Animal Farm starts with Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, drunkenly heading to bed. The animals gather for a meeting to hear Old Major, the prize boar, who tells them about how the humans exploit the farm animals and how they can get rid of their oppressors through a rebellion. Major tells the animals that "all animals are equal" and the humans are their enemy.
Old Major dies soon and the animals are now tutored in the basics of rebellion by three smart pigs, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer. The rebellion breaks out unexpectedly when Mr. Jones neglects to feed the animals and they break into a store shed to get food. As they are caught and whipped by the humans, the animals attack the humans who flee the farm. The new leaders of the animals, the pigs, change the name of the farm as "Animal Farm" and ask the animals to continue working for the harvest.
The first harvest under the animals' own administration is a great success as most of the animals work enthusiastically. Differences of opinion begin to appear between the two leaders, Napoleon and Snowball. While the latter puts up proposals for improving the animals' life on the farm, the former sees little merit in the suggestions. The animals gradually discover that the choicest food such as milk and apples is reserved for the pigs under the justification that the leaders need better food for their brain.
As the news of the rebellion spreads, animals on other farms get emboldened and start disobeying their human masters. The humans, led by Mr. Jones, attach the animal farm in an attempt to recapture it. The animals...
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