Summary: Mr. Jones is the owner of the Manor Farm, and he lives with his wife and the farm animals. After Old Major, the white boar had his dream he wanted to share it with his fellow farm animals so they had a meeting. He talked about passing on his wisdom about how the animals were being used and taken advantage of. He then said they would overcome their oppression with a rebellion, he didn't know when it would come. Hours, days, or years,
he just knew it was going to come. He then introduced a song called the Beasts of England to the animals. unfortunately, three days later he died, and all the animals continued to talk about the rebellion. After Mr. Jones not feeding them and ignoring the animals they attacked him and ran him out of Manor Farm, they named it Animal Farm. They later wrote seven commandments that had to be followed by all comrades. All of the animals worked together to keep the farm running and maintain order. The rats and cats were learning how to behave, and the pigs, who were the smartest educated all of their fellow comrades. It was hard for many animals to keep up, and learn the alphabet. The pigeons and the birds spread thew word about the rebellion, and many animals on different farms became aware of the rebellion on Manor Farm. Some farm owners because frightened because of the possibility of their animals rebelling. A few days later Mr. Jones came back to his farm with some men. After getting by several animals they eventually ran off and were defeated again, unfortunately a sheep died. The animals later named the battle the Battle of the Cowshed. Winter was very harsh for the animals, and Mollie stayed in contact with the humans, and she eventually ran away to one. They never speak about her.
Quote: "By the late summer the news of what had happened on Animal Farm had spread across half the county" (Orwell 44).
Reflection: This book is very symbolic, and alludes to something big. I do not know the historical context of the story, or where this derives from other than what was said in the introduction so its intriguing. So far I am enjoying the book, it is very entertaining, whenever I read it it feels like I am watching a movie or television. The details and descriptions are very vibrant.
