AF Characters Powerpoint

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Animal FarmCharacters


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Mr. JonesOriginal owner of Manor Farm

Farm suers under hisincompetence

irresponsible to his animals,(lets them starve)

Sometimes cruel- beats them

with a whip Sometimes ind-mi!es mil in

animal mash

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% poor leader at best,compared to western ings

Sometimes brutal withopponents

Sometimes ind- hiredstudents as spies to mae &&


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Old Major 3ure-bred pig

2randfatherl 3hilosopher of Change

"aught %nimalism- noowners, no rich, but nopoor, worers get a better

life, all animals e4ual,everone owns the farm

'orers do the wor , richeep the mone

$#S3$/*S the rebellion

5ies before the revolution

6arl Mar!- invented theorof Communism

worers of the world unite7tae over the govt form adictatorship of theproletariat

%ll people e4ual, govt ownseverthing, people owngovt

5ies before /ussian/evolution


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Snowball 3ig who wants to be a

leader

8oung, smart, goodspeaer, idealistic

/eall wants to mae lifebetter for all

One of the leaders of therevolution

%rgues with #apoleon

Chased awa into e!ile b#apoleon7s dogs

1eon "rotsOther leader of the October

/evolution7

3ure communist, followedMar!

'anted to improve life for allin /ussia, formed mancommittees andorganisations to help thepeople

Chased awa b Stalin7s 629(secret police)


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#apoleon 9etrasAnimalism with his

greed Schemes behind the scenes

to get power

%buses trust of the animalswith lies

#ot a good speaer, not asclever as snowball

Cruel, brutal, sel:sh, devious,illed opponents

.sed dogs, Moses andS4uealer to control animals

Stalin

#ot a good speaer, noteducated lie "rots

Same as #apoleon, didn7tfollow Mar!

Cared for power, illed allthat opposed him

.sed 629, allowed churchand used propaganda

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S4uealer

% manipulative, persuasivepig, convinces animals tobelieve and follow #apoleon

Maes lies sound logical

9ig mouth, tals a lot

Changes and manipulatesthe commandments

/ussian media;propagandadepartment of Stalin7s

government

3ravda < a /ussian newspaperthat helped spreadcommunist propaganda

'ored for Stalin to supporthis image

.sed an lie to convince thepeople to follow Stalin

9ene:tted from the fact that

education was controlled


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9o!er

% strong, faithful,hardworing horse, believein animal farm

'ored to e!haustion, thenmurdered for mone,betraed b #apoleon

=#apoleon is alwas right

=$ must wor harder

% metaphor for the 9o!er

/ebellion in China whichsignaled the beginning ofcommunism in China

3roletariat (lower classworers)> loal,

hopeful;dedicated, but tricedcommunist supporters

3eople believed in Stalinbecause he was Communist

Man staed loal after it was

obvious he was a trant 9etraed b Stalin who ignored

and illed them


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'hat con+icts do the represent

'hat does this character have to sa aboutcon+ict

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Moses Clever raven who promises

Sugar Cand Mountain(heaven)? %nimals can gothere if the wor hard

Snowball and Ma@or wereagainst him the thoughtAeaven was a lie to maeanimals wor?

5oes not wor, @ust tellsstories

#apoleon let him sta

because he taught animalsto wor and not complain

/eligionOrwell7s view of the church

Mar!7s view that =religion isthe opiate of the people a lieused to mae people not

complain and do their wor /eligion was tolerated

because people would wor

Stalin new religion wouldstop violent revolutions


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5ogs 9luebell and Besse give their

puppies to #apoleon, who

raises them to be hisenforcers and privilegedbodguards

a private arm that usedfear to force animals to wor

6illed or intimidated anopponent of #apoleon

%nother part of napoleon7sstrateg to control animals

KGB (secret police)orbodyguards of Stalin

#ot reall police, but forcedsupport Stalin

.sed force often illed entirefamilies for disobedience

"otall loal, part of Stalin7spower, even over arm


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Mollie % vain, +ight horse

*n@os her pers (sugar andribbons)

5oesn7t care much aboutpolitics

'ent with anone who

gave her anone who gaveher what she wanted

Middle class silled worers

who are accustomed togood pa and good bene:ts

ain people in /ussia andworld

Some people didn7t careabout revolution

Onl thought aboutthemselves

'ent to other countries

that oered more for them


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Old done who didn7t believe change would happen

Older, cnical generation of people

9en@amin


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Motherl tpe horse who tried to comfortothers

3roletariat (lower class worers)> /ussian

women

Clover


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6nowledgeable goat (reads to Clover)

*ducated woring class < taes no actionthough the oppose the new government

Muriel


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Ordinar creatures who believed what the

were told, forgot what the new, andaccepted whatever was happening throughfear and inertia?

/ussian people during time of.?S?S?/?

Farm %nimals


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Surround and support #apoleon

1ive in lu!ur

Communist part loalist < friends of Stalin

3igs


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Owner of 3inch:eld Farm#eighboring farmer

3roves to be untrustworth> steals then attacs

3inch:eld is 2erman

Frederic is Aitler

Mr? Frederic


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Owner of Fo!wood Farm*asgoing, gentleman farmer

Fo!wood is *ngland

3ilington is 3rime Minister Chamberlain

Mr? 3ilington


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Solicitor (lawer) #apoleon hires to represent%nimal Farm to humans

%mbassadors and 3/ men who made /ussialoo good to the world

Mr? 'hmper


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%uthor ofAnimalFarm

CommunistFlag

%nimal Farm Flag


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