Animal Farm Chapter 1

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel about rebellion where the animals are not under human control. Old Major is a Middle White boar who has a dream where animals live without (the tyranny of men; they are free, happy, well fed, and treated with dignity) (Spark Notes). Old Major´s purpose is to convey the idea that animals are the only way to run a farm. animals are not treated right there is going to be a rebellion. Old Major adopts a logical tone in order to show the animals they need to be treated greater if Mr. Jones wants them to work on the farm.

The food numbers are more extravagant while actual amount the animals eat is different, and Napoleon becomes more reclusive. He is also referred to more formally, written about in a poem, and given credit for things completely unassociated with him. Napoleon is still debating on whom the stack of firewood should be be sold to. Every time he leans towards one more, the other is pictured as a monster. The windmill is completed, and the animals are proud. When Napoleon decides to sell the wood to Frederick, a neighboring farm owner, he pays in fake money, and then attacks the windmill the next day. The men overpower the animals and destroy the windmill to less than rubble. The animals cry for vengeance as their work for the year was meaningless, and they are all injured one way or another or dead. The battle is still proclaimed a victory, and celebrate until news that Napoleon is dying reaches them. Napoleon’s last wish was apparently that drinking be punishable by death after whisky was found in the cellar. One night later, though, after Napoleon gets better, Squealer is found changing the rules on the barn by adding to excess to the rule about

The plot of Animal Farm is made of many events. There is the initial rebellion of the animals against Farmer Jones. This rebellion begins the rest of the story and struggles that come along. The animals are left having to figure out how to run the farm themselves while also keeping law and order. The pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, step up as leaders and create the Seven Commandments which start out as: “1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal” (Orwell 24). Snowball’s approach to freedom was an idea of complete equality; all the animals worked for their share of the food. Napoleon

The novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell expresses the idea of self-government through the animals. The animals play the role of humans. Because the animals decide that they want to run the farm by themselves, they make up a way of living called Animalism. The Seven Commandments (Animal Farm's Constitution) under which they live are based on these major principles of Animalism. As time passes, the Seven Commandments undergoes subtle changes as the pigs rewrite it to suit their own agenda. The Seven Commandments may be said to be the key to understanding Animal Farm.

Napoleon, the leader of all the animals of the Rebellion, can be compared and contrasted with Big Brother, the leader of all the people of 1984. Both Big Brother and Napoleon show the qualities of a cruel ruler. Similar to Big Brother, Napoleon is a secretive plotter who works behind the scenes rather than openly. However, unlike Napoleon, Big Brother periodically appears on the television screen. Napoleon and Big Brother both work continually to weaken their rivals, whether it is by removing Snowball or eliminate Rutherford. Both place importance on complicated ceremonies and parades to prevent their workers from thinking about their schemes. Napoleon’s control over animal farm is not as powerful as Big Brother's

One dark, misty night on Manor farm, the pigs were partying. They partied in the Jones house with Mr. Pilkington Napolean didn’t let any other animals into the house besides the pigs were so fat they couldn’t stand on two feet, they had to crawl. On the other hand the other animals were locked up in the barn and very mistreated; they were only fed leftover whiskey, milk, and apples.

Napoleon stated that he will educate the puppies, and help build the windmill to make life easier in the farm, made the animals think that Napoleon is a hard worker and always right. He uses that advantage to create dictatorship within the farm. By having the support of the pigs by his side, he is able to convince the community that is always right. By creating propaganda of praise by the animals, he becomes a symbol of hope to the community. When Boxer stated Napoleon is always right, so did the rest of the animals since Boxer was seen as a symbol of strength for the

Animal Farm is established with moral intentions. The neglected animals of the farm rise up to overthrow Jones, and imagine a society of fairness based on the experiences of old major, in which all animals will have justice and won’t be demoralized by the people anymore. Old Major quickly establishes that “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (Orwell 11). He also reminds them that the ways of man are completely immoral, and they must not ever implement any of their habits. Giving the animals a shared enemy is an effective way to control the population. That is the first sign of a totalitarian state emerging in Animal Farm. Instead of the entire farm determining rules together, two pigs frame the rules of Animalism for the supposed utopian-like Animal Farm. They read:

After the rebellion on Manor Farm and the banishment of Mr.Jones the animals set up seven guidelines in which to govern themselves by, known as the “Commandments”. All the animals on the farm help devise and inscribe them on the side of the barn to ensure their visibility to all. The pigs manipulation of these commandments to gain control over the other animals is an evidence of the power of language manipulation demonstrated in the novel. To begin, the pigs broke the commandment “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy” and through the use of powerful speech justify their actions to the other animals. “Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy. From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with neighbouring farms: not of course, for any commercial

Annotated Bibliography Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Summary: The novel, Animal Farm, is a fictional novel which starts off with the rebellion of the animals against the humans.

Little do the animals know, Napoleon is changing Animal Farm for the worse. The pigs are now trading with humans, acting like humans, and finally the pigs are walking like humans which results to the sheep now bleating “Four legs good, two legs better” (134). By the end of the book when the animals look into the farm house at the banquet, the animals see no difference between the pigs and the

Then Napoleon stated, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell, 90). He ruled that decisions would be made by the pigs in the committees, and also Napoleon abolished the “Beasts of England” so the animals won’t rebel against him. Snowball argues in favor of the windmill, but on the other hand Napoleon argues against it, saying that building the windmill will take time and effort. After the debate Napoleon calls nine relentless dogs who chase Snowball out of the farm. Three weeks after Snowballs disappearance, Napoleon suggests that the windmill will still be built. Later he sends Squealer to the animals to explain that snowball had stolen the plan of the windmill from Napoleon. Also it will make Napoleon look like a better leader than Snowball. “Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly” (Orwell, 51). He started to threaten other animals, and he ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and forced that any animal giving so much grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. He violated many of the seven commandments for instance one of the commandments was “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell, 15). Nevertheless, Napoleon remains a growing problem in Animal Farm by becoming a dictator that takes an advantage of the animals so he could be

They were meant to keep the harmony between all animals and only discriminated against humans, stating that, “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy; Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend”. (Orwell 43). The commandments were also created with the intent that no animal would ever act like a human, lest the animals would fall into the same hierarchy held by man, saying, “No animal shall wear clothes; No animal shall sleep in a bed; No animal shall drink alcohol; No animal shall kill any other animal.” (Orwell 43). The last commandment, “All animals are equal”(Orwell 43), arguably the most important, signifies the most basic idea of Animal-Socialism. Once this commandment is altered, there is no hope for the animals because the farm has fallen completely to totalitarianism. The Seven Commandments were meant to unify, and the animals take this to heart, causing them to remain ignorant, allowing the farm to

Throughout chapter six of Animal Farm by George Orwell, there are various events that occur in which provide a direct relation to the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution. Orwell uses different characters to symbolize distinct individuals or masses of populace in the course of the Russian Revolution. For instance, a few of the major characters that are portrayed in the text are Napoleon (who symbolizes Joseph Stalin), Squealer (who represents propaganda), Snowball (who is depicted as Leon Trotsky), and Boxer (who is seen as a dedicated working class). Additionally, the chapter opens up in the chilly autumn month of August and many of the animals such as Boxer, the cart-horse, are working hard to gather the materials and transport

In the beginning of the book, the farm’s owner, Mr.Jones comes home and goes straight to bed. Knowing that they are safe to congregate, the animals meet in the barn, listening to a lecture from a pig named Old Major. He tells his comrades that he had a dream in which they were free from humans, and all animals were equal. He also taught them a song about animals becoming free