animal farm :chapters
1-2 & 3 summary
the book “animal farm” is written by george orwell,orwell wrote animal farm to
illustrate the way stalinism had betrayed the ideals of the socialist revolution in the
soviet union.orwell called it as he saw it,and like other leftwing intellectuals,was
dismayed at stalin,a person he depicts as napoleon the pig in the novel.
CHAPTER #1 after mr.jones,the owner of manor farm,falls asleep in in a drunken
stupor,all of his meet in a big barn at the request of old major,a 12 year old pig.major
delivers a strong and meaningful political speech about the evils inflicted upon them by
their human keepers and their need to rebel against the reign of man.after elaborating
on the various ways man has exploited and harmed the animals.major mentions a
strange dream of his in which he saw a vision of the earth without humans.he then teaches
his fellow comrades a song called--”the beast of england”--which they sing until it wakes
up he then gets up and grabs his gun thinking there is a fox in the yard and fires
it.frightened by the gunshot the animals disperse and go to sleep.
CHAPTER #2 old major died the next day old major died.after the death of old major,the
animals spend their days secretly planning the rebellion,although they are unsure when it
will occur,because of their intelligence,the pigs are placed in charge of educating the
animals about ANIMALISM,the name they give to the philosophy expounded by old major in
chapter 1.Among the animals snowball and napoleon(both pigs) are the most important to
the revolution.despite mollie’s(a beautiful mare) concern with ribbons and moses(a
grumpy donkey)tales of a place called sugar candy mountain,the pigs are successful in
conveying the principles of animalism to the others.when jones again into a drunken
sleep and neglects to feed the animals,who break into the store-shed in search of a
meal.when jones and his men arrive ,they begin whipping the animals but soon they fi...