food and drink

• What do references to food represent in Animal Farm?

  Labor of the working class or capital of the ruling class
• How is food distributed among animals under human rule?

  Unequally based on labor contribution
• What does Mollie's return to human rule symbolize?

  Trivial comforts encouraging compliance
• What do the pigs eating milk and apples represent?

  Unfair consumption by the ruling class
• What happens to Boxer in his old age?

  He is sent to a glue factory
• What does the money from Boxer's sale symbolize?

  Workers sustaining the lifestyles of the rich
• What is the significance of the pigs dining with humans in the final scene?

  It exposes the gluttony of the ruling class
• What themes are represented by food in Animal Farm?

  • Labor of the working class
  • Capital of the ruling class
  • Unequal distribution of resources
  • Compliance through trivial comforts
  • Unfair consumption by the ruling class
• What are the implications of Boxer's fate in Animal Farm?

  • Betrayal of loyal workers
  • Exploitation in capitalist systems
  • Sacrifice for the ruling class's benefit
• How does Animal Farm illustrate class struggle?

  • Unequal food distribution
  • Special treatment for ruling class
  • Workers' exploitation for luxury
  • Final alliance between pigs and humans