Animal Farm George Orwell

Character/theme Analysis Research Paper Graphic Organizer

Complete each sentence prompt to build the elements of a complete character analysis.
You must include the following in your essay:
1. Five to seven vocabulary words from your various lists
2. Several of all types of syntax sentence structure: simple, compound, complex and compound-complex.
3. Lead-ins and parenthetical documentation for every quote from the primary and secondary text.
Thesis Statement

You cant begin a quality essay without establishing a guiding statement from which all ideas extend.
Within the statement name the character, his beginning personality and/or behaviors, changes and ending traits in broad terms. Those
three things will be the foundation of your body paragraphs.

You MUST use phrases and key words from the prompt or assignment.
Thesis
Claim
Statement /

Napoleon and Snowball, through power, manipulate and reign over other companions.

Your response in each row should contain ONE SENTENCE. You will combine the sentences later to create a
cohesive analytical paragraph.

Introduction
1. Make a general
comment about the
subject matter of your
thesis stmt / claim

Use key words from the

prompt or topic.
2. Relate your general
subject matter to what
the author addresses in
the literature.
You must include the
authors name and the title
of the literary work here.
3. Brief description of the
character you are
analyzing and who they
are, what happens to
them in life in general
terms. Explain some
part or his or her life that
relates to the first three
sentences of this
introduction. .

4. Explain why it is
essential that this
character be analyzed
along with this theme.
Psychological, emotional,
physical results, etc. Be
broad but specific to your
chosen character

Although power is a desire, it can corrupt the mind of people and can quickly transform
from humble to a constant greed for more control.

George Orwell, an English novelist, reveals the concept of communism and totalitarianism
through Napoleon the main character of his novel.

Napoleon and Snowball are intelligent pigs who manipulate and take a totalitarianism act
to manage the farm animals by giving the animals orders.

Power over those who are dumbfounded seem to overcome Napoleon and transform him
into something much worse the animals enemy.

5. What happens to this

character in the literature
that relates to the theme
you have chosen?

Napoleon becomes obsessive with power and greed that he turns on his own kind just to
take leadership.

What point are you trying to

make?
Connect all of the previous
information to what it is you
want the reader to see in
your character.

Orwell uses Napoleon and Squealer to express the act of totalitarianism and knowledge to
get what they want in which they betray those who are less intelligent.
6. Thesis Statement / Claim

Body Paragraph 1 Character/Theme Analysis

1.

Topic Sentence
Make a statement
about what this
paragraph will
contain.

2.

Expand on the topic

sentence with a
description of the
character in general
terms but more
specific than in the
introduction

As a pig Napoleon controls the farm animals through militant posturing, and knowledge.

Napoleon reveals himself as a dictator who uses a totalitarian system to control the animals giving orders to receive what
he wants.

Include a lead-in and proper parenthetical documentation.

3.

Include a primary
source quote to
support your analysis

4.

Describe what your

primary source quote
does to support your
analysis. Why is it
important for the
reader to understand
your analysis?
5. Include a quote from
your secondary
source the
research.
This quote should
support your analysis
and back up your
primary source quote.

Napoleon read out the orders for the week in a gruff soldierly style, and after a single singing of Beasts of England, all
the animals dispersed.

Do not begin with this quote shows

Napoleon changes rolls to seem more then what he is by talking in a soldierly style because he believes he has all control.

Include a lead-in and proper parenthetical documentation.

Lacking concrete plans for Animal Farm, Napoleon achieves political aims by subverting Snowball's authority and by
seizing psychological control through militant posturing, intimidation, and brainwashing. A fable in itself, this sequence
mirrors the ominous motifs of classic Aesopic lore, which characteristically anticipates torture, maiming, exile, and death
as appropriate punishments of the unwary.

6. Why is this
statement important
to include in your
analysis? What
further insight does it
provide? How does it
relate to your topic?

Do not begin with this quote relates to my topic because

Totalitarianism is a system which Napoleon follows by ordering the animals around and exiling those who disobey his
orders also misleading the animals with false methods by telling the animals what they want to hear but isnt quite right.

7. Describe /

Napoleon intelligent and powerful creates a monster out of himself having power corrupt
his mind.

8.

Pigs are the smart ones on the farm so they abuse the ability of working the animals on the farm

summarize the
characters
personality,
behaviors, etc. as
you have analyzed it
from the first several
chapters of the
novel.

Body Paragraph 2 Character/Theme Analysis

Topic Sentence
Make a statement
about what this
paragraph will
contain.

9.

Expand on the topic

sentence with a
description of the
character in general
terms but more
specific than in the
introduction
10. Include a primary
source quote to
support your analysis

Snowball another intelligent pig emerges with Napoleon to take control of all animals on farm by separating animals
among classes.

