Animal Farm chapter summaries by Burwood, K.J. (Kelly) https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f Gemaakt met positieve energie en-us 2022-06-01 10:14:56 UTC 2022-06-07 13:19:24 UTC hello@padlet.com kburwood https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f/wish/2207335822 Years pass. Many animals age and die, and few recall the days before the Rebellion. The animals complete a new windmill, which is used not for generating electricity but for milling corn, a far more profitable endeavor. The farm seems to have grown richer, but only the many pigs and dogs live comfortable lives. Squealer explains that the pigs and dogs do very important work—filling out forms and such.
The other animals largely accept this explanation, and their lives go on very much as before. They never lose their sense of pride in Animal Farm or their feeling that they have differentiated themselves from animals on other farms. The inhabitants of Animal Farm still fervently believe in the goals of the Rebellion—a world free from humans, with equality for all animals.
One day, Squealer takes the sheep off to a remote spot to teach them a new chant. Not long afterward, the animals have just finished their day’s work when they hear the terrified neighing of a horse. It is Clover, and she summons the others hastily to the yard. There, the animals gaze in amazement at Squealer walking toward them on his hind legs. Napoleon soon appears as well, walking upright; worse, he carries a whip. Before the other animals have a chance to react to the change, the sheep begin to chant, as if on cue: “Four legs good, two legs better!”
Clover, whose eyes are failing in her old age, asks Benjamin to read the writing on the barn wall where the Seven Commandments were originally inscribed. Only the last commandment remains: “all animals are equal.” However, it now carries an addition: “but some animals are more equal than others.” In the days that follow, Napoleon openly begins smoking a pipe, and the other pigs subscribe to human magazines, listen to the radio, and begin to install a telephone, also wearing human clothes that they have salvaged from Mr. Jones’s wardrobe.
One day, the pigs invite neighboring human farmers over to inspect Animal Farm. The farmers praise the pigs and express, in diplomatic language, their regret for past “misunderstandings.” The other animals, led by Clover, watch through a window as Mr. Pilkington and Napoleon toast each other, and Mr. Pilkington declares that the farmers share a problem with the pigs: “If you have your lower animals to contend with,” he says, “we have our lower classes!”
Mr. Pilkington notes with appreciation that the pigs have found ways to make Animal Farm’s animals work harder and on less food than any other group of farm animals in the county. He adds that he looks forward to introducing these advances on his own farm. Napoleon replies by reassuring his human guests that the pigs never wanted anything other than to conduct business peacefully with their human neighbors and that they have taken steps to further that goal.
Animals on Animal Farm will no longer address one another as “Comrade,” he says, or pay homage to Old Major; nor will they salute a flag with a horn and hoof upon it. All of these customs have been changed recently by decree, he assures the men. Napoleon even announces that Animal Farm will now be known as the Manor Farm, which is, he believes, its “correct and original name.”
The pigs and farmers return to their amiable card game, and the other animals creep away from the window. Soon the sounds of a quarrel draw them back to listen. Napoleon and Pilkington have played the ace of spades simultaneously, and each accuses the other of cheating. The animals, watching through the window, realize with a start that, as they look around the room of the farmhouse, they can no longer distinguish which of the cardplayers are pigs and which are human beings.








]]> 2022-06-01 10:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f/wish/2207335822 https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f/wish/2207765421 the next year there is much less food for the animals and the animals have to work much harder on the windmill, despite squealers lists of numbers supposedly proving that the food production is much much better under napoleons rule. when napoleon is gaining more power, he is seen much less. minumus has expressed in a poem the main opinion on napoleon. there are more executions while napoleon schemes to sell a pile of timber to Frederick. even though Frederick is rumored to be a sadisctic animal torturer. in August the windmill is finally finished, and napoleon sells the pile of timber to frederick. frederick tries to pay with a check, however napoleon wants cash, which he then recieves. later whymper finds out the the money is fake and napoleon pronounces death sentence on frederick. the next day frederick and 14 other men come to animal farm and attempt to destroy it. the humans are initially sucessfull by blowing up the windmill, the animals are very mad and drive the humans away from the farm. while the animals are bleeding squealer says, that despite what they may think the animals have actually won, and they call it 'the battle of the windmill'. a few days later the pigs find some whiskey in Jones' cellar. after drinking to much of it, napoleon thinks that he will die, but after 2 days he feels better again, and he orders the small paddock ( which was supposed to be used as a retirement-home for the older animals ) to be ploughed with barley for alcohol. at the end Muriel reads the seven commandments and notices for the first time that the fifth commmandment has changed to 'no animal shall drink alcohol to excess' which means that they can drink alcohol but not too much. ]]> 2022-06-01 16:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f/wish/2207765421 Chapter 3 Summary https://padlet.com/kburwood/f0ajszvc55o5my6f/wish/2213616376 Despite the initial difficulties of using farm implements designed for humans, the animals cooperated to complete the harvest in less time than it would have taken Jones and his men. Boxers are characterized by strong, tireless workers admired by all animals. Pigs become supervisors and supervisors of animal workers. On Sunday, the animals gathered in the big barn to hear Snowball and Napoleon discuss a range of topics they never seemed to agree on. Snowball set up a series of animal committees, but they all failed. However, he succeeded in instilling a degree of literacy in animals that learned to read according to different levels of intelligence. To help animals understand the general commandments of animalism, Snowball reduced the Seven Commandments to a slogan: "Four legs are good, two legs are bad." 
Napoleon, on the other hand, focused his energy on raising the young and took Jesse and Bluebell's puppies away from their mothers, presumably for educational purposes. 
Animals are known to mix cow's milk with fallen apples and pigs every day. When the animals object, Squealer explains, pigs need milk and apples to feed themselves because they work for the benefit of all other animals. 
While the successful harvest seemed to mark a general victory for the rebellion, Orwell showed in many ways that the ideals the rebels used as a rallying cry were being betrayed by pigs. Their new status as leaders - and creatures very similar to the humans they might be trying to overthrow - suggest that they don't do manual labor but stand behind horses and give orders. 
Squealer uses his speech and ability to "jump from side to side" to convince animals that pigs' greed is actually a noble sacrifice: Squealer accomplishes a greatness by treating pigs as near martyrs who only want apples and milk PR stunt. Always think of others first. "We drink milk and eat apples for you," argues Squealer, while the grunting animals are persuaded by his dazzling pseudo-logic that pigs are indeed selfless. 
Squealer's hypothetical comment, "Surely none of you want Jones back?" is how Squealer invokes Jones' name many times to convince the animals that, despite their dissatisfaction, their current lifestyle is far superior to their old owners. Yes. Orwell's tone is sarcastic when discussing the animal's response to the Squealer ("The importance of keeping pigs in good health is all too obvious") 
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