The book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, takes place on a farm in England

during the time in which it was written, the 1940's. The purpose of this setting is to

give the world a simple example of how any type of government can fail, anywhere,

anytime. The Manor Farm is run by Mister Jones, who is in a drunken stupor at this

point in the novel due to the loss of a large lawsuit. When Mister Jones retires for the

evening, all of the animals on the farm gather in the big barn for a meeting called

upon by the eldest prized pig, old Major as he was called, to discuss a secret matter.

Old Major tells the animals of a secret plan, many years in the making yet without

action. The plan is for an overthrow of man by the animals. Old Major explains to the

animals that rebellion is the only way to escape their sorrowful, meaningless lives in

order to live free and rich. "Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from

the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever" (Orwell

6). Because there are so many characters who come

another pig who is Snowball's opposite. Napoleon secretly trained nine puppies from

always looking for remarkable quotes while I am reading to build on and use in future

pigs do not realize is the fact that they disagree on everything. Shortly after the

regular Sunday meeting some time after the animals' victory, Snowball argued with

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