Animal Farm Quotes and Details Flashcards
Main quotes in the plot
Four legs good two legs bad (propaganda)
All animals are equal but some are more equal than others (inequality)
Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend
Best snowball quotes
Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon.
These two were never in agreement.
Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar’s campaigns.
Snowball’s eloquence had carried them away.
Snowball was in league with Jones from the very start
He himself dashed straight for Jones
Won over the majority by his brilliant speeches
Snowball busied himself with organising the other animals into what he called Animal committees
Best squealer quotes
Skipping from side to side
Jones would come back!
He was a brilliant talker
No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal.
What actions does snowball does he do?
Plans to build the windmill
Opposes Napoleon
Creates committees for the animals
Battles against the humans
How is snowball a brave and strong leader?
He’s in charge of defensive operations on Animal farm
He leads the charge against the humans and gets injured proving he is willing to die
He is recognised as a hero for his bravery by all animals
How does Snowball want Animalism to succeed
Wants Major’s utopian vision to become a reality
Writes the seven commandments on the barn wall
He draws up plans for the windmill to make animals lives easier
How is snowball different to Napoleon
They can’t agree - snowball wants animals to rebel and Napoleon wants to build up power and security
Snowball is a brilliant speaking but Napoleon is better at “canvassing support for himself”
Napoleon is threatened by Snowball’s heroism, intelligence and influence
How is snowball undermined by Napoleon
Napoleon trains the sheep to disrupt snowball’s speeches
Napoleon shows his contempt by urinating all over the windmill plans
Snowball is chased off the farm by Napoleons dogs
Boxer quotes about his intelligence
If comerade Napoleon says it, it must be right
He was not of first rate intelligence
