Two pigs emerge as leaders: Napoleon and Snowball. ... Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels between the book's characters and the government in 1917-44 Russia. ... "His character is already established as self-indulgent and uncaring." ... It began when the milk and apples were appropriated to the pigs, and continued to when the pigs could drink and sleep on beds, until finally the pigs were the "human masters" to the rest of the animals. ... Both these characters fall in love with Lucie Manette, the daughter of Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Two pigs emerge as leaders: Napoleon and Snowball. ... Immediately the reader can begin to draw parallels between the book's characters and the government in 1917-44 Russia. ... "His character is already established as self-indulgent and uncaring." ... It began when the milk and apples were appropriated to the pigs, and continued to when the pigs could drink and sleep on beds, until finally the pigs were the "human masters" to the rest of the animals. ... Both these characters fall in love with Lucie Manette, the daughter of Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6

One of the most obvious characters who show how power corrupts is Napoleon. Napoleon is a pig and the leader of Animal Farm after he drove out Snowball, his rival. ... Milk and apples were given to the pigs in the beginning of the book. ... The milk was mixed into only the pigs" ration because, as Squealer explained, "milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary for the well-being of a pig .. ... The Scot nobles are supposed to be pigs, but instead, they are humans. ...

• Word Count: 1458
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Three dogs, a cat, pigeons, hens, pigs, cows, sheep's, two horses named Clover, mother that never got her figure back after her fourth foal, the other named boxer, enormous beast, strong as two horses put together, white stripe down his nose, not very intelligent, respected for steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work, Muriel the goat, and Benjamin the donkey, the oldest animal on the farm and also the worst tempered. ... There were three pigs that elaborated Old Majors theory. ... One day all the pigs come out walking on to feet. ... Then the pigs went back in the farmhouse....

• Word Count: 1649
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Orwell has used the character of Napoleon as a metaphor for Stalin and so Napoleon the pig is a central figure throughout the story. ... Old Major is a major character in Animal Farm. ... Throughout the story it is clear that the other pigs fed off old Major's inspiration and beliefs only then to benefit from it themselves. ... Squealer is an interesting character. ... Another character is Muriel. ...

• Word Count: 1258
• Approx Pages: 5

The first character that we notice is Old Major. ... In chapter 3 when apples and milk were decided should be reserved for the pigs Snowball and Napoleon seemed in complete agreement. This shows the inequality and that already early in the book, the pigs, including Snowball were abusing the power they now possessed. ... Snowball was the pig that started his unrealistic education classes. ... Other pigs brought on the failure such as Squealer. ...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School