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Inspired by Major’s rousing speech calling for revolution, the pigs draw up seven commandments for the animals of the farm. These begin: ‘Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.’.
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- Chapter 9
Orwell's proposed preface to Animal Farm, first published in the Times Literary Supplementon 15 September 1972 1. "If the fable were addressed generally to dictators and dictatorships at large then publication would be all right, but the fable does follow, as I see now, so completely the progress of the Russian Soviets and their two dictators, that...
Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bod...
"Comrade," said Snowball, "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that libertyis worth more than ribbons?"
All through that summer the work of the farm went like clockwork. The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be. Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure, now th...
Rumours of a wonderful farm, where the human beings had been turned out and the animals managed their own affairs, continued to circulate in vague and distorted forms, and throughout that year a wa...
The animals listened first to Napoleon, then to Snowball, and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the m...
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and...
Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball. If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done i...
A few days later, when the terror caused by the executions had died down, some of the animals remembered--or thought they remembered--that the Sixth Commandment decreed "No animal shall kill any ot...
Meanwhile life was hard. The winter was as cold as the last one had been, and food was even shorter. Once again all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality...
Animal Farm: Chapter 10 Lyrics. YEARS passed. The seasons came and went, the short animal lives fled by. A time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion,...
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Mar 7, 2019 · The following Animal Farm quotes are some of the most recognizable examples of political satire in English literature. The novel, which tells the story of farm animals who organize a revolution, is an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the regime of Joseph Stalin. Discover how Orwell creates this political allegory and conveys themes of ...
The speech, inspired by his dream of a utopian future, sets the stage for the animals' revolt and highlights themes of inequality and exploitation, mirroring Karl Marx's communist philosophy....
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Nov 21, 2023 · Animal Farm (1945) is a political novel written by George Orwell. It is an allegory —a story with a deeper meaning— of the Russian Revolution. The novel is about a group of English animals that...
