Animal Farm

19 The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.

In what ways is Squealer important in the novel?

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Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well.

Explore how suffering is significant in Animal Farm.

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19 We pigs are brain-workers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. (Squealer)

In what ways is the pigs’ control of the farm significant in the novel?

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His answer to every problem, every setback, was ‘I will work harder!’ – which he had adopted as his personal motto. (Narrator describing Boxer)

Explore how determination is important in Animal Farm.

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19 Napoleon took no interest in Snowball’s committees. He said that the education of the young was more important than anything.

In what ways is education important in Animal Farm ?

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… old Major, the prize Middle White boar, had had a strange dream on the previous night and wished to communicate it to the other animals.

Explore the significance of old Major in the novel.

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19 ‘Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!’ (Napoleon)

How is the relationship between Napoleon and Snowball important in the novel?

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‘Boxer!’ cried Clover in a terrible voice. ‘Boxer! Get out! Get out quickly! They are taking you to your death!’

Explore how dishonesty is significant in Animal Farm.

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

19 ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.

Explore how inequality is presented in Animal Farm.

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Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.

In what ways are the horses important in the novel?

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15 Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days.

Explore how humans are presented in the novel .

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‘…no animal must ever tyrannize over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.’ (Old Major)

How is power significant in Animal Farm ?

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15 The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters.

Explain how the Seven Commandments are important in Animal Farm.

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‘Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?’ (Squealer)

In what ways is fear significant in the novel?

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(includes 8 marks for the range of appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures, and accurate use of spelling and punctuation)

15 Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror, to Napoleon’s feet.

Explain the significance of violence in the novel.

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Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.

How is Snowball important in Animal Farm ?

15 Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar… not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way.

In what ways is Napoleon significant in Animal Farm ?

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Do not imagine, comrade, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility.

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