Animal Farm: Chapter 3

Chapter 3

comprehension

the soviet union flag

Hoof and horn. Hammer and sickle.

9. What threat does Squealer use to convince the animals? Does it work? (2 marks)

By threatening that Jones would come back, he forces the animals to accept that the apples and milk would have to be given up to the pigs. Squealer is using propaganda to twist the facts that Jones would come back if the pigs did not have their milk and apples; and it works.

comprehension

10. Summarise Animalism in one sentence. (1 mark)

Animalism is the philosophy created by the pig Old Major, which is based on the idea that humans are oppressive and that animals should overthrow them and create their own system of government that promotes equality among all living things.

TOTAL OUT OF 18.

comprehension

chapter 3: summary

The flag

comprehension

comprehension

4. What is Boxer’s answer to every problem? (1 mark)

a. ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’

b. ‘I will work harder!’

c. ‘We should ask Napoleon and Snowball’

d. To practise writing the letters A to D.

5. Complete these sentences describing how the animals share their work of the harvest. (4 marks)

a. The pigs adapt the tools; they do not work but “directed and supervised.”

b. The horses pull the machinery.

c. The hens and ducks gather up stalks.

d. All the other animals t

6. Who can eat apples? What does this suggest about the way the farm is organised? (2 marks)

Squealer, who is in charge of propaganda, insists that when good food goes to the pigs and dogs, everyone benefits. The pigs and dogs do very important work, they run the farm. In Animal Farm, the milk and apples symbolise the unfairness of the system that the pigs run. Squealer manages to portray the pigs as near-martyrs who only think of others and never themselves. "It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples” signals to the reader that the pigs are slowly changing into a new form of their old oppressors.

7. Describe Benjamin’s attitude toward the rebellion.

(2 marks)

Benjamin doesn't have much of a reaction. His stubbornness isn't surprising, and although he occasionally assists the other animals, Benjamin doesn't believe that change is a real possibility. He's intelligent but a pessimist. Benjamin may be suggesting that, with his long life and experience, he can see more clearly how good intentions can be corrupted or exploited and that the farm will be no better under the pigs than it was under Jones.

8. Who will raise the dogs? Why? (2 marks)

In Animal Farm, Napoleon takes the puppies to raise them in secret This is because he wants to raise and train them to be his own bodyguards. Napoleon does this to exert his power over the animals through brute force.

1. What are the animals proud of? (1 mark)

The harvest is a success because the animals work well together.

2. Who can read? (1 mark)

A limited number of animals can read on Animal Farm. These animals are the following: the pigs, Muriel (the goat), the dogs, and Benjamin (the donkey). Some of the other animals are only able to learn the alphabet or a few letters but cannot put the sounds together. Many could not get past the letter A.

3. Reread from “The pigs had set aside the harness-room” to “the farm soon forgot their existence”, then answer the questions below.

a. Why do you think Snowball tries to educate the other animals? (1 mark)

Snowball thinks reading and writing are important skills and wants all the animals to have the same opportunities.

b. Why do you think Napoleon only wants to educate the younger animals? (1 mark)

The younger animals are easier to influence, so Napoleon can teach them to believe whatever he wants.

In the third chapter the farm animals, supervised by the pigs, harvest the crops with better results than ever before. Sundays are established as days of rest, for meetings, and for singing “Beasts of England.” Having already taught themselves to read and write, the pigs attempt to teach these skills to other animals. Committees such as the Clean Tails League for the cows are set up, but none are successful.

Since most of the animals cannot learn to read or to memorise the seven commandments, the commandments are reduced to one simple maxim: “Four legs good, two legs bad.” Napoleon takes nine puppies for private instruction, and the pigs are now the only ones allowed to eat the apples and drink the milk produced on the farm. The pigs force the other animals to accept this by reminding them of the threat of Mr Jones’s return.

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chapter 3: analysis

Chapter 3: overview

important qUOTES

Highlight these quotes from the chapter:

A Study in Propaganda

• The harvest is completed in record time, as the animals work hard under the supervision of the pigs.

• Snowball tries to teach all the animals to read and write; Napoleon takes the puppies away to bring them up himself.

• The animals realise that the apples and milk have been taken by the pigs. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs have taken them for everyone’s benefit.

“The animals were as

happy as they had

never conceived it

possible to be” (p. 33)

The animals “toiled and sweated”. Meanwhile, the pigs “did not actually work” (p. 33)

Assignment:

Read Chapter 4 and

work questions on the booklet.

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Snowball and Napoleon “were never in agreement”

(p. 35) “Four legs good, two legs bad" (p. 37)