Timeline of events in Animal Farm
This is to help you girls with the plot of the novel. Before the exams, you may want to read through this timeline to understand the main events.
Chapter 1
- Old Major's speech --> to inspire the animals to rebel from Man, to obtain freedom
- Beasts of England song introduced--> tells animals what they're lives without Man would be like
Chapter 2
- Animals rebel against Jones --> without planning, because they were unfed the whole day
- Pigs come up with the 7 commandments based on Old Major's speech
Chapter 3
- Pigs reserve all the milk and apples for themselves --> start of inequality soon after the rebellion
Chapter 4
- Battle of the Cowshed --> Mr Jones comes back to reclaim his farm. This time, due to Snowball's plans, the animals are well prepared and are victorious
Chapter 5
- Windmill idea suggested by Snowball --> symbolises development and modernisation of the farm. Beneficial because now they can get electricity, warmth, and storage space for their harvest
- Snowball is expelled --> this is the last we see of him in the novel. The path is clear for Napoleon to be the unchallenged leader.
Chapter 6
- the pigs engage in trade on behalf of the farm --> animals realise they cannot be self-suficient and have to depend on humans for some things --> going against commandment
- the windmill collapses due to strong wind, and the thin walls.
- pigs start living in the farmhouse and sleep on beds --> going against commandments
Chapter 7
- Hen rebellion --> Napoleon wants their eggs to trade with humans for other items.
- Execution of animals who are thought to be plotting with Snowball to overthrow Napoleon
Chapter 8
- Frederick and his men attack the farm and destroy the windmill
- Pigs drink alcohol --> going against yet another commandment
Chapter 9
- Animal Farm declared a Republic and Napoleon as president (which is ironic since there is no voting, unlike in a Republic, in which there is voting; a Republic is also democratic, rather than totalitarian)
- Boxer gets sent to be slaughtered
Chapter 10
- pigs start to walk on two legs, and adopt many other human mannerisms
- sheep's motto changed to 'four legs good, two legs better'
- 7 commandments replaced by a single one - 'All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'.
- at the end, the pigs cannot be differentiated from the humans
Chapter 1
- Old Major's speech --> to inspire the animals to rebel from Man, to obtain freedom
- Beasts of England song introduced--> tells animals what they're lives without Man would be like
Chapter 2
- Animals rebel against Jones --> without planning, because they were unfed the whole day
- Pigs come up with the 7 commandments based on Old Major's speech
Chapter 3
- Pigs reserve all the milk and apples for themselves --> start of inequality soon after the rebellion
Chapter 4
- Battle of the Cowshed --> Mr Jones comes back to reclaim his farm. This time, due to Snowball's plans, the animals are well prepared and are victorious
Chapter 5
- Windmill idea suggested by Snowball --> symbolises development and modernisation of the farm. Beneficial because now they can get electricity, warmth, and storage space for their harvest
- Snowball is expelled --> this is the last we see of him in the novel. The path is clear for Napoleon to be the unchallenged leader.
Chapter 6
- the pigs engage in trade on behalf of the farm --> animals realise they cannot be self-suficient and have to depend on humans for some things --> going against commandment
- the windmill collapses due to strong wind, and the thin walls.
- pigs start living in the farmhouse and sleep on beds --> going against commandments
Chapter 7
- Hen rebellion --> Napoleon wants their eggs to trade with humans for other items.
- Execution of animals who are thought to be plotting with Snowball to overthrow Napoleon
Chapter 8
- Frederick and his men attack the farm and destroy the windmill
- Pigs drink alcohol --> going against yet another commandment
Chapter 9
- Animal Farm declared a Republic and Napoleon as president (which is ironic since there is no voting, unlike in a Republic, in which there is voting; a Republic is also democratic, rather than totalitarian)
- Boxer gets sent to be slaughtered
Chapter 10
- pigs start to walk on two legs, and adopt many other human mannerisms
- sheep's motto changed to 'four legs good, two legs better'
- 7 commandments replaced by a single one - 'All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'.
- at the end, the pigs cannot be differentiated from the humans
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3 Comments:
the main characters in animal farm are the depections of real people in russia. who is squealer representing? were there people who knew about all the tyranny of stalin just like benjamin? were there people like mollie who ared for their own pleasures and ran away?
erm...........i dont know.........ask the guy who wrote the book la
Hi Manisha, Squealer represents all the methods of propaganda used by Stalin during his political regime - he used lies, distorted the truth, deceived people and controlled the way people think. The media such as TV, radio and newspapers were all utilised. In the same way, Napoleon uses Squealer to brainwash the animals through the use of propaganda.
Yes, there really were rich upper class people (who Mollie represents) who did not like the change in political system to communism, because that would mean they would lose their private property (since public common ownership is a characteristic of communism). Therefore, these rich people fled Russia with whatever wealth of theirs that they could take with them.
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