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[edit] Mr. Frederick

I noticed, as another person has, that it doesn't state anywhere that Mr. Frederick is an allegory for Germany. Since he doesn't have a page of his own, it would make sense to add this to his description. I'm not allowed to edit the page, can someone do it for me? Thanks. 72.93.241.60 (talk) 21:54, 19 April 2010 (UTC) I should also say that Mollie represents the Russian aristocracy. 72.93.241.60 (talk) 22:02, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Do you have reliable sources for this information, or is it original research? Doniago (talk) 12:35, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
Well a source for Mr. Frederick is here: Appreciating Animal Farm in the New Millenium, by John Rodden. I can't find a source for Mollie, so I'll let that go. 72.93.241.60 (talk) 23:32, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
He's a farmer with a German name who supposedly throws his dogs into furnaces and launches the second invasion of the farm... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.16.85.100 (talk) 00:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Manor Farm/The Manor Farm

Napoleon doesn't revert the farm back to it's old name (Manor Farm) but to "The Manor Farm". In the closing paragraphs of the book (emphasis added):

"Mr Pilkington had referred throughout to 'Animal Farm'. He could not of course know - for he, Napoleon, was only for the first time announcing it - that the name 'Animal Farm' had been abolished. Henceforward the farm was to be known as 'The Manor Farm' - which, he believed, was its correct and original name. (...) "Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm!"

I am going to be bold and change it. HylandPaddy (talk) 14:04, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Archiving

I've turned on automatic archiving of this talk page...people keep replying to very old conversations that the original authors are unlikely to be watching anymore. Let me know if anyone objects or if the settings should be changed. Qwyrxian (talk) 03:47, 22 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] This Page is Truly Disgraceful

This page is the reason that teachers, scholars and many other detest Wikipedia. Whoever is in charge of editing this page must truly either not care for literature or is deliberately misinforming the readers of the significance of this literary work. There is virtually no description to the allegories (Germany, Poland, WWII etc.) that dominate this book, nor is there sufficient mention to the significance of the characters and events portrayed in this book. Whoever is in charge of this page, maybe you do not care for this book, but to mislead the less-than-educated masses that read this page is very wrong. SHAME ON YOU. Worst wiki page ever.

-Anonymous — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.152.79.118 (talk) 07:03, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

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