Simon <Green.Leaf@gmx.de> 

Animal Farm 

 

George Orwell was born i 903 and died in 1950. His books were always pointing at important political themes of 
real importance. 
 
Mr. Jones is the owner of the Manor farm and most of the time he is drunk. One day old Major has a dream. He 
dreams that the animals live like slaves on the farm and he wants to finish the slavery. So he speaks to the 
animals to make a rebellion. Some days later Major dies so the other  animals want to make the rebellion. They 
want to overthrow the human race because a man is an enemy. He is the only creature, who consumes without 
working. Human beings reign over the animals. One day the animals don't get enough food so they started the 
rebellion. They fight with Mr. Jones until he runs away. Now the animals are the owner of the farm and they 
change the name into Animal farm.  
Everybody living around the farm thinks that the animals can't hold the farm long. The animals want to convince 
the people oof their resolution so they maake seven commandments: 
1) What ever goes upoon two legs is an enemy. 
2) What ever goes upon four legs or has wings is a freind. 
3) No animal shall wear clothes. 
4) No animal shall sleep in a bed. 
5) No animal shall drink alcohol. 
6) No animal shall kill another animal. 
7) All animals are equal. 
They ake meetings where problems are discussed. The pigs say that the are the cleverest and so they take over 
control and organise everything. They have more rights. Napoleon and Snowball don't have the same opinion so 
Napoleon chases Snowball until he runs away. So Napoleon is the leader of the farm. Now Snowball is blamed 
for everything going wrong an the farm. The pigs live in the house and sleep in beds. Napoleon kills some 
animals because of being in contact with Snowball. 
The animals get little food and do all the work. They have to built a winmill to make electricity. The pigs drink 
whiskey. Clover realizes that the pigs have broken nearly every commandment but the pigs can change the them 
the way they like. Boxer listens to the words of Napoleon and he blames himself for everything going wrong.He 
always worked hard and tries to be an example for every animal. One day he has an accident and the pigs sell 
him to the slaughterer.  
Years pss and the work is harder than ever. The pigs start wlking on two legs and wearing clothes. They changed 
the seventh commandment into " All animals are equal but some animals are more equal." 
The pigs have a good relationship to humans and they act like people. Benjamin and Clover see that there is no 
difference between men and pigs. The life is worse than it was when Jones was the owner of the farm. 
 
I chose this book because it was recommanded to me. This book is well written, but sometimes it isn't easy to 
read. Maybe it is because of the serious plot. I enjoyed reading this book because of the plot. It showes how 
complicated it is to make a working  community. 
 
Animal farm is a fable which means that it doesn't mather if you take people for the animals. The first part of the 
book shows that people who are in a bad situation for example suppression or dictatorship have the same ideas. 
The want to change their situation so they organise a rebellion. First they search for an leader, which is Old 
Major. He has the idea to overthrow Mr. Jones. So people are motivated to do a rebellion. If there is a device 
factor they start the rebellion. In most of the cases the rebellion is cut down but if it is successfully done they 
make rules.  
And then there is somebody who thinks that he is better than the others. In the book it is Napoleon. The name 
reminds on Napoleon Bonaparte who was a great general but a dictator. This person has some accompany and 
they do everything he says. So it isn't better than before. Surely it can be better. 
Orwell lives during the two worldwars. Maybe it was a hidden criticism on Hitler and the Nazis. There it was the 
same. After the first world war the people were depressed. Everything was damadged. Then Hitler came and said 
it woudl be better and everybody trusted him. So they went into the second world war.