The seasons came & went, the short animal lives fled by. A time when no one remembered the old days before the rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven and a number of pigs. One day in early summer, the animals woke to the sound of a loud explosion from the Truman Farm. Which, in the past Napoleon, had forbid the animals to have any contact with. The animals ran out to see what had happened, there was a big black cloud looming above the farmhouse, it was on fire, the animals were all wondering what had happened. Napoleon appeared, raising his trotter for silence, he said " we have been woken an hour early, with all this commotion we will have no chance of more rest, so we will start working now. "I will get dressed then I will go to the Truman Farm to determine what has happened". The animals were scared, Napoleon and Squealer had always cautioned them about the Truman Farm, and they did not know why they were not to go there, they just knew they shouldn't, but the reason couldn't be too serious because the farm had only been built about a year ago. Clover said "What is happening Benjamin, what is that smoke? And what is Napoleon going to do? No one has ever ventured to the Truman Farm before." Benjamin replied, "that is a Great Fire Clover, the animals will not be safe there. Fortunately, we have not had the anguish of a Great Fire in our life times'. Squealer once told us Great Fires travel to farms where the animals do not do enough work, they kill everything that gets in their way, and they wreck the crops and barns as well. There was a Great Fire right here at the Manor Farm about two years before I was born. And as for Napoleon, he is the leader he does what he wants, when he wants". Squealer ordered the animals to work straight away. Napoleon returned wearing a suit, a top hat and carrying a cane. He was so fat he could scarcely walk. He walked out of the Manor Farm gate, slowly making his way to the Truman Farm. It was only two hundred metres down the road, but it took Napoleon ten minutes to get there, after all pigs aren't quite familiarized to bipedal walking. On arrival, Napoleon inspected the blazing buildings from the gate; he decided it was too risky to enter through the front gate, so he trekked to the side gate. As he was entering something caught his eye. It was the farmer rounding up the animals, shooting his gun at the ground next to them. He finally got most of the animals into a small fenced in area, then he ran to the hose and tried to control the fire. He was not doing much good though. Napoleon approached the farmer, "you should wet the ground and crops around the barn, and the fire will then burn out". The farmer looked around he was stunned, "you'reyou're a pig", yes, Napoleon replied. "But your wearing clothes, and your walking, and, and, and talking", Napoleon reminded the farmer about the fire; quick wet the ground before the fire spreads. The farmer did as Napoleon said. When the fire finally burnt out the farmer proceeded towards Napoleon. "Where are you from?", Napoleon explained that he was from down the road, at the Manor Farm and also about what had happened with Mr. Jones. "I am now the owner of the farm, the other animals abide by my rules and work the crops. I teach the younger pigs and do all the farms paper work. The farmer was astonished, he had never seen a pig walk, let alone speak with such intelligence. Napoleon asked if he could see the animals, the farmer took him towards the fenced in area, where the scared animals were waiting. Napoleon talked to the animals, and to the farmer's disbelief his animals talked back. Napoleon noticed one pig in particular who was extremely intellectual. The farmer invited Napoleon inside for coffee; they talked for hours about the revolution. He asked many questions, so he could establish exactly what happened. Napoleon finally arrived back at the Manor Farm, all the animals rushed to the gate to greet him. They were all asking what happened, and what it was like at the Truman Farm. All Napoleon said was "all restrictions on having no contact with the Truman Farm have been lifted". As he walked towards the farmhouse, Squealer yelled, "Ok, back to work". The next day, Napoleon sent a group of animals over to the Truman farm, they were to stay there for a week to help rebuild the barn. Muriel, Clover and Benjamin were among those who went. A week passed the barn had been rebuilt and the animals returned home and started their normal work again. After a long day of work the animals finally came into the barn to collect their rations, each of the smaller animals received a quarter of an ear of corn and a tiny portion of grain. The larger animals received half an ear of corn and half an apple. The pigs on the other hand received an ear of corn, an apple, some grain and a glass of beer. Muriel said to Squealer and the other animals "I'm certain we used to get more food than this, and we also used to work shorter hours when Mr. Jones was around". There was uproar "Don't mention that name ever again" said Napoleon, who then left to eat his dinner in the comfort of the farmhouse. Squealer rose in front of the crowd of animals, "We do receive as much food as we used to, we just have to work a little bit harder for a while then we will probably be able to stop work altogether". Muriel said, "When we were at the Truman Farm we worked shorter hours and received more food", Squealer tried to make an excuse for the animals receiving less food than they used to, "Ok, we don't get as much food as we used to, but that is because we are trying to save money so we can get new machinery, so in the future we only have to work from 'eight till three' instead of 'five until six'". "Wait a minute you said we wouldn't have to work ever again, if we ate less for a while. YOU LIAR" said Benjamin. All the animals started to shout at Squealer. "Don't yell at me it's Napoleon's fault" yelped Squealer. The next night, all the animals apart from Squealer and Napoleon, where called for a secret meeting in the barn at midnight. Benjamin and Clover addressed the crowd of animals, "COMRADES, NAPOLEON IS A LIAR". Dear Comrades, our leader Napoleon has turned against us, we are working more and more and eating less and less. I'm sorry to say this, but comrade Napoleon is turning into another Mr. Jones. He is controlling our lives, ordering us around not abiding to the rules; Napoleon changed the