animal farm, key events/timeline Flashcards
old major’s speech leads to what?
beasts of england being introduced
what happens shortly after old major’s speech?
old major’s death
what do the animals eventually do after old major dies?
run mr jones off of the farm
what do the pigs announce after the rebellion?
they announce that they can read
what did the animals create as guidelines for how they should all behave?
the seven commandments
what mysteriously got taken?
milk and apples
after the milk and apples are taken what do the pigs announce?
that they are leaders
what is created for the animals and led by the pigs with purposes such as teaching them to read?
animal committees
after the animal committees are created what do the animals achieve?
the first successful harvest without jones
what does napoleon take and get away with?
he takes the puppies
at this point what are the attitudes of local farms towards animal farm?
the other farms are suspicious
what battle occurs at this point?
the battle of the cowshed
what human behaviours are casually introduced immediately after the battle?
medals and processions
who leaves at this point?
mollie runs away
what plans begin to be worked on?
the plans for the windmill
who then gets chased off of the farm?
snowball
what is established once snowball is out of the way?
the pigs’ dictatorship
what is built for the first time?
the windmill
what’s the next human behaviour that is introduced?
they start trading with other farmers
what do the pigs do at this point which shows how separate they now are from the other animals?
the pigs move into the house
what gets destroyed by the storm but is used as a way to villainise snowball?
the windmill gets destroyed
what happens after this?
they decide and begin to rebuild the windmill
what now happens which shows the pigs’ ruthlessness?
the hens are told they need to start selling their eggs, they refuse and revolt, causing them to be starved by order of Napoleon and ultimately many are killed
what happens after the hens’ revolt is over?
show trials occur and purges take place
what is banned at this point?
the song (beasts of england)
what issues are there at this point and what doe sit culminate in?
there is lots of difficult inter-farm politics which ends up with frederick tricking napoleon
what is then completed?
the windmill (for the second time)
what battle occurs at this point?
the battle of the windmill
what happens to the windmill during this battle?
it gets blown up
what’s the next human behaviour the pigs engage in?
they get drunk
who then falls ill and is organised to be sent off to be killed?
boxer
who returns?
Moses
to finish, what is the status of the pigs?
they are unrecognisable and can basically not be told apart from the humans
