After decades of the animals being suppressed they have a meeting in the barn. Mr. Jones, the drunken human owner of the farm, is sleeping soundly in his bed. The oldest animal there, Old Major, who is a pig, talks of their submissive existence in which man uses their labour for his benefit all the while abusing them. He next talks about Animalism; a government in which Animals rule themselves without humans for the benefit of animals. The animals begin a revolution in which Mr. Jones is forcibly banished from the farm.

The pigs quickly learn to read and write. They write commandments for all animals to follow and for the good of all animals. The pigs organize the animals to run the farm. The animals do very well in doing so.

Mr. Jones tries to retake the farm, but Snowball's clever defence fights off Mr. Jones. The conflict between Snowball and Napoleon builds up when Snowball proposes that a windmill be built. Napoleon takes over and banishes Snowball.

Napoleon uses the dogs to enforce his orders through terrorism. Apples go missing along with milk. Animals

This book shows the problems with communism very clearly. The government may have been set up to serve the animals, but when a corrupt leader came along, he was able to press the animals into basic slavery for his own power and glory. The government then served the ruling class not the rest. This book shows the nature of a totalitarian government.

Napoleon decides that a windmill should be built after all. After half completing it, a tornado blows it down. Napoleon blames it on Snowball. The pigs become more like people and start to slowly change for the worse.

I related to this book from the time I thought it was a simple story about barnyard animals to the point where I had taken some time to think more of the true purpose of the book.

I. Relating to the story: As I was reading this book I really enjoyed the narration of the characters. At first they appeared to be smart, funny animals. However, as I noticed that the animals were talking and reading it made me think that there might be another purpose to the book. The characters became very interesting and I could relate to many of them: I could relate to Snowball because I often have many ideas and people sometimes dislike my ideas and threaten me. I could also relate to the sheep in the book. I couldn't relate to the

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