ANIMAL FARM

George Orwell

MAXIMILIAN RUESS
7.E
English 2018/19
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Index
Reading Diary & Chapter Headings ............................................................................ 2
Writing ........................................................................................................................ 6
Character Reference ............................................................................................... 6
Persuasive Composition ......................................................................................... 7
Reflective Passage ..................................................................................................... 8

ANIMAL FARM
The seven commandments

Whatever goes upon two

legs is an enemy.

Whatever goes upon four

legs, or has wings, is a
friend.

No animal shall wear

clothes.

No animal shall sleep in a

bed.

No animal shall drink

alcohol.

No animal shall kill any

other animal.

All animals are equal.

“Four legs good, two legs

bad”

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Reading Diary & Chapter Headings

Chapter I: “Beast of England shall start a revolution”

 Mr. Jones, owner of Manor Farm, is drunk, locks away animals

 Old Major, wise leading pig. Thinks he is going to pass away soon. Tells other
animals his dream of a rebellion.
o Jessie, Bluebell, and Pincher (dogs)
o Boxer, Clover (horses, male and female)
o Muriel (goat)
o Benjamin (old, cynical donkey)
o Mollie (mare)
o Moses (raven)
o Sheeps
o Chickens
o Hens
o Ducks
o Cat
o Rats
 “Beasts of England”, Their song for liberty

Chapter II: “The 7 Commandments of Animalism”

 Old Major dies

 Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer (pigs)
 Pigs are smarter than others
 "Animalism"
 Sougarcandy Mountain is their heaven (said by Moses)
 Boxer and Clover not the smartest, but hard working.
 Mr. Jones gets drunk, forgets to feed them, break into storage and a rebellion
 New Name: “Animal Farm”
 Seven Commandments
 Pigs steal milk

Chapter III: “Four legs good, two legs bad”

 Animals now have the farm on their own

 Pigs supervise
 "Four legs good, two legs bad." – as new phrase for sheep (can`t remember 7
commandments)
 Napoleon takes 9 puppies to educate them
 The pigs are taking the milk and apples every day (“for the benefit of the other
animals”)

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Chapter IV: “The Battle of the Cowshed”

 Mr. Pilkington (neighbour Farmer)

 Mr. Frederick (neighbour Farmer)
 Humans are worried about “Animal Farm”
 Snowball prepares animals for battle
 Some animals die, Snowball is wounded
 Snowball gives himself the “Animal Hero, First Class”

Chapter V: “The weak die out and the strong will survive”

 Mollie abandons from the farm

 Snowball and Napoleon start fighting
 Snowball his speeches are better
 Napoleon has Sheep (stupid) who disturb the speeches
 Snowball wants to build a windmill
 Snowball gets hunted by dogs and leaves the farm
 Napoleon is in charge

Chapter VI: “Some are more equal than others”

 Bad working conditions for animals, except pigs

 Pigs move into farmhouse
 Snowball is said to be guilty for everything bad that happens
 Windmill collapses

Chapter VII: “You can’t change someone who doesn’t see an issue in their
actions.”
“The law is hard, but it is the Law”

 Animals are starving.

 Short rebellion of the hens, so that their eggs won’t be taken, doesn’t work,
nine starve to death
 Some animals confess to have worked league with Snowball or Mr. Jones,
because of the big dogs next to them
 Napoleon kills every one of them who confessed
 Boxer survives dog attack
 Everyone who sings “Beasts of England” will be executed

Chapter VIII: “Confidence is good, control is better.”

 Pigs now change commandments

 Napoleon sells wood to Frederick
 Frederick used Fake money
 Frederick and his men attack and destroy the finished windmill
 Boxer is injured
 Pigs now wear clothes and drink alcohol (changed commandments)

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Chapter IX: “Napoleon is always right”

 Animals must rebuild the windmill

 The pigs have no problem with the cold winter
 Boxer collapses
 Instead of a hospital he is sent to a slaughter

Chapter X: “Some things will never change”

 Years passed
 Animals work under same, worse conditions as with Mr. Jones but get
reminded by pigs that they have it better now.
 Pigs are walking on two legs: "Four legs good, two legs better" and have
whips in their hands
 "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
 Pigs meet other farmers in the farmhouse
 Animals look through window
 Other farmers say that the animals are the best working and least fed animals
in the country
 Renamed again to “Manor Farm”
 Animals can’t tell a difference between the pigs and the men in the farmhouse

MANOR FARM
The seven commandments

Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

No animal shall wear clothes.

