Animal Farm | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

The barn - This is a meeting place for the animals and includes a makeshift stage for speeches.

- This is a song that comes to Old Major in a dream. It is a song is about freedom from the cruelty of humans and the riches the animals will have when they are free.

The Rebellion - This is the day, predicted by Old Major, when the animals rise up to overthrow the humans and free themselves.

Animalism - The original, basic idea of this philosophy is that all animals are...
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