7/10 Animal Farm Ch.10 Notes

 Chapter 10 Discussion Notes

 pre-rebellion life forgotten, all original animals dead except Clover, Benjamin, Moses, some pigs
 No animals ever retired
 Benjamin more or less the same, more “morose” “taciturn” after Boxer
 new horses, stupid, good workers, comrades, accept everything
 farm prosperous- animals not richer, except dogs and pigs
 many dogs and pigs
 pigs write reports, immediately burned (87)
 no memory/ context to compare quality of life
 Benjamin recalls, cynical- not better or worse
 Squealer spins
 Animals feel hope “sense of honour and privilege” (87)
 “imperishable pride” “old heroic days” (88)
 “All animals were equal”
 Squealer reeducates sheep: “Four legs good, two legs better!”
 Pigs on hind legs, Napoleon with whip
 Benjamin reads aloud single commandment (90)
 pigs wear clothes, smoke pipe, carry whips

 Big meeting, final scene of book
 all friends, speechifying, toasting
 model farm “did more work and received less food” (92)
 common “labour problems” “you have your lower animals... we have our lower classes” (92)
 Napoleon not “subversive” or “revolutionary”, just want “normal business relations”
 farm co-op, cooperative business, housing
“owned by the pigs jointly” (93)
controlled by the elite, higher level of society

 renamed “Manor Farm”
 big fight, card cheats, indistinguishable- read final paragraph (95)