Animal Farm

Animal Farm

1. Chapter 1

   • Boxer, and Clover are the two cart-horses. Muriel is the white goat, and Benjamin is the donkey.
   • Old Major tells the animals that humans are enemies of animals, because humans force animals to do all the jobs they cannot do. He also says they must work to overthrow the human race.
     • OLd Major teaches them a song, but while they sing it they wake up Mr. Jones, so they must go to sleep.
   • Mr. Jones is the owner of Manor Farm, he is an alcoholic.
   • Old Major is the well respected prized Middle White Boar. Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher are the three farm dogs.

2. Chapter 2

   • Three nights after the meeting, old Major dies in his sleep.
     • The animals carry on thinking about the rebellion and come up with a system of rebellion ideas called animalism.
       • One night Mr. Jones was so drunk and didn't return back until the next morning. The animals were all so hungry they broke into the store-shed and started to eat the food in the bins.
         • When Mr. Jones returns and sees what the animals have done, he and four other men began beating the animals. The animals then began beating on the humans, who eventually run away for their life.
           • The animals were thrilled not to be anybody’s slave anymore so they created “The Seven Commandments”.

3. Chapter 3

   • The animals all worked hard in the field collectively, and were rewarded with a great harvest season.
     • Boxer was given his motto 'i will work harder'
       • Snowballl simplified the 7 coma=mandments to , 'four legs good, 2 legs bad' becuase some animals struggled to learn it.

4. Chapter 4

   • Snowball and Napoleon send pigeons to neighboring farms telling them of their rebellion and try to encourage them to od the same.
     • In October, Mr. Jones and other farmers come to back to Manor Farm, to try to recapture it. The animals were prepared for it though and defeated Mr.Jones and his fruends.. Snowball was in charge of defensive operations.
       • Boxer accidently kills a boy whilst in the rebellion.

5. Chapter 5

   • Mollie disappears after Clover confronts her about her not working hard enough.
     • Napoleon and Snowball have become rivals.
       • Snowball wanted to build a windmill on the farm, but Napoleon wanted no part of it so the nine dogs chase Snowball off the farm.
         • Napoleon announces that the windmill will be built, he claims the reason he wasn’t in favor of it was because it was his idea, but stolen by Snowball.

6. Chapter 6

   • The animals carry on working very hard and therefore have enough food to last them all summer but not enough for the winter.
     • One morning in November, they awoke to find the almost finished windmill in ruins. Even though there had been a violent windstorm the night before, Napoleon blames in it on Snowball.
       • Napoleon also says that they will begin the rebuilding immediately and will build every day until it is finished.

7. Chapter 7

   • In January food was very low on the farm. Napoleon made a deal with Mr. Whymper that he would give him four-hundred eggs in return for grain and food until summer came.
     • The animals believe that Snowball snuck into the farm at night, and caused mischief on the farm.
       • One night at a meeting the dogs attack the four pigs, and rip their throats out. They killed everybody who was affiliated with Snowball’s rebellion from Napolean including: the hens, three sheep, and others.

8. Chapter 8

   • The animals sometimes they wished Mr. jones was around because they worked so hard and the Napoleon wouldrarely come out the house.
     • During the summer, three hens confessed to plotting to kill Napoleon, as ordered by Snowball. They were immediately killed.
       • The animals finish the windmill but Frederick and 2 dozen more men destroyed it , this annoys the aniamls so they push them of the farm. THen they get drunk off whiskey.

9. Chapter 9

   • The animals had to reduce their food allowance in the winter, except for the dogs and pigs.
     • In April the animals declared animal farm as a republic and Napoleon was voted for president.
       • Boxer fell down and went to the 'hospital' which turned out to be a horse slaughterer company. Squeler makes up that he died at the hospital and the van that picked him up forgot to change the company name on the side of it.
         • The animals are all very sad that Boxer died so drank more whisky.

10. Chapter 10

    • Many years went by on the farm, the only animals from the Rebellion still alive are Clover, Benjamin, Moses, and a lot of pigs.
      • The farm was doing really well financially and Napoleon and Pilkington become friends again.
        • They decide to change the name of the farm back to Manor Farm.