Napoleon gets a new name, and is now formally referred to as "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon." (He is becoming a dictator). He also gets his own holiday honoring his birthday, which is greatly celebrated with gunshots. (He is basically like an animal Hitler. So amazing at first, and everybody loves him, but then you get to see his plan and what is underneath.)
There are some rumors stating that Pilkington Farm treats their animals poorly and is planning an attack on Animal Farm and that Snowball has been hiding there the entire time. Napoleon tells everyone the rumors have been greatly exaggerated and …show more content…
Nearly all the animals are wounded (including Napoleon). The pigs celebrate their "victory" by dressing up in clothes (commandment #3) and drinking alcohol (commandment #5) inside the farmhouse (commandment #4).
There wasn't any victory, even though they won. Every animal was either dead or wounded, and the windmill was destroyed. 2 days were given to celebrations of “victory” and funerals.
The battle becomes known as “The Battle of the Windmill.”
Squealer calls the animals together to tell them the terrible news that Napoleon is sick and dying. There were rumors started that Snowball had expertly put poison into his food, or his sickness might have just been from them drinking alcohol, which was not allowed in the first place. But it was now made a rule that any animal who drinks alcohol will be punished by death.
One night, there was a loud bang. The animals rushed out to see what had happened. There was a broken latter and a lantern hanging there. The next day Muriel is reading the commandments and notices that #5 has been changed to, “No animal shall drink alcohol...TO