Animal Farm is a book of political satire that takes place on a typical English farm in when England was still in the Agricultural Age. It was written by George Orwell in 1954, August 17. The particular farm is called Manor Farm. The story also uses a third-person narrator to comment on events indirectly and how animals perceive certain events. Our tale begins in in the big barn where Old Major, ( a prize winning pig) has gathered all the animals to relate to them one last message before he goes. He relates to all present that all animals under human care are mistreated and should be liberated. He tells them how rebellion is the only way to achieve this and soon after he dies. Under the leadership of Squealer, Napolean, and Snowball the animals prepare to run Mr. Jones off the farm. Mr. Jones gets drunk one night and comes down to whip the animals into submission. Initially this goes well but after the animals gather around Mr. Jones and kick him off the farm. The dog dies and Napoleon secretly raises her pups as his own. The farm is renamed to “Animal Farm.” The animals come up with seven commandments to never be disobeyed: 1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animals shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal. The pigs go to milk the cows and all the animals go out to harvest and when they return the milk is gone. But all the animals are happy with their new lives and they work hard and get lots of food. Every sunday Napoleon and Snowball call all the animals into the barn and they debate. The pigs are the most intelligent so they lead the debate topics. Soon a school is set up but most of the animals cannot remember the seven commandments, so Snowball tells them to remember “4-legs good, 2-legs bad.” Snowball tries to make life better but Napoleon opposes his efforts. Soon the pigs increase in their power over the other animals and threaten that if the other animals will not listen then Mr. Jones will come back. Snowball and Napoleon send pidgeons too all the other farms and this leads the animals to kick out their masters in rebellion. Napoleon and Snowball feud constantly until one day, after the idea of the Windmill is proposed to provide electricity, Napoleon sends his dogs to run snowball off the farm. Napoleon says that he was protecting Animal Farm from Snowball who, he said, was working for Mr. Jones. He then makes himself in charge of Animal Farm. He then steals the idea of the windmill as his own. Building the windmill causes large food shortages so this forces Napoleon to open up
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Squealer comes out and reports that the last law Napoleon wishes to pass is to ban alcohol. However he recovers and gets manuals on how to brew whiskey and changes the law to, “No animal can drink alcohol to excess.”
Napoleon wants to build a school for his piglets and distracts the animals from all the hardships by making them think of all their achievements. Napoleon declare Animal Farm a Republic and he gets unanimously voted in.
Boxer collapses from exhausting himself one day and Napoleon promises him to be taken to a Veterinarian but instead sends him off to a glue factory for extra money. The only one who sees this is boxer’s best friend, Benjamin. Napoleon reports that Boxer died in the hospital and that his last words glorified Napoleon. Napoleon offers to make a banquet in Boxer’s memory but the pigs by lots of whiskey.
Years go by and when the population increases the pigs and dogs continue to do only manual labor while the other animals are subjugated. Squealer takes the little animals out and teaches them the song, “4-legs are good, but 2-legs are better.” The other animals are terrified and they observe as the Animal farm becomes Manor Farm once more and the flag is replaced with a standard green
Squealer comes out and reports that the last law Napoleon wishes to pass is to ban alcohol. However he recovers and gets manuals on how to brew whiskey and changes the law to, “No animal can drink alcohol to excess.”
Napoleon wants to build a school for his piglets and distracts the animals from all the hardships by making them think of all their achievements. Napoleon declare Animal Farm a Republic and he gets unanimously voted in.
Boxer collapses from exhausting himself one day and Napoleon promises him to be taken to a Veterinarian but instead sends him off to a glue factory for extra money. The only one who sees this is boxer’s best friend, Benjamin. Napoleon reports that Boxer died in the hospital and that his last words glorified Napoleon. Napoleon offers to make a banquet in Boxer’s memory but the pigs by lots of whiskey.
Years go by and when the population increases the pigs and dogs continue to do only manual labor while the other animals are subjugated. Squealer takes the little animals out and teaches them the song, “4-legs are good, but 2-legs are better.” The other animals are terrified and they observe as the Animal farm becomes Manor Farm once more and the flag is replaced with a standard green