Animal Farm Chapter 1

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  • Created by: TBako
  • Created on: 19-08-20 12:19

Setting: Manor Farm

Mr Jones: Neglectful "Too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes"

Represents: Tsar Nicholas II who ruled Russia from 1894 - 1917

  • Thoughtless
  • out of touch
  • harsh

While he is drunk and sleeping the animals hold a meeting lead by

Old Major, a pig: A "middle white boar"

Represents: Karl Marx who wrote the Communist manifesto in 1848 which described how the working cass would need to have a revolution but he died before the revolution takes place

  • Only appears in chapter one so doesn't see the rebellion happen
  • Wants freedom and equality
  • However, Old Major's vision of animalism never happens

The meeting is held in the barn, everyone attends except

Moses, the raven

Represents: the Russian Orthodox Church; Moses not attending the meeting symbolises the split between the Church and the State

In Old Major's speech

  • Mentions his dream
  • Passes on his wisdom about life
  • Then returns to his dream
  • "Our lives are miserable, labourious and short"
  • "No animal in England is free"
  • "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing"
  • "That is my message…

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