Animal Farm Quotes Flashcards
“No animal shall kill any other animal (without cause)”
One of Animal farm’s interchangeable rules, (without cause) is added using the word interchangeable as a caveat
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”
Equal is shown used to determine a hieracy between the animals
“It was a pig walking on his hind legs” “He carries a whip in his trotter”
A pig acting like a human, anthropomorphism, to display dominance
“Four legs good, two legs bad”
Animal farm’s motto
“Four legs good, two legs better”
The Motto has been changed over time
“Napoleon is always right”
One of Boxer’s mottos, he knows Napoleon is meant to be incharge in spite of all being equal
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man and from man to pig, but already it was impossible to say which was which”
The animals realizing that the pigs are no different to the humans
“I must work harder”
One of Boxer’s motto’s, representing the prolitariet working the hardest
“All men are enemies, all animals are comrades”
Old Major says this to highlight the difference between humans and animals, and that animals should come together to overthrow humans. This is rarely used further in story
“‘Never mind the milk, comrades!’, cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets”
Napoleon subtlely depriving the animals of the milk to give to the higher-ups, this is foreshadowing the pigs able to get more perks having tricked the animals.
