Dystopian Animal Farm

The book Animal Farm written by George Orwell is about a group of animals who live on Mr. Jones farm, known as the Manor Farm. The animals are tired of the way they are treated by humans and want to rebel and start their own ‘farm’. The animals work very hard, but food is always scarce. In the farm the pigs and dogs are superior and make the rules. The humans and animals have many fights, and disagreements, but eventually become companions in the end. Animal farm is a novella, the genre of the book is a dystopian animal fable. The book is also fiction.

The book doesn’t have a specific time, but takes place at a make-believe farm in England. Some important characters include, Napoleon the pig. Napoleon acts as the leader of the farm after the

Mr. Jones, the farmer is irresponsible and doesn’t take care of the animals like he should. One night he forgot to latch the animals ‘cages’. This pushed the animals ‘over the edge’, causing them to rebel. Old major gives a speech later that night about the rebellion. He says that he may die soon, and tells the animal of a dream he has. The dream was for the animals to live in a place where the humans didn’t rule over the animals, and where everyone was equal. The animals start to rebel, and squealer the pig decides to take charge and be the leader over the farm. He changes the name of Manor Farm to Animal Farm. He also comes up with the new rules, an example of the rules are “no animal shall kill another animal without reason”. He also came up with a saying “four legs good, two legs bad” which means that the animals are good, the humans are bad. The pigs become leaders, and the dogs become the ‘military’. Animal farm has many ‘battles’ with the previous farmers. The animals rebuild a windmill that was torn down many times and was supposed to be used for electricity but was later used for milling corn. Towards the end of the book many animals die, and few remember the rebellion. New animals are born increasing the size of Animal Farm., causing it to prosper, and grow as a ‘nation’. The humans and animals overcome their issues and become allies again. The conflict is external, because the problem of the story is happening between the animals