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Summary Of George Orwell's Animal Farm

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George Orwell’s Animal Farm is based on ties and critique of the Russian Revolution. It revolves around the events during the communist era as an animal farm. Throughout the book, events that lead from control to freedom and then back to ultimately, control. The goal of the animals is to have a free democracy; only to have a communist outcome. George Orwell’s story starts with an award­winning pig named Old Major. Old Major is very old and is aware of his inevitable death. Before he dies, he has a very important message to relay to all the other farm animals. Since he speaks of wisdom every blue moon, all the animals come to attend his speech. As soon as all the animals gather around, Old Major starts his speech. He tells the tale of his dreams …show more content…

Benjamin takes him back to the farm to rest in the stable. The next day Boxer is nowhere to be found and the other animals start to panic. Squealer, Napoleon’s sidekick tells them that Boxer died peacefully and that his work was all for the rebellion. What actually ensued was Napoleon selling Boxer to a glue­maker for a couple bottles of whiskey. The other animals grieve with the thought of Boxer “peacefully dying”. As months turn into years on Animal Farm, things become very corrupt with the common animals being totally oblivious to the communist state in which they are living. The pigs now walk on their hind legs, wearing clothes and basically becoming humans. In the beginning, there were seven commandments sworn by all the animals of Animal Farm to freedom that protected them. Now, all the commandments are wrongfully altered to the pigs liking. One commandment in particular, which was most important, was altered from “all animals are created equal” to “all animals are created equal, b ut some animals are more equal than others”! Napoleon now basically a human, creates deals with other farms for things like trade and partnerships. The motive for Animal Farm is completely corrupt. Napoleon also changes the name Animal Farm back to Manor farm with the reasoning that it’s “the original name”. With all the other common animals peering through the farmhouse window, they can no longer tell who are pigs and who are

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