ANIMAL FARM

Chapter 4

31:30 mins

Chapter 4 Summary

News about the takeover on Animal Farm spreads through the county

Special flights of pigeons instructed to go to other farms

Spread news of rebellion Teach them "Beasts of England"

Allegorical Connections

Communist International–

Abbreviated “Comintern” International organizations

for spreading communism Believed that “unless

socialist revolution swept Europe, they would be crushed by the military might of world capitalism”

The Pigeons

Flew to other farms Taught “Beasts of

England”—Propaganda Spread news of rebellion

and the success on Animal farm

The news motivates some animals on other farms to misbehave, but no similar revolution takes hold.

Cover of the Communist International Magazine: 1920

Music Motif

Neighboring farmers worry what affect it will have on their farms

Mr. Frederick of Pinchfield Mr. Pilkington of Foxwood

Bitter enemies

Chapter 4 Summary

Allegorical Connections

Mr. Frederick -  Tough, shrewd, cruel Owned Pinchfield farm Based on Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Nazi

Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, Mr. Frederick proves an untrustworthy

neighbor

Allegorical Connections

Mr. Pilkington -  The easygoing gentleman farmer—Winston Churchill

Runs Foxwood Farm Represents the capitalist government of

England (and the US)

Chapter 4 Summary Their animals all soon learned the words to

“Beasts of England” Feared it was a sign of their doom Created rumors of their own, Propaganda, to

cloud outsiders’ understanding of Animal Farm

“They put it about that the animals…were perpetually fighting among themselves and rapidly starving to death.”

"It was given out that the animals there practised cannibalism, tortured one another with red-hot horseshoes, and had their females in common. This was what came of rebelling against the laws of Nature, Frederick and Pilkington said.“

Chapter 4 Summary

News of a wonderful farm spread despite the attempts to stop it

“Beasts of England” heard everywhere Angered the humans In early October, Jones, his men, and

others from nearby farms, came back to try and retake the farm

Led by Snowball the animals defeat the humans

Battle of the Cowshed Parallels allied attempts to overthrow the

growing revolutionary government in Russia

Deemed the October Revolution Russians aided by foreign governments fought

the Lenin/Stalin/Trotsky government

Propaganda Propaganda is the manipulation and

control of language to produce “half-truths” or flat out lies.

Transmits more than one message, depending on what the recipient wishes to hear or is told to hear.

An essential ingredient in totalitarianism Widespread in every country in the world Everything from television commercials to

news broadcasts

Music as a Political Tool

Packet page 34— “Beasts of England” Listen to Each and Complete

Corresponding Questions In class page 38— “Imagine” In class page 36— “Redemption Song”