Animal Farm - Quotations about fear

Question 1

Old Major uses fear of death in his speech to convince all animals

Answer 1

“To that horror we all must come - cows, pigs, hens, sheep, / everyone” (1)

Question 2

Animals’ initial fear of Jones as ruler shown when they flee from Major’s meeting

Answer 2

“Everyone / fled to his own sleeping-place” (1)

Question 3

Jones’ and his men, when animals fight back, are utterly scared and fear the animals

Answer 3

“this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used / to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them / almost out of their wits” (2)

Question 4

Animals are scared of entering farm building, Jones’ former home

Answer 4

“but they / were frightened to go inside” (2)

Question 5

Sparrows fear of the cat keeps them safe, despite cat’s claims

Answer 5

“She was telling / them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who / chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their / distance” (3)

Question 6

Squealer uses the animals’ fear of Jones to justify the pigs taking the milk and apples

Answer 6

“surely / there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” (3)

Question 7

Frederick and Pilkington spread terrible rumours about Animal Farm’s evilness to scare animals into accepting human rule

Answer 7

“the animals there practised / cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes and had / their females in common” (4)

Question 8

Hearing “Beasts of England” makes humans scared

Answer 8

“And when the human / beings listened to it, they secretly trembled, hearing in it a prophecy / of their future doom” (4)

Question 9

Humans are terrified at Boxer’s strength and animals more generally in the Battle of the Cowshed

Answer 9

“At the sight, several men / dropped their sticks and tried to run. Panic overtook them, and the / next moment all the animals together were chasing them round and / round the yard” (4)

Question 10

Mollie seems scared at the possibility of her interaction with humans being discovered, possible broader fear of new anti-human farm

Answer 10

“‘He didn’t! I wasn’t! It isn’t true!’ cried Mollie, beginning to / prance about and paw the ground” (5)

Question 11

Napoleon and Snowball disagree with each other always, possibly for fear of giving the other the upper hand

Answer 11

“These two disagreed at every point / where disagreement was possible” (5)

Question 12

Napoleon, even when debating with Snowball, uses animals’ fear to get them to oppose Snowball’s windmill plan

Answer 12

“and that if they wasted / time on the windmill they would all starve to death” (5)

Question 13

Napoleon’s first use of the dogs to kick out Snowball terrifies the animals

Answer 13

“Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn” (5)

Question 14

Napoleon surrounding himself with dogs early on suggests he has some fear the other animals could try to do something to him, even so early on

Answer 14

“with the nine young dogs forming a / semicircle round them” (5)

Question 15

As animals vaguely remember resolutions and principles against trading with humans, pigs may be scared their decisions will be criticised and lies exposed

Answer 15

“Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage / in trade, never to make use of money-had not these been among / the earliest resolutions passed” (6)

Question 16

Pigs, in addition to desire for luxury, may move into farmhouse to ensure their safety from the other animals in case disobedience occurs

Answer 16

“It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the / farmhouse and took up their residence there” (6)

Question 17

Despite altered commandment, Squealer still justifies pigs sleeping in bed, possibly suggesting pigs fear animals’ criticising their decisions

Answer 17

“And Squealer, who happened to be passing / at this moment, attended by two or three dogs, was able to put the / whole matter in its proper perspective” (6)

Question 18

Napoleon seems to fear news of Animal Farm’s food shortage getting out to humans

Answer 18

“Napoleon was well aware of / the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known” (7)

Question 19

The pigs spread lies about Snowball to make the animals fear him, seemingly creating many of them

Answer 19

“He stole the corn, he upset the / milk-pails, he broke off the eggs, he trampled the seed-beds, he gnawed / the bark off the fruit trees” (7)

Question 20

The animals are truly scared of Snowball and his sabotaging of the farm

Answer 20

“The animals were thoroughly frightened” (7)

Question 21

Squealer shows possible dislike and fear at Boxer doubting his claim, as it shows he is not completely unintelligent and fooled

Answer 21

“it was / noticed he cast a very ugly look at Boxer with his little twinkling / eyes” (7)

Question 22

Napoleon is likely scared briefly at Boxer’s strength and realises he cannot eliminate him with pure force, possibly causing fear in other pigs too

