The whips represent the type of regime that has taken over on the farm: a authoritarianism. I am sure you can take that further if you think about it. Sounds like a homework question, so here is something to think about: how Snowball was chased out of the farm and the things that Napoleon told the other livestock about snowball--the lies; the pigs moving in the house and sleeping on the bed, and how the amendments keep on changing. I haven't read the book in a while but go through it and take that thesis and developed it.
Chapter 10.
It symbolizes totalitarian state force.
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pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters.
The ribbons in Animal Farm represent the "badge of slavery", which means if the animal works hard he or she is rewarded with a ribbon, and is expected to do work better on the farm.
The animals in "Animal Farm" represent different groups of people and political ideologies in society.
Mollie represents the bourgeoisie or upper class in Animal Farm.
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Animal farm the book represents the Russian 1917 revolution. The animals represent russians. The farm represents Russia.
Vladimir Lenin.