"Just before he dies, Old Major, a respected pig on Manor Farm, stirs the animals up with his exciting ideas of rebellion against the tyrant man."
"Before long, the ineffective farmer, Jones, is overthrown and expelled from the farm, which adopts the name Animal Farm."
"The animals soon draw up a set of rules for life, the Seven Commandments."
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"However, before long, the pigs emerge as leaders and start to assume minor privileges over the other animals."
"The two leading pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, quarrel and Napoleon eventually drives his rival off the farm by force."
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"Despite hardships, the farm makes progress, and the animals embark on the construction of a windmill, which will supposedly ease their lives."
"Unfortunately, the windmill is destroyed and they must start again. Boxer, the cart-horse is a tower of strength."
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"Napoleon assumes more and more power, and governs with terror. Opponents are killed. The pigs now enjoy a luxurious style of life, far from the hardships of the other animals."
"Napoleon is cheated by Frederick, a neighbouring farmer, over the sale of some timber, and Frederick attacks and destroys the windmill a second time."
"The over-worked Boxer falls ill and is treacherously sent to the knacker's by Napoleon."
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"Over the years, the pigs benefit at the expense of the other animals and the Commandments are corrupted."
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"At the end of the novel, Napoleon and the other pigs are found drinking and playing cards with Pilkington and other men. Napoleon even toasts the farm by its old name, 'Manor Farm'."
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"The bewildered animals who witness this scene through the farmhouse windows are finally unable to tell the difference between the pigs and the humans who previously ruled them."
