Powerful Lessons In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Old Major gets to leave the farm on a powerful note by teaching the animals powerful lessons. Three nights after this powerful lesson taught by Old Major he dies in his sleep. All the animals work together and make plans for taking control of the farm. The two pigs Napoleon and Snowball organized most of the work. They come up with the term Animalism and this is their new philosophy. The animals refuse to wear ribbons because that shows slavery. The rebellion begins when Mr. Jones gets drunk and forgets to feed the animals, and the cows go into the store and eat Mr. Jones. The animals won the rebellion and that’s when it all begins.

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