Plot Summary

Plot Summary

1. Chapter 1

   • Old Major's Speech
   • Beasts of England

2. Chapter 2

   • Death of Old Major
   • Animalism and Pig Leadership
   • Rebellion and overthrowing of Jones

3. Chapter 3

   • Animals harvest and Boxer is admired
   • Snowball and Napoleon disagree
   • Seven Commandments
   • Napoleon takes away puppies
   • Milk and Apples Incident

4. Chapter 4

   • Pilkington and Frederick
   • Jones and men attempt to seize control
   • Battle of Cowshed

5. Chapter 5

   • Mollie is bribed and disappears
   • Windmill divides Farm
   • Snowball is chased out of the farm by Napoleon's dogs
   • Napoleon decides to build Windmill
   • Squealer manipulates animals into blaming Snowball

6. Chapter 6

   • Animals build the Windmill
   • Napoleon trades with neighbouring farms and hires Mr Whymper
   • Boxer is a model of dedication
   • Pigs move into farmhouse and sleep in beds
   • Storm destroys windmill but Napoleon wants to rebuild
   • Snowball is blamed

7. Chapter 7

   • Animals starve
   • Hens are ordered to surrender their eggs, protest and are killed
   • Squealer continues to manipulate and blame Snowball
   • Napoleon orders confessions and murders
   • Beasts of England is outlawed and a new song, Minimus, is introduced

8. Chapter 8

   • Windmill completed
   • Squealer's figures falsely encourage animals about food
   • Napoleon seen less in public but more executions
   • Napoleon schemes with Frederick for timber, but his banknotes are forged
   • Frederick and 14 men arrive to attempt to take farm and are driven off
   • Windmill is blown up by humans, but Squealer claims a success
   • Battle of Windmill
   • Jones's whisky is discovered and pigs are drunk
   • 5th Commandment is changed

9. Chapter 9

   • Animals rebuild Windmill again
   • Napoleon educates piglets
   • Animals' rations are reduced, whilst pigs are fatter
   • Animal Farm is Republic and Napoleon is President
   • Boxer ‘s death
   • Whisky arrives to pigs

10. Chapter 10

    • Years pass, dead animals, non-retired, keep working without food
    • Second windmill is completed for milling corn
    • Clover sees Squealer and pigs walking on hind legs
    • Sheep begin to bleat new slogan "Four legs good, two legs better"
    • Seven commandments reduced to one
    • All pigs carry whips and wear Jones' clothes
    • Farmers and pigs dine at farmhouse
    • Changes made to new Manor Farm in Napoleon's speech
    • Men and Pigs play cards yet loudly quarrel after cheating
    • Unable to discriminate between the humans and the pigs