Animal Farm
By: George Orwell
Novel Genres
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Animal Fable
- The story Animal Farm is an Animal Fable
Allegory
- The animals, people and objects in this story convey certain messages that reflect similar events in our history.
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Chapter Summary
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Chapter 1
2. Old major, the pig or "leader" inform the animals that they should not be living like slaves to the humans
3. He also informs the animals of his premeditated plan to take the farm for themselves to free themselves from the human's tyranny
4. The animals learn a national anthem taught to them by old major
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Chapter 2
2. Two of the post-leading pigs, Snowball and Napoleon begin to make a system in which animals control called Animalism.
3. The rebellion struck and the animals broke from Mr. Jones' tyranny, taking over the barn and changing its name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm.
4. The animals created seven rules called the Seven Commandments that do not allow the animals to act as humans do.
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Chapter 3
1. There is a time of joyous labor by the animals
2.they succeed in their harvest greatly
3. Snowball realizes none of the animals can read or write
4. Snowball Changes the rule to 4 legs good, two legs bad
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Chapter 4
2. Farmers try to take back the farm by force
3. The animals win under the command of snowball
4. this battle was known as the battle of Cowshed
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Chapter 5
1. snowball and Nepolean fight many battles about how the animals should act
2. They argue about the windmill
3. Nepolean runs snowball off the farm by force
4. They end up building the Windmill
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Chapter 6
1. The animals begin to work harder on the Windmill
2. Napoleon is becoming more corrupt
3. Napoleon Begins trading with humans
4. Napoleon and the other higher-ups move into the farm house
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Chapter 7
1. Napoleon believes that the animals are secretly feeding snowball
2. He speaks to all of them and asks them if they have any connections with snowball
3. all of those who confess are killed
4. The animals begin to sing Beasts of England, but the song has been abolished by Napoleon
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Chapter 8
2. The animals checked the sign, but it says you can not kill another animal without cause
3. Napoleon is trading with humans Fredrick and Pilkington
4. Napoleon begins to drink, and he changes the commandment to "No animal can drink to excess
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Chapter 9
2. Boxer becomes sick and can work no longer
3. an ambulance (horse butcher) picks up boxer and the animals become outraged
4. Squealer passifies the animals and lies to them about the animals
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Chapter 10
2. The sheeps chant "four legs good, two legs bad" changes to "Four legs good, two legs better"
3. There is now only one rule on the board that says "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others
4. The pigs are sitting inside with the humans and the animals looking inside cannot tell the difference between the humans and the animals.
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Characters
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Snowball
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Napoleon
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Old Major
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Mollie
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Benjamin
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Boxer
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Clover
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Moses
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Squealer
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Muriel
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Mr. Jones
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Mr. Frederick
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Mr. Pilkington
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Mr. Whymper
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Sheep
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Ducklings
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Motifs
2. Ritual- The 7 commandments was a ritual that was later turned into an excuse that eventually turned into a way of leading the animals.