wrong decisions, they'd eventually get corrupted.




Life for the pigs

The pigs live in farmhouse
Napoleon is waited on
The pigs sleep in beds
The pigs work for shorter hours
The pigs sleep for longer hours
The pigs earned the rights to have access to the milk
The pigs had more rations

Life for the other animals

They worked for longer hours
They received less food
They live in a barn
They wait for Napoleon
They sleep in hay
They did not have excess to any of the milk
They had lesser rations