11. Describe what your

primary source quote
does to support your
analysis. Why is it
important for the
reader to understand
your analysis?
12. Include a quote from
your secondary
source the
research.

Do not begin with this quote shows

Snowball and Napoleon assume they have leadership and they do nothing other than
supervising the animals.

This quote should

support your analysis
and back up your
primary source quote.
13. Why is this
statement important
to include in your
analysis? What
further insight does it
provide? How does it
relate to your topic?

Include a lead-in and proper parenthetical documentation.

Orwell states The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With
their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership. (n. pag.).

Include a lead-in and proper parenthetical documentation.

As the pigs gain power, unrepentantly perverting the aims of the rebellion, they use
language as a weapon, an uncannily subtle manner in which to control the animals.

Do not begin with this quote relates to my topic because

Power has overcome snowball and napoleon they begin to use language as a strength of
dictatorship and the pigs centralize themselves as a small government which demonstrates
the system of totalitarianism.

14. Describe /

summarize the
characters
personality,
behaviors, etc. as
you have analyzed it
from the first several
chapters of the
novel.

Snowball

Conclusion
1.

Restate the thesis

statement/claim
See the first
sentence of the
sample essay.

2.

Include a secondary
source quote to
support your overall
ideas of character
development and
change within the
novel.

3.

Write one sentence

that summarizes the
analysis in your body
paragraph.

4. Describe /

summarize the
characters
personality,
behaviors, etc. as
you have analyzed it
in this essay.
Describe what the
result is from the
characters transition
or changes. What
happens to him in
the end?

Power is a long term goal which can ruin the mind set for everyone as Napoleon and Snowball have been mind corrupted
with power leading to a communism farm.

Include a lead-in and proper parenthetical documentation.

Greenblatt States Communism is no more or less evil than Fascism or Capitalism they
are all illusions which are inevitably used by the pigs as a means of satisfying their greed
and their lust for power. ( n. pag.).

Snowball and Napoleon use their intelligence to manipulate every animal in thinking they would be lead to success.

The way they walk, talk, and give orders Napoleon and Snowball evolved into what was
trying to be banned, their worst enemy.

Ideas to Consider
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Defining the Role

Whether youre putting together an analysis of a main character or a minor character, it is important that your essay address the
role she plays in the story. Some roles, such as the protagonist and antagonist, may be obvious. Main characters can also serve
more complex roles than the simple protagonist definition. A lead character can be an underdog, an anti-hero, a tragic hero or
even an unwilling hero.
Discovering the purpose of a minor character often takes closer examination. Minor characters may be flat, two-dimensional
people who remain unchanged throughout the course of a story, or three-dimensional, rounded characters who experience their
own metamorphosis. These characters might serve as foils for the main characters, as older and wiser advisers, as sidekicks or
even as obstacles the main characters must overcome.

Finding Motivation
Everyone wants something, especially a character in a literary work. Whether a hero desperate to complete a quest, a villain
determined to stop him or a minor character along for the ride, each character in a story will have identifiable wants and needs.
Quite often, though, what a character wants is in direct opposition to what he really needs. For example, a man longing for the
attention of a woman out of his league might need to realize that hell only find true love when he sees his female sidekick in a
romantic light. At the college level, character analysis essays should go beyond simply identifying the wants and needs
motivating the characters; they should also address how the characters affect one another.

Addressing the Arc

While some minor characters are unchanging, most characters will be markedly different at the end of a story than they were at
the beginning. While main characters, such as the protagonist, often make the most dramatic, obvious changes, minor
characters also have a story arc. They might make only subtle changes, such as a sidekick quietly letting go to allow the hero to
find love or finish her mission alone. The arcs of unchanging characters should also be addressed, as they will most likely have
encountered situations in which theyve made the choice not to change.
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Describe the physical appearance of the character and explain what the appearance reveals about the person.
Discuss the language that the character uses throughout the work. Does the character use the same language throughout or
does his or her choice of language change from the introduction to the conclusion?
If provided, include details about the background of the character (some of these details may have to be inferred).
Where/when was the character born and raised? What kind of education does the character have? How does the character's
past experience influence what he or she does or says?
Write about the personality of the character. Does the character act on emotions or reason? What values does the character
exhibit through words or actions? Does the character have goals or ambitions?
Describe and analyze the relationships that the character has with others in the story. Does the character lead or follow
others in the story? Does the character have close friends and family?
Explain the struggle or conflict that the character faces beyond the obvious what are the internal struggles as well as the
external conflicts.
Describe the important actions of the character. What do these actions tell the reader about the character and how the
character faces the conflict?