Animal Farm
Under which name was old Major exhibited?
Willingdon Beauty
Describe old Major’s appearance:
12 years old
Rather stout
Majestic- looking
His tushes had never been cut
He looked wise and benevolent
How many children did Major have?
400
What was Major’s dream about?
It was a dream of the earth as it will be when Man has vanished. He dreamt of
the song his mother sang when he was small
What was the name of the song they sang?
Beasts of England
What was the tune of the song?
Something between Clementine and La Cucaracha
Write down 3 words Major used to describe the life of animals:
Miserable, laborious, short
What does man do to animals when they are no longer useful? What will
Napoleon do to Boxer later in the story?
Slaughter them. Send him to the knacker to be slaughtered and boiled for glue
Why do you think we are told that Major had over 400 children?
, To emphasize the fact that the humans took away 400 of his children and they
were probably slaughtered
In “The beasts of England” reference is made to nose rings. Of what would
nose rings be a symbol?
Slavery
Will the “golden future times” of the song ever exist? Give a reason for your
answer:
No. the pigs were worse than Jones, they held the animals in slavery
What did Mr Jones always keep in the corner of his bedroom?
His gun
Why did it take a while before the rebellion occurred, why not on the same
night of Major’s meeting of the very next day?
Jones interrupted the meeting by shooting at the barn when he heard the
noise and it took the pigs a while to get the other animals to become use to the
idea
What was the immediate cause of the rebellion? Write down 8 facts
• Jones had lost money and started drinking heavily
• His farmhands were dishonest and lazy and even the animals were
underfed
• On one particular Sunday, when the animals were once again not fed,
the cows broke into the shed and helped themselves to food
• When the men whipped them, this angered the other animals, which
finally led to Jones and his wife and men being chased off the farm
Which animals emerged as the natural leaders of the animals?
The pigs
What were their names?
Napoleon, Snowball
What name did they give their teachingings?
Under which name was old Major exhibited?
Willingdon Beauty
Describe old Major’s appearance:
12 years old
Rather stout
Majestic- looking
His tushes had never been cut
He looked wise and benevolent
How many children did Major have?
400
What was Major’s dream about?
It was a dream of the earth as it will be when Man has vanished. He dreamt of
the song his mother sang when he was small
What was the name of the song they sang?
Beasts of England
What was the tune of the song?
Something between Clementine and La Cucaracha
Write down 3 words Major used to describe the life of animals:
Miserable, laborious, short
What does man do to animals when they are no longer useful? What will
Napoleon do to Boxer later in the story?
Slaughter them. Send him to the knacker to be slaughtered and boiled for glue
Why do you think we are told that Major had over 400 children?
, To emphasize the fact that the humans took away 400 of his children and they
were probably slaughtered
In “The beasts of England” reference is made to nose rings. Of what would
nose rings be a symbol?
Slavery
Will the “golden future times” of the song ever exist? Give a reason for your
answer:
No. the pigs were worse than Jones, they held the animals in slavery
What did Mr Jones always keep in the corner of his bedroom?
His gun
Why did it take a while before the rebellion occurred, why not on the same
night of Major’s meeting of the very next day?
Jones interrupted the meeting by shooting at the barn when he heard the
noise and it took the pigs a while to get the other animals to become use to the
idea
What was the immediate cause of the rebellion? Write down 8 facts
• Jones had lost money and started drinking heavily
• His farmhands were dishonest and lazy and even the animals were
underfed
• On one particular Sunday, when the animals were once again not fed,
the cows broke into the shed and helped themselves to food
• When the men whipped them, this angered the other animals, which
finally led to Jones and his wife and men being chased off the farm
Which animals emerged as the natural leaders of the animals?
The pigs
What were their names?
Napoleon, Snowball
What name did they give their teachingings?
