Themes: This book is a satire of the Russian Revolution. It shows how a minority
took over when all were supposed to be equal and how the others listened without complaining.
Characters:
Major(pig): respected by all, realized need for change
Snowball(pig): great speaker, wanted best (Trotsky)
Napolean(pig): conceited leader (Stalin)
Squealer(pig): persuasive, excited
Boxer(horse): hard worker
Clover(horse): loving, motherly
Benjamin(donkey): cantankerous, rude
Mollie(horse):frivolous, selfish
Symbols: Manor Farm=Russia, pigs=Soviets, other animals
=workers, Rebellion=Russian Revolution, whip=man's cruelty,
Foxwood=England or Germany, Pinchfield=the other
Personal Response: I really enjoyed this short and easy-to-read book. The
satire was eye-opening and I sympathized with the real Russians.
Cool Quotes:
* "All animal are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." (ch. X)
* "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from
pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." (ch. X)
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