ANIMAL FARM
Chapter 4
SUMMARY
Mr. Jones gathers up other farmers from
different farms and they head back to Jone’s
farm with pitchforks and a gun.
 The animals already knew about the plan, so
they were organized and ready.
 Boxer thought he killed someone, but he just
knocked them out.
 After the farmers fled the farm, the animals put
Jones’ gun under the flag pole.
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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS
Snowball = Trotsky
 Napoleon = Joseph Stalin
 Mr. Jones = Tsar Nicholas II
 Mr. Pilkington = Capitalist Governments of
U.S.A and England
 Mr. Frederick = Hitler
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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS CONTINUED
Snowball resembles Trotsky because he is trying
his hardest to spread Animalism around. He
creates the attack plan against the farmers and
he executes it perfectly. He cares about the other
animals more than himself and he proves his
loyalty to them.
 Napoleon is Stalin because he isn't as clever as
Trotsky (Snowball). He starts to become corrupt
like Stalin when he doesn’t participate in
planning the revolution or Animalism, he is
mainly looking for power for himself.
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Mr. Jones is Tsar Nicholas II because he is
neglecting and mistreats his people (in this case
the animals). He is an inefficient leader and that
is proven when he is overthrown by his own
animals and cannot defend himself.
 Mr. Frederick is Hitler because he teams up with
Mr. Jones in the beginning but later on he
betrays him thus showing him to be
untrustworthy and deceiving.
 Mr. Pilkington represents the Capitalist
governments because he and Mr. Frederick
bicker a lot just how Britain and the U.S. were
against Germany.
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ALLEGORY
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Battle of the cowshed represents the Russian
Civil War and its battles occupying Germany in
which Leon Trotsky proved to be a strategist.
The spread of animalism evokes the attempts by
Trotsky to establish communism as an
international movement.
RHETORICAL STRATEGIES
Allusion: The Battle of the Cowshed resembles
the Russian Civil war
 Symbolism: Jones’ gun symbolizes the defeat of
the farmers.
 Vocabulary:
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Flogging: to beat with a whip, stick, etc.
 Unanimously: in complete agreement
 Fortnight: a period of two weeks
 Ignominious: deserving or causing public disgrace or
shame.
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THEME

George Orwell tries to show a question or
struggle for leadership within the fight against
the humans.