AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 2
The system of beliefs developed by the pigs from Old Major’s teachings, initially promising animal unity, freedom from human rule and equality.
Revise: Plot overviewOver the following three months, the pigs develop his teachings into Animalism and teach the others. The Rebellion itself is not a carefully timed operation: when Jones and his men neglect to feed the animals, hunger drives them to break into the food store. They fight back against the men’s whips and expel them.
- Revise: Chapters 1 and 2
The system of ideas that Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer develop from Old Major’s teachings, based on animal solidarity, freedom from human exploitation and equality.