Animal Farm (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Orwell
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Jones, Old Major, Boxer, Mollie, Benjamin, Moses, Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Allegory, Fantasy, Animal tale
- Subjects: Dictators, Language or languages, Power, personal or social, Communism or communists, Politics, Twentieth century, Revolutions, England or English people, Farms, farmers, or farming, Pigs, Corruption, Totalitarianism, Horses, Utopias, Animals
- Locales: England
The Story:
Old Major called a meeting as soon as Mr. Jones went to sleep. Jones, who was cruel to his animals, had been drinking excessively of late. When all the animals were gathered, Major began to speak. He had had a dream in which he remembered the song Beasts of England from his distant past. He taught it to the others and told them they should rise up to defeat Jones and do their work for themselves, for their own benefit. He said that all men were evil and that all animals were good and equal.
Three days after telling his dream, Major died. Snowball,...
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