Welcome to Animal Farm!

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What is Animal Farm?

Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell.  This novel is an allegory fable written as a satire for Russian History. To learn more about the novel's allegorical connections, click here!

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The Plot

The animals rebel against Mr. Jones, a human, because he treats him very poorly.  After they kick Jones out of the farm, they rename the farm Animal Farm.  Snowball and Napoleon take control of the farm, but later, Napoleon banishes Snowball from the farm.  Napoleon starts to break every rule, but Squealer convinces the other animals that it is okay.  Finally, power corrupts, and Napoleon thinks that he is human, and he treats the animals even worse than Jones did. 

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