about how they are abused and exploited.  When Farmer Jones breaks up the meeting and the animals scatter about the farm, this intimidating mood is evident. Such a shift from the exuberance and excitement about Old Major's speech to the intimidation experienced at the hands of Jones helps to foreshadow the need for revolution and the urgency of change that the animals feel.

The tone of chapter two of Animal Farm is twofold. First, there is a sense of sadness, as Old Major dies. Second, there is a sense of anticipation in chapter two as well, because the animals are preparing for the revolution and succeed by the end of the chapter. 

In fact, the rebellion comes much faster than any of the animals thought, because Mr. Jones begins to drink excessively presumably to drown his sorrows from losing a lawsuit. He, therefore, neglects the farm. When this happens, the cows break into the store in hunger, and they begin to eat. When the men on the farm see this, they try to stop things, but this causes the revolution to gain momentum. 

The animals are successful. In light of this, the animals are looking forward to a new life on the farm. Anticipation is in the air.

The ironic tone observed throughout chapter 4 of Animal Farm amply serves Orwell's satirical purposes. Irony and satire tend to go together as they're both concerned with exploiting the gap between appearance and reality. And that gap forms the basis of much of the action that takes place in this chapter, most notably during the epic Battle of the Cowshed.

But the ironic tone is also used by Orwell in the events leading up to the battle. For instance, he deliberately exaggerates the corruption of Mr. Jones by describing him and the other farmers who want to help him take back his farm as wallowing in drunkenness at the local pub. Again, the gap between appearance and reality isn't hard to spot. Mr. Jones is supposed to be this dangerous counter-revolutionary who represents an existential threat to the Animalist revolution, when in actual fact he's nothing more than a sad, pathetic drunk.

Further irony can be observed in the Battle of the Cowshed itself. The animals think that they're fighting to keep the hated human oppressor from taking over the farm and destroying the Animalist revolution. In actual fact, however, and unbeknownst to them, they're really fighting to consolidate the power of Napoleon and his gang, who will prove to be far more repressive than the shambling, drunken Mr. Jones ever was.

There are two major themes in chapter eight. First, there is Napoleon's unquestionable dominance. His status has been manipulated to such an extent that he is treated with the type of reverence and respect that is reserved for a demi-god. Napoleon is now referred to as 'Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon.' He rarely appears in public, and if he does, he is attended by a retinue of guard dogs who are preceded by a cockerel marching in front who lets out a crow to announce that Napoleon is about to speak. He has also taken separate quarters in the farmhouse, eats alone from the best dinner service and has the gun fired each year on his birthday.

Added to that, Squealer, when speaking about him, always becomes overly emotional and Napoleon is, as a rule, given credit for every bit of luck which befalls the farm and given credit for every successful achievement. Minimus, the poet, composes a poem giving praise to him in glowing terms which are usually employed only when referring to deities or figures of royal stature. He uses terms such as 'thou' and 'thee' in reference to him.

Secondly, there is the question of deception. The animals are deceived into believing that the farm is doing much better than before by Squealer providing glowing statistics in the form of percentages which show great improvements. There is also the deception about Napoleon doing business with Pilkington to sell an unused pile of timber, at the same time declaring Frederick the enemy. It is also said that Snowball has been skulking around Pinchfield and plotting to kill Napoleon, a plot confessed to by three hens who are executed immediately.

It is given out that Frederick abuses his animals in a most horrific manner. The news of his ill-treatment angers the animals so much that they wish to attack his farm, but are calmed down by Squealer, who tells them to trust in Napoleon's strategy.

However, it is later discovered that the timber was sold to Frederick and that Pilkington is the enemy, all because of a so-called clever strategy that Napoleon was using to get a better price. Frederick then pays for the timber with counterfeit notes (another deceitful act) and Napoleon declares a death sentence on him, promising to boil him alive if he should be caught. Frederick then unsuccessfully attempts to overthrow the animals but manages to blow the windmill to smithereens.

The pigs later discover a crate of whisky which they drink to celebrate their victory in defeating Frederick and his men. Napoleon gets so drunk that it is believed that he is close to death. He, however, recovers fully. The animals are again deceived when yet another commandment is altered. After the pigs have drunk whisky, the commandment "No animal shall drink alcohol" is altered to read, "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."  

These two themes indicate the level of corruption and superciliousness the pigs have devolved into. Animal Farm has ceased to be a democracy and has become a place where manipulation, arrogance, violence, and deceit have become the new tenets. The general animal population, because of their poor intelligence, have become mere pawns in the trotters of a bunch of no-good and selfish pigs.

The theme is that of replacing a corrupt system with an equally oppressive system. The mood is one of forced optimism as the animals are determined to finish the second windmill. When they engage in the war with Frederick (after he has robbed them), he blows up the windmill. So, the mood is also one of despair and uncertainty since Napoleon (via Squealer) still continues to change the laws to suit his wishes. The latest is that ‘no animal shall drink alcohol to excess.’ Napoleon continues to spread lies about Snowball (that he was not a great hero in the battle of the cowshed) and continues his attempts to ally the animals by pitting them against others (Snowball and Frederick). For Napoleon and his retinue, the mood is surely optimistic, despite the setbacks because he and his court have all the power and privilege. For the rest of the animals, the mood is more despondent than it ever was under Jones.

The story actually goes through several moods.  If one knows the tunes, the song "Beasts of England" is funny because one can imagine the animals singing it to "La Cuchuracha" and "O My Darling Clementine."  There is hope for the animals at the beginning when they overthrow Jones.  The animals have a clear plan to establish their own utopia.  However, soon you realize that there is a problem here; the animals cannot read, so they do not know what the commandments of animalism are except for what they are told.  You feel a sense of foreboding about Napoleon from the very beginning, when he sneaks off with the milk from the cow soon after the revolt.  You feel sad for Boxer who literally works himself to death.  You feel anger at Napoleon and the lesser pigs for exploiting their "comrades."  One might even feel a certain sense of disgust with Benjamin, who only says that donkeys live a long time and will not do anything to help the situation when he is the animal most likely to help.  The story ends when the revolution goes full-circle and the animals are no better off than they were; if anything, they are slightly worse off because the pigs are even more intrusive than Jones.  You feel sad for the animals, especially the ones who remember the ideals of the revolution.  

I think you could claim several moods, but I would use disenchanting as one descriptor. This is supposed to be told in a fable or fairy tale. Thus, there should be something happy, we expect that, but all we experience time and again is dissappointment in what Napoleon further does to the animals with each new chapter. We are also disgusted to watch the society of animals just continue to take the propaganda without revolting or rebelling. Particularly Americans want to see the animals claim the rights that they know they deserve after animals take control, so once again, we arrive at disenchanted. This is good though because when we read dystopian literature we begin to look at our own societies and see where we have had leaders have too much sway.