1.
Moses the Raven talks a lot about Sugarcandy mountain. What does this represent in the real world and why is it an important concept in the novel?

Moses the Raven works like a preacher in animal farm spreading the story of Sugarcandy mountain, “where every day is Sunday”, just beyond the clouds. This concept of animal heaven is scorned on by some, particulary the pigs, and believed in by others. All of the animals hate Moses because he doesn’t do any of the work, representing the small amount of labor high sections of religious sects do in the real world. Before the animal revolution against Jones, the pigs attempt to discourage the spreading of faith in Sugarcandy mountain. We can conclude that the pigs do this because if the animals believed that they would only gain happiness and freedom from opression after death then the animals would not fight so hard for a better life on this plain of being.


2.
The animals ask a number of questions about the possibility of a rebellion. What are these questions and how do you think they connect to the kind of questions people would ask in the real world about the possibility of a revolution?

“Why would we care what happens to us after we are dead?” This question would, and has undoubtedly been, posed to revolutionists world wide, and with good reason. It emphasises the selfish mentality of the few, whilst the aswer, if returned convincingly, can rally the many to fight for the common good of the present and future generations. If nothing is done in the now then nothing will ever be achieved, by the animals agreeing to fight for a revolution that may not happen in there time, then they are still rebelling, doing something against there opressors. And by feeling that they are helping and making a difference the animal’s, like people in the real world, loyalty to the revolution increases and there mentality improves.