Animal Farm Chapters 8-10

Animal Farm Chapters 8-10

Life for the pigs:

-Sleep on beds
-Worked shorter hours than other animals
-Have more food to eat
-Drink the milk and eat the apples

Life for the other animals:

-Sleep in the farm
-Work longer hours than the pigs
-Have less food to eat
-Cannot drink the milk and eat apples

Personal Response

What is your reaction to the novel’s ending? For example, do you find it uplifting, depressing, cynical?

Ans: I find the novel depressing as after the animals chased Jones out of the farm, the pigs took over and the life of other animals are still miserable.

Analysing Literature

1. What dealings does Napoleon have with Frederick and Pilkington? How does the battle over the windmill affect the animals? What events Soviet history is Orwell highlighting?

Ans: Napoleon started trading with Frederick and Pilkington. The other animals started obeying Napoleon even more than before. Orwell highlighted about Stalin taking over the Republic.

2. What happens to Boxer and how do the other animals learn of his fate? How do they come to a final conclusion about these events?

Ans: Boxer was sent to be slaughtered and the other animals learnt his fate by looking at the van carrying Boxer and realised he was going to be slaughtered. Squealer convinced others that Boxer was sent to the hospital to be treated.

3. What changes are made to the Fifth and Sixth Commandments? How is the entire list of Commandments ultimately refashioned? What point is Orwell making about the role of communication in Soviet society?

Ans: The Fifth Commandment is changed to “No animals shall kill other animals without cause” and the Sixth Commandment is changed to “No animals shall drink alcohol to excess”. The leaders in the Soviet society changed the rules for themselves and made the whole society in a mess.

4. In Chapter 10 the pigs began to walk on two legs. In your opinion is this evolution a sign of progress? Explain.

Ans: No, it is not a sign of progress. The pigs were becoming like humans by walking on two legs and that defeats the whole purpose of Animalism.

5. Some critics believe that, at the end of the book, Orwell suggests that the pigs and human political leaders are interchangeable. Do you think most government rulers are interchangeable? How might power change those who have it? Explain.

Ans: I think that they are interchangeable as some leaders abuse their authority and those leaders should be changed.