Mr.+Whymper

Mr. Whymper - Lincoln Steffens



Mr. Whymper - A business man who saw potential in the success of animal farm
 * First appears in the book 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" (pg. 46)
 * U ﻿ sed as both a trade source and a tool of propaganda.
 * Appears infrequently in the novel, but greatly affects the outside world's opinion on Animal Farm.

Lincoln Steffens- intellectual historian and writer McClure's Magazine
 * Wrote for several magazines and newspapers such as the New York Evening Post and
 * ==== First visited Russia in 1919, and again in 1921. ====
 * He Interviewed Lenin and believed him to be a tolerant liberal.
 * Believed in socialism, but never became a member of the American Communist Party.

Quotes- ﻿Mr. Whymper & Lincoln Steffens; Similarities
 * " ...Heaven and Hell are one place, and we all go there. To those who are prepared, it is heaven; to those who are not fit and ready, it is hell." -Lincoln Steffens
 * This quote relates to the level of comfort and luxury experienced by the pigs, who thought, planned, and schemed, while the other animals who counted on the pigs for answers, were left to work long days with little food.
 * "I have seen the future and it works" - Lincoln Steffens
 * This quote provides a significant parallel to Animal Farm, when Mr. Whymper is "coincidentally" led through the feed storage area, and sees all of the grain bins full to the brim. Napolean actually had the majority of the bins filled with sand, to give the impression of being full, and Lenin might have done the same type of acts for Lincoln's visit.
 * Admitted that "It was harder on the real reds than it was on us liberals" -Lincoln Steffens
 * This quote is remarking upon the difficulty involved in living the life of a Soviet, not just a liberal American, but a true russian communist. The neighboring farms were doing well, while the animals on Animal Farm were all starving and working harder than ever to make ends meet.

References & Additional links http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsteffens.htm   http://www.shmoop.com/animal-farm/mr-whymper.html Shmoop Editorial Team. (November 11, 2008). Mr. Whymper in Animal Farm. Retrieved from http://www.shmoop.com/ani

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Simkin, J. (N/A). //Lincoln Steffens//. Retrieved from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsteffens.htm