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Chapter Nine
1. Why did Boxer not want to admit to the other animals that his hoof
was causing him great pain? How could Boxer's suffering be seen to symbolize
the suffering of the Soviet working class people, under the dictatorship
of Stalin, following World War Two?
2. How did Squealer explain the reduction of rations for all of the animals
except the pigs and the dogs?
3. Why did Squealer use the term "readjustment" rather than
"reduction" when discussing food?
4. Compare the lives of the pigs with the lives of the other animals on
Animal Farm, as they are described in Chapter Nine.
5. Who took Boxer away and what, did the pigs say, was happening to Boxer?
6. How did Boxer die, according to the pigs?
7. What purpose did the "Spontaneous demonstrations" serve?
Why did the animals seem to enjoy them?
Chapter Ten
1. Why had no animal actually retired from working on Animal Farm?
2. What was the windmill eventually used for and why? How did the change
in use of the windmill reflect a change in the "spirit of Animalism"?
3. Why did the animals feel honoured and privileged to be members of Animal
Farm?
4. Why did Squealer take the sheep to a secluded part of the farm?
5. What became of the original Seven Commandments? Explain what happened
and why.
6. Why did Pilkington seem to be so impressed by the operation of Animal
Farm?
7. What changes to Animal Farm were announced by Napoleon, and what was
the significance of those changes?
8. Why could Clover not tell the difference between the faces of the pigs
and the faces of the men, on the last page of the novel?
9. At the end of the story, the previously friendly Pilkington and Napoleon
are arguing again. Why? What might this represent?
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