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    Old Major, a pig, inspires the farm animals to rebel against their human masters. The animals chase the humans off the farm, renaming it Animal Farm and establishing the principles of Animalism. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, emerge as leaders, though Napoleon grows power-hungry. When the humans attack to retake the farm, Snowball's tactics help the animals win. However, Napoleon later uses vicious dogs to chase Snowball away and establishes himself as the sole leader, rewriting principles to consolidate his power.

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    Old Major, a pig, inspires the farm animals to rebel against their human masters. The animals chase the humans off the farm, renaming it Animal Farm and establishing the principles of Animalism. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, emerge as leaders, though Napoleon grows power-hungry. When the humans attack to retake the farm, Snowball's tactics help the animals win. However, Napoleon later uses vicious dogs to chase Snowball away and establishes himself as the sole leader, rewriting principles to consolidate his power.

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    Old Major, a pig, inspires the farm animals to rebel against their human masters. The animals chase the humans off the farm, renaming it Animal Farm and establishing the principles of Animalism. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, emerge as leaders, though Napoleon grows power-hungry. When the humans attack to retake the farm, Snowball's tactics help the animals win. However, Napoleon later uses vicious dogs to chase Snowball away and establishes himself as the sole leader, rewriting principles to consolidate his power.

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    Book summary I

    One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old
    Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the
    tyranny of their human masters. old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals
    inspired by his philosophy of Animalism plot a rebellion against Jones. Two
    pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this
    dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs,
    and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm,
    and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall.
    Initially, the rebellion is a success: The animals complete the harvest and meet every
    Sunday to debate farm policy. The pigs, because of their intelligence, become the
    supervisors of the farm. Napoleon, however, proves to be a power-hungry leader who
    steals the cows' milk and a number of apples to feed himself and the other pigs. He also
    enlists the services of Squealer, a pig with the ability to persuade the other animals that
    the pigs are always moral and correct in their decisions.
    Later that fall, Jones and his men return to Animal Farm and attempt to retake it. Thanks
    to the tactics of Snowball, the animals defeat Jones in what thereafter becomes known
    as The Battle of the Cowshed. Winter arrives, and Mollie, a vain horse concerned only
    with ribbons and sugar, is lured off the farm by another human. Snowball begins drawing
    plans for a windmill, which will provide electricity and thereby give the animals more
    leisure time, but Napoleon vehemently opposes such a plan on the grounds that
    building the windmill will allow them less time for producing food. On the Sunday that the
    pigs offer the windmill to the animals for a vote, Napoleon summons a pack of ferocious
    dogs, who chase Snowball off the farm forever. Napoleon announces that there will be
    no further debates; he also tells them that the windmill will be built after all and lies that
    it was his own idea, stolen by Snowball. For the rest of the novel, Napoleon uses
    Snowball as a scapegoat on whom he blames all of the animals' hardships.

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