Animal Farm

The animals of Manor Farm are miserable. Mr. Jones, the owner of the farm, is a mean, heartless man who butchers the pigs and drowns dogs when they get too old. One day, a prize-winning boar named Old Major encourages the animals to rebel against the humans. Old Major dies just three days after proposing the rebellion. Three young pigs (Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer) lead the resistance. When Mr. Jones gets drunk one night, the animals drive him and his men off the farm, which they rename Animal Farm. Together, the pigs write the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the new political philosophy that declares all animals equal. Under the pigs` leadership, the farm animals work hard to bring in the harvest and build an idyllic society. Snowball and Napoleon fight for control of Animal Farm. Napoleon uses specially trained dogs to run Snowball off the farm. Snowball then makes false promises of comfort and prosperity to the other animals. Life gets worse on the farm, and the pigs assume the role that Mr. Jones and the humans once held.