After Major's death, the pigs, led by Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, develop a new ideology called Animalism to organize and teach the other animals, though not all accept these ideas. The animals were motivated to rebel against their neglectful owner, Mr. Jones, as they suffered under his careless management. Key characters include the intelligent pigs, the faithful working-class animals, and Mr. Jones, whose irresponsibility prompted the revolution.

1. Chapter 2 Part 1

2. Quiz

3. Discussion
1. After Major’s death what happens to the idea of rebelling against
man?
• A new outlook to life was given to animals.
• The pigs (Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer) were
responsible for the work of teaching and
organizing the others because they are more
intelligent.
• They elaborated the old major’s teachings into a
complete system of thooughts they called
Animalism.
• Not all animals welcomed the new ideas as some
remained loyal to Mr. Jones.

4. 2. What is the main idea of this part from your own point
of view?
Animals were afraid of rebellion and thinking about stupid stuff.
Mr. Jones • disheartened
• Lost his money
• Drunk all the time
• The fields full of weeds
• The buildings wanted roofing
• Animals were underfed
• His men were idle
and dishonest
Animals could stand this no longer and hence the
revolution started .

5. 3. What do you think of the idea of Animalism?
Complete system of thought applying the teachings of Old Major

6. 4. State the most important characters mentioning the reason behind
their importance from your own point of view.
Pre-eminent Pigs
Snowball Napoleon
Squealer
(very
persuasive)
1.

7. Faithful disciples
(working class)
2.
Boxer Clover
Moses
3.
• Clever talker
• Doesn’t work
• Tells tales
• Represents the religious
voice (sugarcandy
mountain)

8. Mollie Stupid and
shallow minded
5.
6. Mr. Jones
The careless irresponsible man who didn’t take
good care of his animals and thus they rebelled
against him.
Cow
Started the
revolution.
4.

9. Watch the video and discuss the most important points.