rules at his leisure, when it suited him. Comrade Napoleon is not alone in this he has an assistant, Squealer. Squealer has been telling us lies ever since Napoleon has been leader. They are working us hard so they can reap the benefits. We have to get rid of them, but this time we will be fair. Once again "All Animal's will be EQUAL". We will not have a single leader we will have a committee of representatives, Any Questions? "When will we take over?" ask the sheep, "Tomorrow afternoon just before dinner, so we must stay up and plan tonight." "What will we gain out of this; ask the pigs" Clover Replied, "All animals will be equal! Every animal will get his say, we will get more food, and have shorter working hours where every one helps and does their fair share". All the animals cheered, the whole night was spent planning "The Battle of the Cowshed, Again". The next morning the animals rose as usual, Napoleon said "everyone to work at once". They were all uneasy, you could smell fear in the air, though Napoleon did not notice anything unusual. When the working day was over, the animals had five minutes until dinner, and they assembled in their positions. Napoleon and Squealer strolled towards the barn at 6:29 right on time as usual. The moment came, the signal went, first the pigeons flew above Napoleon and Squealer and dropped their dung, they swooped to and fro, while this was happening the ducks and geese ran out and pecked fiercely at them, the other pigs charged at them, then all the sheep, goats and cows head butted them. To finish things off, the horses came out kicking, powerful kicks with their hind legs. Squealer got a fatal kick to the head. Napoleon was using his last ounce of strength to break free, when Benjamin grabbed Jones's shotgun and fired it. The first bullet hit Napoleon in the side, he fell to the floor, Motionless, the animals gathered round and scorned at Napoleon. They did not know whether to let him die in pain or put him out of his misery, one of the sheep bleated "four legs good, two legs bad". BANG, the bullet hit Napoleon right between the eyes. The Animals gathered in the barn, Benjamin, said "we are now Free", the animals cheered, even the pigs. "We will now vote for our committee of representatives. There shall be one representative for each species of animal." The votes had been counted and the representatives chosen, the Board of Representative's was having its first official meeting. Everyone was so happy with how the, "Battle of the Cowshed, Again" had turned out they had a huge party. At the party Benjamin made a speech, "I remember every detail of my long life, I thought things never had been, nor ever could be much better. Hunger, hardship, and disappointment. That I thought, was the unalterable law of life, as it turns out my whole life, I have been
Comrade Napoleon, the pig on the farm was effectively the Joseph Stalin equivalent of the revolution. The dogs followed Napoleon around like the KGB or secret police to Stalin. The dogs were devoted to Stalin and hurt those who were opposed to them. “Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged ...
From the death of Old Major, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer replaced him. At first things started off pretty well; the harvest was very good the first year and the reading and writing system had helped some, but had limited success on others. In time, the leaders of animal farm started to have mixed feelings. Snowball and Napoleon were in constant disagreement. An important meeting that was held ended with an astonishing outcome. One decision that was made was concerning the windmill project and the most important decision made was who would be the head animal. Snowball and Napoleon each gave their input on what needs to be done around the farm. “Snowball stood up and, though occasionally interrupted by bleating from the sheep, set forth his reasons for advocating the building of the windmill. Then Napoleon stood up to reply. He said ver quietly that the windmill was a nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it” (57).
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They changed the rules by making the other animals feel dumb, they used the farm's resources for themselves, saying that the food and the luxuries were necessary for their intelligence, and they denied the animal's right to speak and have their own opinions by always coming up with a reason why the pigs were the best fit to rule, and how Napoleon was always right. “Comrades!” he cried “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in the spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (This has been proven by science Comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well being of a pig.” (page 35, chapter 3) Squealer is explaining to the animals how they need the extra food for the wellbeing of themselves. Any good ruler would understand that when everyone has very little to eat, the remaining food should be shared with every person, not saved for those who are the smartest. But, in the book it was made clear that the needs of the many do not outweigh the few, but the opposite of that, the needs of the few outweigh the many. Not only did they take the food from the animals, Napoleon had Boxer killed so that they could get whiskey for themselves. The pigs explained to the other animals how the
Throughout the story, the first signal that illustrates the corruption in pigs started right after the animals chased away Mr. Jones. When the animals milked the cows and discussed about what to do with all the milk, Napoleon cried “Never mind the milk, comrades…placing himself in front of the buckets” (p18) and then all buckets of milk disappeared. This is foreshadowing that later Napoleon may become the kind of leader who keeps everything good for himself and does not care about others, and this actually happened later. Several days later, someone found out that all the milk was mixed in pigs’ mash everyday as well as the apples and pointed that pigs broke the rule of “All animals are equal” (p17). This time the pigs cannot stay calm anymore. Squealer firstly said that they pigs actually do not like milk and apples and the reason why they added those into their mash was because they were ‘brainworkers’ and those were good for their brain and only when they were healthy enough the other’s safety can be guaranteed. After that, Squealer used repetition...
