Animal Farm

A detailed Summary of Animal Farm

Revolution is defined as a fundamental change in political organization, more specifically, the overthrow of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed. This is especially true in describing George Orwell's book Animal Farm. Too many younger children, who have come across this great piece of work, this is just a book about a few pigs taking over a farm after their previous leader dies. But to many older individuals, who have read and researched this book, it is quite clear that this book is about a revolution. Orwell uses the animals in the book to portray major political leaders of his time. Some are easy to recognize, while others take a little reading to figure out exactly who they are. It is easy to see just after finishing the first few chapters of Animal Farm, how Orwell uses the animals of the farm to represent major political leaders of his time and show how a revolution comes into existence.

Right from the beginning of the book Old Major, the old, wise pig leader, informs all the animals of the farm about a dream he had. He tells them that animals do all of the work, produce all of the products, get treated unfairly, and get slaughtered when they prove to be no longe

After Old Major dies, two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon take over because the pigs are thought to be the smartest of all the animals on the farm. The pigs have taught themselves to read and write so they change the name of the farm from Manor Farm to Animal farm. Despite being new to running a farm on their own, the animals manage to do a great job and do it in less time than it took them under the leadership of the humans. Every Sunday, the animals come together and have meetings about the work to be done, and to celebrate the rebellion. This is similar to what people would do once the government they hated was overthrown, everyone is happy right away and does good work and things are going well. But of course, this can never last, as it will not on Animal Farm. After the animals get back from working in the fields, they notice all the milk is gone. When questioned, Napoleon replies to not worry about it and to focus on the harvest. This foreshadows how Napoleon will turn out to be towards the end of the book.

Snowball and Napoleon write up seven commandments that get posted on the barn wall, and start to teach the animals how to read. For those that can not learn to read, like the sheep, Snowball gives them all of the commandments in one easy line: FOUR LEGS GOOD, TWO LEGS BAD. Now Squealer, another pig who is a very persuasive talker, tells the animals the pigs need the milk because of all the brainwork they do, and that they need the new litter of puppies to train and educate. None of the animals think anything of this and go about their business. Squealer would be the person who spreads propaganda to the people and makes them believe it. Mr. Jones and his men come back and try to take the army, but it does not work. Snowball has trained the animals to protect the farm.

r useful. This is all because animals are enslaved by Man "the only creature that consumes without producing." Old Major soon dies, b

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