No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets

No animal shall drink alcohol in excess

No animal shall kill any other animal without cause

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than
others.

“Four legs good, two legs better”

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Writing
Character Reference

To whom it may concern

I, Maximilian Ruess, can confirm that I have known Boxer since he joined the farm as
a little foal, which was about eleven years ago.
From the beginning on he has shown his ability to work in rough conditions, with little
sleep, but always presenting himself as a strong and powerful stallion, which never
evades work, and does what needs to be done. He produces a nice and calm
working environment and is always determined to get his work done as fast as
possible to then go on to the next place, where work needs to be done. Especially in
the morning he doesn’t run away from his responsibilities, and when others are still
asleep he is already up and working hard to fulfil his own expectations. Boxer isn’t
the best in working with others in a team, but as he achieves as much as a team of
five animals in the same time, he doesn’t need to be able to work with others.
In Summary, Boxer is a hard-working, determined Stallion with an enormous will to
work as hard as he can, which doesn’t evade to work extra hours if needed.
With these outstanding skills, I highly recommend Boxer for any job in your company
and I am sure that he will do a great job. He would be a great asset for any working
company.
If you have any specific questions, please feel free to contact me for more details.
Yours sincerely
Maximilian Ruess

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Persuasive Composition

Snowball has been chased away from Animal farm, because Napoleon wanted to
consolidate his power and Snowball was in the way. But what if it was the other way
around?
Some people might say, that if Snowball got rid of Napoleon, there would be no
difference in the novel, because Snowball then would become the leader of the farm
and with the help of the pigs he could have dominated the farm, just as Napoleon did
it. But although this seems to make sense, Snowball plays a completely different role
in the novel. He is kinder and smarter than napoleon, which would have an impact on
how he would treat the other animals on the farm. Additionally, Snowball would never
misuse his power and his superior knowledge to become the dominant leader on the
farm, but instead he would care for every single animal on the farm and would look
that everyone is happy.
On top of that, Snowball had never shown any sign of lust for power in the novel like
Napoleon did. Furthermore, he would make sure that each animal would get the
same rations every day and that no one had to starve during the winter because of
poor farming.
Lastly, Snowball’s ideology differs from Napoleon’s, as Napoleon wanted to be the
leader on animal farm and to be “more equal than other animals”, which means he
would have better living condition and more food, than the rest of the animals on the
farm, whereas Snowball would have wanted to spread animalism all around the world
to make sure that every animal in the world would have the same rights.
Overall, the novel in which Snowball got rid of Napoleon would differ in many points
to the one from George Orwell, as the two pigs have different characters and
ideologies, which would result in a different ending.

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Reflective Passage

In general, I think the fairy story “Animal farm” is a very thought through and well
written novel, which is interesting to read. While reading, I often had to make break
between the different paragraphs, because there was so much happening in one line
that I needed time to process all of the events. If I had to recommend the book to
someone I wouldn’t hesitate to do so, because it shows humanity in a different light,
and everyone can relate to one animal on the farm.
During the reading process I often tried to match the animals in the book to people I
know, and I found it interesting that it was very easy to find more than one person
that would fit into the novel instead of the animal.
In comparison to other reading journals, which often contain a lot of not very relevant
tasks, this one focuses on the interesting and important tasks, which makes it better
than other journals we had in the past. I also liked that we got the tasks before we
started reading, so that we could think of them while reading the book, which makes
it easier to answer the questions.
Overall, I enjoyed reading the book, and with the reasonable tasks it wasn’t
complicated to write the reading journal.