Animal Farm
Animal Farm: Orwell and His Political Satire The story of Animal Farm begins when a boar on the farm, Old Major, assembles all the animals on Manor Farm together. ... One night, the animals take over the farm by defeating their owner Mr. Jones by scaring him off of the farm. They then change the name of the farm from Manor Farm to Animal Farm and take a vow to make Old Major’s dream come true. Animal Farm, under these inspired animals does very well in the beginning. The pig Snowball is helping to teach the animals to read so that they can be more involved in the politics of the farm. ... No animal shall wear clothes. ... No animal shall sleep in a bed. ... No animal shall drink alcohol. ... No animal shall kill any other animal. ... Jones comes back to try to fight off the animals and regain his farm, however the animals are again victorious and they call it the Battle of the Cowshed. ... At the meeting to vote on whether to take up the project, Snowball gives a passionate speech to boost the moral of the animals, because life has turned hard on the farm. Although Napoleon gives only a brief angry reply, he then makes a strange noise, and nine attack dogs—the puppies that Napoleon had taken away in order teach come charging into the barn and chase Snowball from the farm. Now bad happens as Napoleon takes over Animal Farm and cancels meetings with the Animals. ... When anything goes wrong on the farm, he blames Snowball (the fallen windmill) and because the animals for the most part have poor memories, they come to accept this as true. ... Years pass on Animal Farm, and the pigs become more and more like human: walking upright, carrying whips, and wearing clothes. ... " Napoleon has over a near by farmer for dinner and declares his intent to ally himself with the human farmers against the laboring classes of both the human and animal communities.