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 Squealer gain total control over Animal Farm through lying and deceitfulness
because Napoleon trusts that this will be the best way to make the farm stronger.

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

Many governments deceive and lie to the people concerning the issues that take place
behind the scenes.

In George Orwells Animal Farm, Napoleon and Squealer portrays lying and deceitfulness
to take dominance over the farm.

While Manor Farm declines, Napoleon continues to tell the animals false information
about the farms progression. Napoleon uses his sidekick Squealer, the main propagandist,
to persuade the animals about the constant mishaps of failures trending on Manor Farm.

Napoleon, the one with worst attitude between himself and Snowball, has a horrible
attitude will not experience a paradigm shift

5. What happens to this

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

Napoleon believes that the only way that the farm will strengthen, consists of continuously
lying and deceiving the animals, so that they dont repel against him.

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.

Napoleon and Squealer gain total control over Animal Farm through lying and
deceitfulness because Napoleon trusts that this will be the best way to make the farm
6. Thesis Statement / Claim stronger.

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

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.

Leader of Animal farm, a fiend for power, Napoleon, deceives the animals on the farm for
his own being.

The character Napoleon is a vindictive, fierce, non-talkative boar but with the power he
has, can easily get away way with the mischievous action he takes place in

Napoleon cruel deceiving actions are starting to show For a long time there had been
rumors-circulated, he had reason to think, by some malignant enemy-that there was
something subversive and even revolutionary in the outlook of himself and his colleagues
(Orwell. No page).
Napoleon attempts to make a paradigm shift in the humans heads as he had done with the
animals on the farm.

Napoleon always finds a way to accomplish his ideas Malevolent Napoleon, though in
character not much of a talker (9), still he adequately fits words and articulatory
dynamics to objects (Elbarbury, No Page).

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

7. Describe /

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

Napoleon is a smart boar, does not talk much, but when he does he puts words together
that deceive the other animals and makes them believable.

Napoleon also uses coercion to help his stand on the farm, making no animal against him,
because there will be a consequence.

Body Paragraph 2 Character/Theme Analysis

8.

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

9.

Napoleon uses his sidekick Squealer often to get what he desires.

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

Squealer also having a slick mouth, with powerful words, and uses it to persuade he
animals.

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.

Squealer wants all the animals to understand that without them (the pigs) on the farm, they
will be nothing.

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?

Squealer master of deceiving tells animals that We pigs are brainworkers. The whole
management and organization of this farm depend on us (Orwell, n.page).

The Animals minds are so feeble that Squealer can say anything and they believe.
Squealer is a master manipulator of his approving listeners and his oratorical competence
continues unabated throughout the novel (Elbarbary, n.page).

Napoleon preferred Squealer out of all the other pigs because he will always find a way to
convince the animals that Napoleon is their best option, and that they have no choice.

14. Describe /

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

Squealer continues throughout the while novel deceiving the animals, convincing them that
there is nothing going wrong when there is corruption behind the scenes. When the animals
starts to question Napoleons actions, Squealer always finds a way to sway the animals that
Napoleon is doing everything he can to help them.

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.

Napoleon and Squealer utilizes the trait of lying and deceit to gain control over the farm.

Napoleon deceives his followers with a sneakily rewritten interpretation of one of the
commandments: "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others
(Snodgrass, n. page)

All the animals believe the pigs have more rank and are more powerful than any other
animal on the farm.
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?

Napoleon succeeds in receiving all the power, from the animals and the humans, he
continues ruling the farm with coercion to keep is dominance over the land.

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?