Discussion Questions On 'Animal Farm'

Animal Farm Questions for Discussion:

o What are the main ideas expressed in Major’s speech?

o What indications does Orwell give in this chapter that indicate the pigs may be superior to the other animals?

o What is the immediate cause of the Rebellion?

o What are the immediate results of the Rebellion?

o What are the Seven Commandments?

o How does Napoleon deal with “the education of the young”? What is the allegorical significance of this: who is Orwell satirizing through in this situation?

o Who are Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick and who do you think they represent historically?

o How did the lives of the animals become more difficult in the beginning of Chapter VI?

o How do conditions on the farm under