Sample question - CCEAEvidence that the pigs abuse their power
If you have worked through the study guides in this section, you will have an understanding of the context, plot, themes and characters in Animal Farm.
You could include some of the following points in your essay:
Napoleon鈥檚 violent power can be seen through his expulsion of Snowball and how he uses the 鈥渆normous dogs wearing brass-studded collars鈥
Napoleon rules the animals with fear and terror
Napoleon uses false confessions and executions to get rid of his enemies
Napoleon abuses his power in exploiting Boxer鈥檚 goodness and loyalty
Napoleon uses Squealer to maintain his dictatorship through propagandaThe spread of ideas, often one-sided, designed to influence people's opinions. and fear, 鈥淗e could turn black into white鈥
Squealer brainwashes the other animals by taking advantage of their lack of intelligence
Squealer changes and distorts the Seven Commandments, 鈥淎ll animals are equal but some are more equal than others鈥
Squealer repeatedly threatens the animals that Jones will return
the pigs break the commandments and trick the other animals, eg trading with humans
the pigs use their power for their own good, e.g. they take the apples and milk for themselves
the pigs decide on all 鈥渜uestions of farm policy鈥
under the pigs鈥 control, the animals work 60 hours per week, more than when Jones was in charge of the farm