Animal Farm •Hafiz Hassan Ali•Hafsa Iftikhar•Komal Jamim Shehzadi•Maria Majeed

Chapter VII

Table Of Contents

• Background• Events• Critical analysis

Background (Chapter 5 & 6)• Snowball Exiled.• Animals had to work harder.• Initiation of Project Windmill.• Breaking of Rules by Pigs.• Diplomatic relations with other

farms.• Destruction of windmill, Snowball

accused.

Windmill Reconstruction

• Weather conditions were Harsh.• Animals had to reconstruct the

windmill.• Human beings would rejoice if the

windmill were not completed on time.

• Due to heavy snow in quarry, the work had to be halted.

Windmill Reconstruction

• 3 feet thick walls instead of 18”.• Animals were losing hope.• Only Clover and Boxer remained firm.

Food Shortage

• Corn Ration reduced.• Extra potato ration to be issued but it also had

been frosted.• Only chaff and mangles to eat

Views of Outside world

• Windmill destroyed.• Nothing to eat in the animal farm.• Animals resorted to cannibalism and

infanticide.

Mr. Whymper

• A human solicitor hired by Napoleon.• Misled and thought that everything is alright

at animal farm

• Everything is alright and well managed at the animal farm.

• There is no food shortage

Napolean’s Apathy•Grains were scarce and no stock of food available.

•Animals were threatened with starvation

Napolean never made public appearances meanwhileHe resided inside the farm houseFarm house was protected by fierce looking dogsHe even stopped making weekly appearances on Sundays rather he used Squealer to communicate his orders

Contract for eggs supply

•One Sunday morning, Squealer announced the contract Napoleon had made with Whymper.•Four hundred eggs would be supplied every week.•This would supposedly help the farm pay for grains and keep the supply going till the Summer appraoches.

•Hens were unwilling to surrender their eggs.•They were getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting.

•Hens termed this demand from them equivalent to murder•They rebelled against Napoleon and launched strong protest

Rebellion by the hens

The method they used was flying upto the rafters and laying eggs over there so that they got smashed ultimately.

Repressive Reaction by the pigs

•Ration for hens was completely stopped.

•Death penalty for any animal who would help hens with food.

•Dogs were monitoring the situation so as to enforce the orders issued by Napolean.

•Nine hens died meanwhile•Hens relented at last•Eggs were taken away as soon as they were laid

Rumors about Snowball

Pigs spread rumors about snowball.Scapegoat.Snowball the real enemy.

Snowball used as the scapegoat

Every mishap and misfortune was attributed to Snowball. Snowball was actually in league with Jones from the day one

Animals shockedBoxer is not ready to accept this.He couldn’t forget his bravery.Snowball a true commradeSquealer convinced boxer.

Assembly of Animals

• After four days Napolean called all the animals in the yard.

• All the animals were frightened.• Napolean took servey of his audience.• Dogs seized four of the pigs and dragged them

to Napolean’s feet.

Attack on Boxer

• After that dogs attacked on Boxer.• Boxer defended himself and pinned the dog to

the ground.• Napolean ordered Boxer to let the dog go.• Napolean called the animals to confess their

crimes.

Slaughtering of Animals

• First of all pigs confessed that they were the copanions of Snowball.

• On pigs confession dogs tore them into pieces.• Then hens,goose,and sheep also confess their

crimes.• They all were killed by the Dogs.

Condition of Animals and Boxer’s views

• It was first time happened after the expulsion of Jones.

• Animals were shaken, miserable,and confused on the cruel retribution.

• They assembelled in a knoll.• Boxer said it happened due to some our faults

and I’ll work harder.

Thoughts of clovers

• In the spring evening clover looked down the hillside and start thinking.

• This was not for what they started rebellion against human beings.

• She satisfied herself by saying that it is far better than living with Jones.

• She realized everything but couldn’t express into words.

Abolishment of “Beasts of England’’.

• In gloomy condition animals began to sing ‘’Beasts of England’’.

• When the finished singing, Squealer appeared.• He announced that “Beasts of England” had

been abolished.• Rebellion is now completed and this song is no

longer needed.

Composition of another song

• Pig Poet composed another song which began:

Animal farm,Animal farm, Never through me shalt thou come to harm!• But it couldn’t motivate the animals like

“Beasts of England”

Political Allegory

ANIMAL FARM RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Failure of five year planANIMAL FARM•Under direct control•Laborious life •More effort, less food•Food shortagesRUSSIA •All industry under state control •Hard life of workers•Pay was poor•Famine of 1931 &1932

Illusion of the strength Empty food bins- filled with sandHiding the fact from the outside worldPolicies-workingFarm –actually becoming weak

Napoleon's Pile of Corpses, and Stalin's Great Purge

Working to eliminate every last trace of the opposition

Confess falsely to crimes that they never committed

Meeting of NapoleonConfession of pigs, sheep, hensdogs tore their throats out

Great Purge, 1936 and 1938police to Gulag labor camps association with Leon Trotsky500,000 up to 2 million “Moscow show trials”

Clover“As Clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with

tears. If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have

been to say that this was not what they had aimed at……….

when old Major first stirred them to rebellion……..”

Russian working classEducated but unable to protest or speak about

the clause, “If she could have spoken her thoughts...” the narrator reminds us that..that Clover can't readcan’t even put her thoughts into wordsdeeply bothered by the violence

NAPOLEONoTerror and PropagandaoDictatoroConvincing the animalsoThe only protection

STALINoPower increasesoComplete control overoPropaganda to convince oThe only protection

Nine dogs/NKVD

•Napoleon seizes the nine dogs •Carry out Napoleon’s execution orders•Growl at anyone who argue•Exit of Snowball, killing of pigs, sheep, hen.

•Public and secret police organization•The violent force (Stalin to remain in power)•Exile of Trotsky, Purges

The Scheming Frederick and Hitler Broke the Non-Aggression Pact

•Pile of timber to either Mr. Frederick or Mr. Pilkington•Mr. Frederick Hitler (leader of Germany)•Mr. Pilkington United Kingdom (continue….in next chapter)