Inversion of Revolution

• 'Rolled in the dew', 'Sweet summer grass', 'Rich Scent'- Utopian Semantic Field

  The idealistic nature of the start of revolution.

  It can only get worse from here.
• 'Rolled in the dew', 'Sweet summer grass', 'Rich Scent'
• 'They were gored, kicked, bitten, trampled on'- Asyndetic List

  Anger and no mercy.

  You are only equal if you are a communist.
• 'They were gored, kicked, bitten, trampled on'
• 'Animal Hero, First Class', 'Animal Hero, Second Class'- Military Motif

  A descent at the end of each chapter.

  Animal farm is becoming more militaristic which is a human feature.

  Leaders start to realise the true power they can have.
• 'Animal Hero, First Class', 'Animal Hero, Second Class'
• 'If they had no more food than they had in Jones' day, at least they did not have less'- Satire

  The aftermath of revolution is always thought to be better than what precedes it.

  The leaders achieve this using propaganda.
• 'If they had no more food than they had in Jones' day, at least they did not have less'
• 'A ceremonial manner'- Dramatic Irony

  The nature of animalism is becoming more and more tradition and idealistic ideas.

  Societies unwilling to adapt themselves are less likely to survive.
• 'A ceremonial manner'
• 'Crept away in a body'- Metaphor

  Melancholy reaction to the deaths.

  The animals can still group as one, although as a symbol of death.

  Not aware of their powers in numbers.
• 'Crept away in a body'
• 'It was a clear spring evening'- Utopian Imagery

  Animal farm is at its most poetic.

  This shows that the animals did in fact die for something if the animals could be able to discover their powers in numbers.
• 'It was a clear spring evening'
• 'At the opposite end to the 7 commandments'- Symbolism

  Poem about Napoleon is the inversion of what is written in the 7 commandments.

  Napoleonism could not be further from Animalism.
• 'At the opposite end to the 7 commandments'
• 'The solemn booming of a gun'- Depressive Imagery

  The battle was a defeat as the windmill had been destroyed.

  The animals are no longer protecting animalism but now Napoleonism.

  Would it have been better for the humans to win?
• 'The solemn booming of a gun'
• 'The order of the green banner'- Metaphor

  Napoleon receives this after doing nothing in battle.

  He is caught up in self-obsession.

  It has no meaning, he is drifting further from animalism.
• 'The order of the green banner'
• 'Green ribbons'- Irony

  The pigs have become like Mollie who they kicked off the farm.

  Pigs are obsessed with materialism.

  Power over those that have nothing.
• 'Green ribbons'
• 'More songs, more speeches, more processions'- Asyndetic Triad

  Animal farm now has a symbolic existence.

  It has become more human.

  This has a tone of not caring; all things are the same.
• 'More songs, more speeches, more processions'
• 'The friendly feelings that subsisted'- Foreshadowing

  Allegory to the conferences at the end of the war, Orwell predicts the cold war.

  He understands that countries with equal power will be unhappy and strive to be the greatest.
• 'The friendly feelings that subsisted'
• 'If you have your lower animals...we have our lower classes'- Symbolism

  Both communism and capitalism are the same.

  The only difference is that communism is a cycle, those who grab power misuse it.
• 'If you have your lower animals...we have our lower classes'
• 'The white hoof and horn...had been removed'- Irony

  The symbol of animalism, and therefore its existence, has been fully removed.

  The pigs live in luxury, the naivety of the animals allows this.
• 'The white hoof and horn...had been removed'