2. Chapter 5—Summary
Mollie disappears from the farm
Ends up with one of Pilkington’s men
Seen at the pub dolled up with ribbons
Seemed to be enjoying herself
3. Snowball vs. Napoleon--Windmill
Snowball: Napoleon:
Wanted to build a Wanted to increase
windmill food production.
Says it would supply Said the windmill
electricity would be wasted
Provide Light and time and energy
Warmth Said everyone
Save labor time would starve to
death
5. Snowball vs. Napoleon—Defense
Napoleon: Snowball:
Wants to get Wants to spread the
firearms and train rebellion
themselves how to Says if the rebellion
use them happened
Believes in making everywhere, they
the farm safe from would have no need
attacks to defend themselves
6. Chapter 5 Summary
Before the animals can vote Napoleon
calls out nine ferocious dogs, who chase
Snowball off the farm.
Napoleon then announces that all debates
will stop and institutes a number of other
new rules for the farm.
7. New Leadership
Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky battled for the
leadership of the communist party.
Stalin won.
In 1927 Stalin expelled Trotsky from the
party and the country just like Napoleon did
to Snowball
In 1940 Trotsky
was assassinated,
Stalin
under Stalin’s
orders. Trotsky
8. Russian Revolution – KGB/Secret
Police/Cheka
Personal body guards to Stalin
Created to prevent against any
counter-revolutionary activity after
communism took over Russia
Used any means necessary
to keep ―social order‖
9. Animal Farm – The dogs
Napoleon’s enforcers
Used to instill fear in other animals
Taken from their parents when
they were puppies and raised by
Napoleon
A part of his strategy to
control the animals
10. Napoleon—Secret Motives
We have suspected the motives of the pigs and
Napoleon
Chapter III stealing apples and milk for
themselves
The pigs appear more interested in grabbing
resources
When Napoleon sets his dogs on Snowball, he
proves that his socialist ideas about the common
good is quite empty
Napoleon’s takeover a long period of careful
plotting:
He first took control of the dogs’ training in
Chapter III.
The banishment of Snowball is the end of long-
11. Propaganda in Action
Squealer is used to explain Napoleon’s actions
Says it was a sacrifice on Napoleon’s part to
take on so much extra responsibility
―No one believes more firmly than Comrade
Napoleon that all animals are equal.‖ p. 55
Says it’s for the animals own good that
Napoleon rule
―He would be only too happy to let you make
your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes
you might make the wrong decisions … and
then where should we be?‖ p.55
12. Chapter 5 Summary—The
Windmill
Napoleon suddenly insists
that the animals build the
windmill
Squealer is sent to convince
the animals that the windmill
was Napoleon’s idea all
along
Tactics get rid of the
―dangerous character and
bad influence‖ of Snowball
Page 57-58
13. Allegorical Connections to
History
1928: Stalin announces his first Five Year
Plan (an attempt to make Russia a
modern industrial state)
Convinces ―comrades‖ throughout the
Soviet Union to work harder than they
ever have
Need to fix the infrastructure neglected by
the Tsars
14. Other Allegorical
Connections
Vladimir Lenin’s Body laying in state—January
1924
The body is still visible in Moscow
The Mausoleum is open every day from
10:00 am to 1:00 pm, except holidays,
Mondays and Fridays
15. Other Allegorical
Connections
Old Major’s skull
was dug up and
placed at the foot of
the flagstaff
Satire pointed at
the Russian
practice
16. Other Notables:
Orwell was part of a Trotskyist group in the
late 1930’s during the Spanish Civil War
Could be why Snowball is looked at in a
positive manner
Boxer adds a new maxim: Napoleon is always
right
His personal motto ―I will work harder‖
17. Emerging Themes
1. Poor Memory of the past makes the
people easier to control
2. Lack of knowledge or education
makes it impossible to speak out
against injustice
Boxer-“…in the end he could not
think of anything to say.” p. 54
3. Blind loyalty to one’s leaders is
dangerous
