Chapter One Characters

Chapter One introduces three main characters: Mr. Jones, Moses, and Old Major. While Moses represents religion that is run by government and how the government can exploit the religion to meet its ends, Mr. Jones and Old Major each represent specific people in Russian history.

Mr. Jones represents Tsar Nicholas II
Old Major represents Karl Marx
Research a little bit about the one that you are assigned and find out about the historical person.

Share something that you found surprising about the historical person.
Give an example from chapter 1 that shows you how the author felt about that person or his ideas.
What is the funniest or most accurate portrayal based on your research that Orwell uses?
Post your findings on this site. Tomorrow you will have to answer one of your classmates postings from the other historical person.

Animal Farm Characters and Historical People

Each of you was assigned a character/animal from the novel, and that person correlates to a historical person. Please post a picture of your animal and your historical person with a brief summary of the historical person. (Please follow the directions Mrs. Moninger gave in class.)