Finally, if this wasn't already apparent, Napoleon and the pigs controlled us with utmost tyranny. They control or every action, and made sure we did what they so desired. Drastic measures have been taken to achieve this. I am sure you are all aware of the arranged meetings they have, which presumably is to talk about the continuity and bettering of their lives on Animal Farm. They managed to lead us without causing a riot or rebellion, this done through the manipulator himself, Squealer. However, tonight I bring all this to your attention, and the pigs’ ways will
Mr. Jones was unable to defeat the animals, therefore the animals got a boost of confidence. Now at this point Mollie runs away and Snowball begins his plans for a windmill. When Snowball’s plans are finished, Napoleon’s dog’s start to chase him off the farm. The farm just lost the best leader they could have had. They loose their chance to give input on what direction the farm should go, and Napoleon begings blaming Snowball for all the things that he did not do. Now Napoleon sets the animals to work on Sundays again and acquires Mr. Whymper as the farm’s broker. Napoleon starts to sell some of the farm’s produce. And the pigs start sleeping one hour later, and in beds. Then the windmill gets blown over and Snowball gets the blame. At this point the pigs still continue to abuse the power and stealing from the other animals.
As I glanced around me I saw all the animals that I share animal farm with. As the mother to all the geese, all the young geese resided right beside me, as all the other animals were grouped together as well. Napoleon called us here for a meeting, I wondered what important information he has to tell us on such short notice. As we were gathered in the yard, with suspicion running through us, Napoleon strutted out of the farm house. The sight we set our eyes upon was undoubtedly frightening, sending shivers down our backs.
...their greedy eyes they saw no reason to save the other farm animals. The book gives as little evidence of any pig showing protest to Napoleon’s actions except of course Snowball and the other three executed pigs.
Another inequality on the farm was that only the pigs slept in the farmhouse. Not only that, but even among the pigs there was inequality. Napoleon had Jones’ bedroom all to himself. The usual excuse was given, that the pigs needed extra rest, because they had to organize everything and such, but the end result was that all the pigs lived in the comfort of a house, while the rest of the animals had to sleep on hay in the barn.
So ever since the animals started to take control of the farm and the animals they finished up changing everything. The animals even ended up changing the farms name from “Manor Farm” to “Animal Farm”. But out of all the animals in the farm the smartest animals were the pigs. And the meanest pig out of all of them was Napoleon. Everything was a mess in the farm ever since the pigs got rid of Mr. Jones. Later on Mr. Jones tires to come back and get back his farm but the pigs did not let him.
The animals in awe of the difficulty of telling from which was man or pig, they went back to the barn, gathered in the barn and were all about to go into their own stalls until the slightly blind Clover said, “Friends please wait.” The animals stopped and looked at Clover that was giving a saddened expression that made most of the animals walk over except for the hens and roosters walked to the chicken coop with their baby chicks following except for two chicks that walked over to Clover. Clover looked at all the animals gather and gave a serious stern look, “there was once a time when this barn brought joy to me and all of the others on this barn. It wasn’t when the humans were in charge or when Napoleon became our leader. Snowball on the other hand was the leader that actually didn’t become a dictator of this farm and wanted greatness for all and not just for the pigs and
To start off, the whole book seemed to be dreary and not light-hearted whatsoever. Old Major dies three nights later, after giving his speech about taking over the farm. The animals instantly turned to the pigs because they were the cleverest of all the animals. Though the animals do chase Mr. Jones out of the Manor Farm, they ended up in a worse situation than they started in. Napoleon ended up taking over as the commander. All of the animals followed him without realizing that he was being an overall unfair and unjust leader. The animals didn’t even doubt that Napoleon and the pigs were violating laws. And Squealer, being the persuasive pig, was able to make the animals think they
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Once Napoleon came back he overthrew Snowball with the help from his dogs, chased him clear off the farm so he would never come back. All the animals worked hard to bring in the crop for them to eat during the winter and all year round. The animals get the same amount of food except for the pigs of course, they are better than the other animals, they make the rules and they get rewarded for everyone else's work. The pigs started to live in the farmhouse, and sleep in the human’s beds, drink alcohol, wear the farmers old cloths, sneak extra food, and even start to make beer. Napoleon hired a man to buy the farm supplies, only Napoleon was to talk to the man who came to the farm once a week. Snowball, the outcasted pig, was in cahoots with some of the animals still on the farm, when Napoleon found out he was outraged and he started to kill the animals who confessed to helping Snowball or even having him come to them in a