Animal Quotes Flashcards
Quote Major’s speech in accordance to how the animals are treated
“… Our lives are miserable, laborious and short. We are born, we are given so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies… and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.”
Quote the description of Boxers first appearance
“Boxer was an enormous beast … and in fact he was not of first rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.”
Quote the opening description of Benjamin
“Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm and the worst tempered… without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sunday’s together in the small paddock beyond the orchard.”
Quote the end of majors speech
“Never listen when they tell you that man and the animals have a common interest, that the prosperity of the one is the prosperity of the others… all men are enemies. All animals are comrades.”
Quote the opening description of Napoleon
“Napoleon was a large, rather fierce looking Berkshire boar… not much of a talker but with a reputation for getting his own way.”
Quote the opening descriptions of Snowball
“Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character.”
Quote the opening description of Squealer
“He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive. The others said of squeaker that he could turn black into white.”
Give a boxer quotation including his original maxim
‘His answer to every problem, every setback was “I will work harder!”’
Quote Beasts of England regarding the animals freedom
“For that day we all must labour
Though we die before it break
Cows and horses, geese and turkeys
All must toils for freedoms sake.”
Quote clover’s thoughts about the situation at the end of the story
“But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled.”
Quote snowballs speech which contradicts majors speech
“Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health… It is for your sake that we drink the milk and eat those apples.”
