Chapter six

Animal Farm is an allegory. Each of the animals represents a particular group of humans. What do the various groups of animals represent?

Animal Description

Represents

Horses

Pigs

Sheep

Dogs

raven

donkey

Each animal group represents a type of human

Stalin was a leader of the Russianrevolution. He used secret police to get rid of rivals, including Trotsky.Stalin had purges and show trials, whenpeople who didn’t agree with him werepunished and killed.

How has Napoleon gradually become a dicatator – what are the stages?

What is ironic about Napoleon’s new announcement in paragraph Two?Who leads the efforts to make theWindmill? What is this character’s attitude towards Napoleon?Why do the animals start trading with their enemies?What animals start to become uneasy?How is their concern squashed? And by whom?What commandments have been broken in this chapter?What happened to the windmill?Why does Napoleon blame Snowball?

Irony =convey a meaning exactly opposite from its literal meaning

What commandments have been broken in this chapter?

THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.3. No animal shall wear clothes.4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.5. No animal shall drink alcohol.6. No animal shall kill any other animal.7. All animals are equal.