Answer 22

“Napoleon appeared to / change countenance, and sharply ordered Boxer to let the dog go” (7)

Question 23

The pigs use the simultaneous fear of Snowball and of the pigs’ own power through the dogs to keep the animals obedient

Answer 23

“They did not know which was more shocking - the treachery of / the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the cruel / retribution they had just witnessed” (7)

Question 24

Despite immense fear at executions, some animals may still have tried to protest at abolition of Beasts of England if not for sheep, showing that fear is not all-powerful

Answer 24

“Frightened though they were, some of the animals might / possibly have protested” (7)

Question 25

Fear due to executions is so strong animals do not even bring up commandment against killing in presence of pigs or dogs (it was changed regardless)

Answer 25

"And though no one cared to mention it / in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which / had taken place did not square with this" (8)

Question 26

Napoleon separates himself from other pigs and has dogs in his presence, suggesting he fears for his safety, possibly due to the other pigs

Answer 26

"it was said, Napoleon / inhabited separate apartments from the others. He took his meals / alone, with two dogs to wait upon him" (8)

Question 27

Minimus' poem, "Comrade Napoleon", is very over-the-top about Napoleon's greatness, implying the pigs are desperate to present him as a great figure and may fear the consequences if animals begin to dislike Napoleon

Answer 27

"Friend of the fatherless! / Fountain of happiness!... All that thy creatures love,... Every beast great or small / Sleeps at peace in his stall / Comrade Napoleon!" (8)

Question 28

Animals confess to having been in a plot to murder Napoleon, possibly a forced confession or true

Answer 28

"the animals were alarmed to hear / that three hens had come forward and confessed that, inspired by / Snowball, they had entered into a plot to murder Napoleon" (8)

Question 29

Possibly false stories about Frederick of Pinchfield spread about his cruelties on his animals, potentially to cause more fear in the animals and make them more accepting of the pigs' rule (causes anger in animals)

Answer 29

"Moreover, terrible stories were leaking out from Pinchfield about the / cruelties that Frederick practised upon his animals. He had flogged / an old horse to death, he starved his cows" (8)

Question 30

Napoleon has a hangover, but seems to believe he is dying. The animals fear for Napoleon's life and clearly care for their leader very much

Answer 30

"With / tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if / their Leader were taken away from them" (8)

Question 31

The animals fear the pigs and dogs so much at the end that they don't complain in their presence about the Spontaneous Demonstrations

Answer 31

"if anyone complained (as a few animals / sometimes did, when no pigs or dogs were near)" (9)

Question 32

The animals care for Boxer greatly, and are willing to go and see him seemingly without orders from the pigs - their fear can be overpowered by compassion for Boxer

Answer 32

"About half the animals on the farm rushed out to the knoll where / the windmill stood" (9)

Question 33

All the animals fear for Boxer's life when they realise he is being taken to his death at the knacker's

Answer 33

"A cry of horror burst from all the animals" (9)

Question 34

Squealer looks at the animals suspiciously after Boxer has been taken away, possibly to intimidate or out of fear himself that the pigs' betrayal of Boxer will be exposed

Answer 34

"Here Squealer's demeanour suddenly changed. He fell silent for / a moment, and his little eyes darted suspicious glances from side to / side" (9)

Question 35

The fear the pigs have instilled in the animals has fundamentally changed their behaviour to be utterly obedient, shown near the end of the novel

Answer 35

"in spite of everything - in spite of their terror of the dogs, and / of the habit, developed through long years, of never complaining, / never criticising, no matter what happened" (10)

Question 36

At the end of the novel, although the animals have been utterly brainwashed, it seems fear overwhelmingly keeps them in line, especially when the humans visit

Answer 36

"not knowing whether to be more frightened of the pigs or of the / human visitors" (10)

Question 37

Despite their fear, even at the end of the book, the animals are still willing to look into the dining-room of the farmhouse and see what the pigs and humans are doing

Answer 37

"At the gate they paused, half frightened to go on, but Clover led / the way in. They tiptoed up to the house, and such animals as were / tall enough peered in at the dining-room window" (10)