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|Animal Farm |
|George Orwell |

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|Character |Characteristics/ actions/ purpose |
|Old major |Gets the revolution started , inspires hope |
| |For real change. |
|Snowball |He represents Trosky :leader of the October Revolution He is |
| |smart, an excellent speaker and an idealist. |
|Napoleon |Stalin. Cruel, and selfish, he uses the dogs, Moises and |
| |Squealer to control animals. |
|Squealer |Propaganda. Department of Lenin’s government. |
|Mr Jones | Tsar. He represents the tyrant and the one who causes animals’|
| |poor living conditions. |
|Moises the raven |Religion He represents hope for the oppressed animals. |
|The dogs |The secret police. Totally loyal to the leaders.
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