Summary and Comment on Animal Farm (6th Grade)
The book ‘The Animal Farm’ is a cleverly written book by George Orwell, which was first published in 1945. The time in which the book’s happenings play is not very specific, but can be concluded to the early 20th century in a farm house of rural England. In this book George Orwell describes the negative sides of communism by using different animals on a farm to substitute the different ranks and positions of people in a communist country.
This fictional story features quite a few main characters such as Mr. Jones, Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer. Mr. Jones is the owner of the Manor Farm, later to be called Animal Farm after the animals conquered the farm and chased the former owner away. Snowball and Napoleon, the pigs, are the leaders of the Animal Farm until at some point in the story Napoleon gains so much power that he chases Snowball away, too. Snowball is a leader who works for the benefit of the farm, yet Napoleon was the exact opposite who worked for the good of him alone, taking advantage of the less intelligent animals. Squealer is another pig who plays the role of spreading propaganda and persuading other animals on the farm to follow Snowball and Napoleon and later only Napoleon.
Personally, my favorite character is Napoleon, who plays the chief villain in this story. At first he and Snowball rule the Animal Farm side by side but later he manages to get rid of his co-ruler and convince all the animals to ‘bow down to his feet’. Even though the he only works for the good of himself I find it quite hilarious how he manages to twist around all the laws without the less intelligent animals to even get a clue what he is really up to.
The story starts of with Mr. Jones walking back to the farm house completely drunk, showing the lack of seriousness towards his job. Once the farmer enters his house the animals gather to a secret meeting with Old Major, a wild bore, who tells the animals of his dream of a revolution against Mr. Jones. A few days
This fictional story features quite a few main characters such as Mr. Jones, Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer. Mr. Jones is the owner of the Manor Farm, later to be called Animal Farm after the animals conquered the farm and chased the former owner away. Snowball and Napoleon, the pigs, are the leaders of the Animal Farm until at some point in the story Napoleon gains so much power that he chases Snowball away, too. Snowball is a leader who works for the benefit of the farm, yet Napoleon was the exact opposite who worked for the good of him alone, taking advantage of the less intelligent animals. Squealer is another pig who plays the role of spreading propaganda and persuading other animals on the farm to follow Snowball and Napoleon and later only Napoleon.
Personally, my favorite character is Napoleon, who plays the chief villain in this story. At first he and Snowball rule the Animal Farm side by side but later he manages to get rid of his co-ruler and convince all the animals to ‘bow down to his feet’. Even though the he only works for the good of himself I find it quite hilarious how he manages to twist around all the laws without the less intelligent animals to even get a clue what he is really up to.
The story starts of with Mr. Jones walking back to the farm house completely drunk, showing the lack of seriousness towards his job. Once the farmer enters his house the animals gather to a secret meeting with Old Major, a wild bore, who tells the animals of his dream of a revolution against Mr. Jones. A few days