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THE ANIMAL FARM
SUMMARY OF THE PLOT
The animals of the Manor farm live in cruel condition of exploitation under the sway of Mr. Jones, a bad and always drunken man. One day the Old Major, an old pig, convened a meeting of all the animals and told them about a dream that had had the previous night. He had dreamed about an old song that incited to rebellion against the human beings. Everyone was very excited and about three months later they revolted against Mr. Jones and they took pos 252e47c session of the farm. The rebellion was led by the pigs that were the most intelligent animals of the farm. The purpose of the revolution was to create a fair society made only by animals based on seven commandments that could be summed up with the maxim: "Four legs good, two legs bad". In a short time among the pigs there was tension because Snowball, an inventive and vivacious pig, wanted to build a windmill but Napoleon, a big and fierce-looking pig, was skeptical. So the animals formed two parties. In the meantime Mr. Jones wanted to regain the farm but the animals succeeded in the battle and Mr. Jones was forced to run away. One day Napoleon arrived in the farm with nine big and ferocious dogs that incited against Snowball that ran away bleeding. From that day Napoleon was the real dictator of the farm, if someone was not agreed with him, he was eaten up by his dogs and if something didn't work, like the building of the windmill, it was all Snowball's fault. Napoleon had pity on nobody, when Boxer, the strongest horse in the farm, lost his power because of the old age, he unexpectedly led him to slaughter. Now Napoleon and the pigs were like Mr. Jones, they exploited the other animals, they took advantage of the foolishness of some animals and they came into contact with human beings for business although they established it was forbidden. In the end they became like human beings, they started to walk on their hind legs and they changed the old maxim with a new one: "Four legs good, two legs better". Nothing was changed and the rebellion had been useless.
THEMES
The chief themes of the book are the craving of power that makes the man do cruel things, the inclination of the man for overworking the weaker and the less intelligent and the degeneration of the revolution that becomes dictatorship.
CHARACTERS
Old Major: he was a twelve-year-old pig, quite stout with a wise and benevolent appearance. He is the animal who suggests the revolution
Napoleon: he was a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire pig, he was not very talkative and he is the real dictator of the farm
Snowball: he was vivacious, quick in speech and inventive. It is the main enemy of Napoleon and it is forced to run away from the farm
Boxer: he was an enormous and strong horse, nearly eighteen hands high. He had a white stripe down his nose that gave him a stupid appearance; in fact he was not very intelligent but he was respected for the steadiness of character and the power of work. When he lost his power of work, he was unexpectedly led to slaughter
Clover: she was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal
Molly: she was the foolish, white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap. She was very lazy and vain
Benjamin: he was an old donkey with bad temperament. He seldom talked and when he did it was usually to make cynical remarks
Squealer: he was a small pig with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker and very persuasive.
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