2/23/2009

Summary of Animal Farm

On a farm somewhere in England, there were animals that were unhappy with how their lives were going. One night the oldest pig on the farm, Major, called a meeting. He said to his fellow farm animals that there should be a rebellion and they should over ride Mr. Jones, the head farmer. Major says this new way of living should be called "Animalism". Major died three nights later, and the animals decided to take it upon themselves to honor Major's memory and initiate the rebellion. The animals banned together under the leadership of Snowball and Napoleon, two pigs, and chased Mr. Jones, and all his workers off the land and took it for themselves. The first thing they did was make a victory lap around the farm and throw away all of the items that reminded them of the times that they were enslaved. Snowball and Napoleon decided it would be best to make some rules. They made 7 rules, that outlined what it was to be animal such as: "all being that walk on two legs are enemy", and "no animal shall kill a fellow animal" Things go well for a while, until Snowball and Napoleon decide to start indulging themsleves in the luxuries of being human. They begin to sleep in the house of Mr. Jones, wear clothes, and drink alcohol. The other animals are able to see this change and aren't quite sure what to do about it. Then one day, Napoleon called out his "guard" dogs, and killed snowball. Napoleon began a dictatorship. He started making working conditions and food rations unfair, and he even started killing off fellow animals. Napoleon begins making deals with the neighboring farmers to get more alcohol and one night things went awry. Napoleon was inside with the other farmers and they were laughing, playing cards and drinking. Soon, they started arguing, and the other animals heard the commotion and came to look. One of the mares, Millie, was able to look through the window, and she couldnt tell the difference between the men and the pigs.
That is how the story ends.

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