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| − | Boxer: A very strong horse who is characterized by the phrase: "Napoleon is always right!" His attitude is very simplistic and uncaring, simply determining that, no matter how maniacal, the leadership on the farm is always right. | + | '''Boxer''': A very strong horse who is characterized by the phrase: "Napoleon is always right!" His attitude is very simplistic and uncaring, simply determining that, no matter how maniacal, the leadership on the farm is always right. |
| − | Mollie: A female horse who is vain and shallow. Her low intelligence is seen in whatever she does, and she is easily led astray by flattery. | + | '''Mollie''': A female horse who is vain and shallow. Her low intelligence is seen in whatever she does, and she is easily led astray by flattery. |
| − | Snowball: A pig who struggled with Napoleon for power. Possibly the most intelligent animal on the farm, he | + | '''Snowball''': A pig who struggled with Napoleon for power. Possibly the most intelligent animal on the farm, he envisioned the windmill and much of the governance structure of the farm. |
| − | Napoleon: Another pig who's lust for power will stop at nothing. While taking a stand against Snowball's ideas every time they come up, Napoleon rarely presents any of his own. | + | '''Napoleon''': Another pig who's lust for power will stop at nothing. While taking a stand against Snowball's ideas every time they come up, Napoleon rarely presents any of his own. |
| − | Squealer: A porker who manages to convince, using lies, everyone on the farm to accept whatever Napoleon declares. | + | '''Squealer''': A porker who manages to convince, using lies, everyone on the farm to accept whatever Napoleon declares. |
| − | Farmer Jones: The owner of Manor Farm before the animals revolt. A drunkard, but not a bad farmer, Jones was often negligent in caring for the animals. | + | '''Farmer Jones''': The owner of Manor Farm before the animals revolt. A drunkard, but not a bad farmer, Jones was often negligent in caring for the animals. |
Revision as of 19:50, April 23, 2007
Animal Farm is a book written by George Orwell in 1946. Satirical in nature, the story characterizes animals taking over a farm, symbolically alluding to the communist takeover of Russia.
Characters
Boxer: A very strong horse who is characterized by the phrase: "Napoleon is always right!" His attitude is very simplistic and uncaring, simply determining that, no matter how maniacal, the leadership on the farm is always right.
Mollie: A female horse who is vain and shallow. Her low intelligence is seen in whatever she does, and she is easily led astray by flattery.
Snowball: A pig who struggled with Napoleon for power. Possibly the most intelligent animal on the farm, he envisioned the windmill and much of the governance structure of the farm.
Napoleon: Another pig who's lust for power will stop at nothing. While taking a stand against Snowball's ideas every time they come up, Napoleon rarely presents any of his own.
Squealer: A porker who manages to convince, using lies, everyone on the farm to accept whatever Napoleon declares.
Farmer Jones: The owner of Manor Farm before the animals revolt. A drunkard, but not a bad farmer, Jones was often negligent in caring for the animals.