Chapter+6


 * Chapter 6 **

**Summary **
**In this chapter, life on the farm becomes worse, except for the pigs. Mr. Whymper, a solicitor in Willingdon, goes to Animal Farm every Monday to help connect the farm with the outside world by following Napoleon's orders. The humans begin respecting how efficiently the animals are managing the farm; they now call it Animal Farm instead of Manor Farm. Clover thinks that the pigs' sleeping in the house's beds defies the Fourth Commandment, but Squealer explains to her that the beds do not have sheets, which defines the Fourth Commandment. After a very windy night in November, the animals wake up to see that the elm tree and flagstaff have been blown over, and the windmill has been destroyed by Snowball, according to Napoleon. **

**Pattern** Changes
**At this point, the reader can obviously tell how unequal the pigs and other animals are. The pigs enjoy a comfortable, indoor home while the animals laboriously construct the windmill. Their efforts are crushed when the windmill breaks, and Napoleon illogically puts Snowball at the scene. The pigs live the luxurious life, as all the animals previously dreamed of doing, and the other animals' lives are worse than they were with Mr. Jones. **



**Important Quotes **
**"Long live Animal Farm!" (71) - Napoleon's way of inspiring the animals to take pride in their farm. **

**"I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right" (61) - Both represent how Boxer seems entranced by Napoleon's leadership. This quote shows how the  middle class looks to Napoleon's words as life or death. **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">"You would not rob us of our repose, would you, comrades? You would not have us too tired to carry out our duties? Surely none of you wishes to see Jones back?" (80) - Shows how the pigs are imposing fear on the animals. They continuously remind the animals of Jones's rule so that the animals disregard their corruption. This quote symbolizes how the people of Russia were swayed by Stalin's newspaper in which he used false propaganda, just like the animals were swayed by Squealer's charismatic skills. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">

**<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 25px;">Parallels **

 * The quote "Long live Animal Farm!" is similar to "Long live USSR." Both quotes represent inspired pride in the people's land. **



** Interactions between Napoleon, Frederick, and Pilkington represent the Non-Aggression Pact that Stalin signed with Hitler. By not talking to Frederick or Pilkington simultaneously, Napoleon shows the sly behavior that takes place before the breaking of the pact between the two counterparts of the animals or Stalin and Hitler. ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Napoleon blaming Snowball represents how, when communism began, governments used the threat of communism as the scapegoat for their harsh behavior. **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%; line-height: 25px;">Character Parallels

 * Whymper- "an intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world” (77) and the first human that Napoleon contacts after the Battle of Cowshed. He receives and passes on communications from Napoleon to the other humans. Whymper is described as “a sly-looking man with side whiskers, a solicitor in a very small way of business, but sharp enough to have realized earlier than anyone else that Animal Farm would need a broker and that the commissions would be worth having” (77-78). Whymper is an easy man for Napoleon to take advantage of since he is in it for the money. **
 * Whymper is an allusion to the Westerners that catered to Soviet interests and helped spread the Soviet myth, whether they did so for personal profit or out of simple gullibility. There are few better doubles for Whymper than the intellectual Lincoln Steffens, who, after visiting the Soviet Union in the early 1920s, said, “I’ve seen the future, and it works.” It was the casual proclamations of such whimpering intellectuals that Orwell worked to destroy with Animal Farm. **


 * Boxer- A dedicated horse with a great work ethic that can be seen when "Clover warns him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself" (75). His two slogans, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right" (75), also demonstrate his work ethic. He is an allegory of the Russian proletariat - the powerful but often simple-minded working class. **


 * Muriel- the white goat without an opinion; can read fairly well and helps Clover decipher the alteration to the Fourth Commandment. Muriel represents a subtle, revelatory influence because of her willingness to help bring things to light. Muriel represents the minority of working class Russian people who are educated enough to decide things for themselves and find critical and hypocritical problems with their leaders. Unfortunately for the other animals, Muriel is not charismatic or inspired enough to take action and oppose Napoleon and his pigs. **

==Clover- the good hearted horse that realizes the pigs are violating the Fourth Commandment. She is one of the few animals who questions the authority of the pigs, and she believes that the Fourth Commandment had a ruling against sleeping in beds. Clover is unable to read, so she asks Muriel to read out the fourth commandment to her. She didn't remember that the Fourth Commandment states that "no animal shall sleep in a bed //with sheets//" (67). After realizing this, Clover blames herself for forgetting the part about sheets and is later swayed when Squealer informs her and Muriel that the pigs need the beds for their brain work. Clover represents a matriarch on the farm; she cares for Boxer and many of the other animals on the farm. Clover is shown as a working class woman with few rights in Russia at the time. She realizes that the pigs are becoming corrupt, yet she does not speak up and is swayed by what Squealer tells her.==