Animal Farm
by George Orwell
Table of Contents
Discussion Topics
- What role does propaganda play in the novel? Do you think that Napoleon could have established a dictatorship without propaganda? Could he have maintained his dictatorship without propaganda?
- Does the fact that Old Major’s vision of a utopian society lacked structure mean that the animals could not have achieved a true Socialist society?
- How do the Seven Commandments transform into a single commandment that goes against the nature and intent of the original Seven Commandments?
- What is the importance of Snowball being used as a scapegoat? How have real-life dictators employed scapegoats to help establish the legitimacy of their regimes?
- Was the betrayal and murder of Boxer at the end of the novel necessary to prove his abuse by the pigs throughout the novel?
