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Just before he dies Old Major a respected pig on Manor Farm
stirs the animals up with his exciting ideas of rebellion
against the tyrant man.
Before long the ineffective farmer Jones is overthrown and
expelled from the farm which adopts the name Animal Farm.
The animals soon draw up a set of rules for life the Seven
Commandments.
However before long the pigs emerge as leaders and start to
assume minor privileges over the other animals.
The two leading pigs Snowball and Napoleon quarrel and Napoleon
eventually drives his rival off the farm by force.
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Despite hardships the farm makes progress and the animals
embark on the construction of a windmill which will supposedly
ease their lives.
Unfortunately the windmill is destroyed and they must start
again. Boxer the cart-horse is a tower of strength.
Napoleon assumes more and more power and governs with terror.
Opponents are killed. The pigs now enjoy a luxurious style of
life far from the hardships of the other animals.
Napoleon is cheated by Frederick a neighbouring farmer over the
sale of some timber and Frederick attacks and destroys the
windmill a second time.
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The over-worked Boxer falls ill and is treacherously sent to
the knacker's by Napoleon.
Over the years the pigs benefit at the expense of the other
animals and the Commandments are corrupted.
At the end of the novel Napoleon and the other pigs are found
drinking and playing cards with Pilkington and other men.
Napoleon even toasts the farm by its old name 'Manor Farm'.
The bewildered animals who witness this scene through the
farmhouse windows are finally unable to tell the difference
between the pigs and the humans who previously ruled them.