"The Animal Farm" di G.Orwell

SUMMARY OF THE PLOT

The animals of the Manor farm live in cruel condition of exploitation under the sway of Mr. Jones , a bad and always drunken man. One day the Old Major, an old pig, convened a meeting of all the animals and told them about a dream that had had the previous night. He had dreamed about an old song that incited to rebellion against the human beings. Everyone was very excited and about three months later they revolted against Mr. Jones and they took possession of the farm. The rebellion was led by the pigs that were the most intelligent animals of the farm. The purpose of the revolution was to create a fair society made only by animals based on seven commandments that could be summed up with the maxim: "Four legs good, two legs bad".

In a short time among the pigs there was tension because Snowball , an inventive and vivacious pig, wanted to build a windmill but Napoleon, a big and fierce-looking pig, was skeptical. So the animals formed two parties. In the meantime Mr. Jones wanted to regain the farm but the animals succeeded in the battle and Mr. Jones was forced to run away. One day Napoleon arrived in the farm with nine big and ferocious dogs that incited against Snowball that ran away bleeding. From that day Napoleon was the real dictator of the farm, if someone was not agreed with him, he was eaten up by his dogs and if something didn't work, like the building of the windmill, it was all Snowball's fault. Napoleon had pity on nobody, when Boxer, the strongest horse in the farm, lost his power because of the old age, he unexpectedly led him to slaughter. Now Napoleon and the pigs were like Mr. Jones, they exploited the other animals, they took advantage of the foolishness of

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