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CHAPTER ONEAfter the drunken farmer Jones has gone to bed, all the animals in the farm assemble for a meeting. The meeting has been organized by Old Major, a boar who is the oldest and wisest animal on the farm. The pigs, cows, horses, ducks, hens and dogs all gather in the big barn. Before telling them about his dream, Old Major says that as his life is coming to an end, he wants to share his wisdom with the other animals. He reminds them about all the work that they have to do for their humans, how little they are given to eat, how they are treated completely unfairly. He explains to them that their children are taken from them almost as soon as they are born, and that when they are no longer useful, they will be slaughtered. He urges the animals to fight the humans at every turn, and tells them that rebellion is the only possible solution. Old Major then concludes his speech by advising them on how they should conduct themselves. They must know that whatever goes on four legs or has wings is a friend. He finally states that “All animals are equal.” Old Major finally gets around to telling them about his dream, but the first thing he tells them is that he cannot describe the dream, except to say that it reminded him of a song that he learned called “Beasts of England.” All the animals in the barn start singing it through together five times in unison, until they are interrupted by a blast from the farmer’s shotgun. The farm quickly returns to normal.CHAPTER TWOAfter the death of old Major, the animals secretly plan the rebellion, although they are unsure when it will happen. Because of their intelligence, the pigs are placed in charge of teaching the animals about Animalism. Among the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon are the most important. Even with Mollie’s concern about ribbons and Moses’ tales of a place called Sugarcandy Mountain, the pigs are sucessful in making the animals follow animalism. The rebellion happens when Jones again falls into a drunken sleep and neglects to feed the animals, who break into the store-shed in search of food. When Jones and his men arrive, they begin whipping the animals but find themselves being attacked and chased off the farm. The triumphant animals then destroy all traces of Jones and ate as much as they needed, . After a tour of Jones’ house, they decide to leave it untouched as a museum. Snowball changes the sign reading “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm” and paints the Seven Commandments of Animalism on the wall of the barn.QUESTIONS!ONEThe farm could be an ideal place for an utopia, because it has food, shelter, and a community of animals. But on the other hand, there is a cruel drunken farmer that gives the animals the least amount of food possible, the most work they can handle without dying, and slaughters them when they aren’t useful anymore.TWOSnowball is a young intelligent boar, getting breeded for Farmer Jones’s selling. He knows how to run the farm and is very high spirited.THREEThey are easily led because the pigs have always been known as most intelligent at the farm, and Old Major their old leader was a boar as well.
Filed by two19 at December 11th, 2007 under Uncategorized
