| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Old Major | Karl Marx or Vladimir Lenin. |
| Napolean | Joseph Stalin |
| Snowball | Leon Trotsky (driven out by Stalin in communist purge) |
| Squealer | Molotov/Soviet Newspapers. Spreader of propaganda, used language to confuse, limited debate by complicating it, used statistics, and the threat of Mr. Jones. |
| Mr. Jones | Czar Nicholas II |
| Battle of the Cowshed | Russian Civil War - 1918- Russian Revolution (1917). Mr. Jones wanted the farm back. |
| Mr. Frederick | Hitler/Nazi's (dogs in furnace = gas chambers). |
| Mr. Pilkington | England and America |
| Card Game | Tehran Conference |
| Battle of the Windmill | Battle of Stalingrad (German Invasion of Russia during World War II) |
| Moses | Russian Orthodox Church (Sugarcandy Mountain = Heaven). Pigs let him stay but say his teachings are nonsense. |
| Sheep | Mass Proletariat (common people) |
| Rats | Nomadic Russians |
| Hens | Kulaks - killed livestock and sabotaged machinery rather than hand them over to Stalin. |
| Cows | Proletariat (milk taken) |
| Cat | Those who only pretend to believe for personal gain (bird -> paw) |
| Benjamin | George Orwell |
| Dante Alligheri | Italian poet of the middle ages (1265 - 1321) wrote The Divine Comedy. |
| Literal | Actual plot, characters, etc. |
| Allegorical | "This action reminds me of another action". Sometimes called metaphorical or historical. |
| Analogical/Moral | About good/evil, virtue/vice - the choices characters make. |
| Anagogical | About the last four things: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell. Also called spiritual. Who is saved/lost? What is the author's intention? |
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