Questions to Ponder
Why don’t the pigs like the pet raven Moses’ stories about Sugarcandy Mountain?
Think about the events that began the Revolution - Jones’ mismanagement of the farm, hungry cows, violence by the human beings - as well as all the thinking, teaching, planning, and organizing that the pigs did. In your opinion would it have been possible for the Revolution to have happened without Animalism?
The words Orwell uses to describe the morning after the revolution are very descriptive. What sort of words and images does he use? What does he want us to think about the farm?
The pigs begin to slowly take more control than the others. Can you find some examples of this in Chapter II?
The animals change the name of the farm from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. Why is this important? What does changing a name do for ideas, behaviour, power, etc.? Can you think of any examples in the real world?