Animal Farm Chapter 5 Summary

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Mr. Jones is a careless farm owner that doesn't take proper care of his animals. One day, he got home, fell asleep and forgot to lock the doors. All the farm animals met in the barn because Old Major, the wise one wanted to speak some sense into the animals. He told the two things to tell them; humans mistreating them and his dream. Old major told them that humans make animals' lives miserable and short. He also told them about what he saw in his dream. In his dream, he saw a world where animals live freely without humans. In his dream, he heard the animals sing ''Beasts of England''. This song was sung by animals ages ago and animals forgot it but, Old major saw it in his dream and memorised it. That song mainly expressed animals' freedom. Old major taught the song to the animals and they all memorised it. His speech ended by the animals singing very loud and woke up Mr. Jones, when he woke up, he fired his gun because he thought it was a fox and all the animals went to sleep. Chapter 2 Old major died three days after his speech. The animals worked very hard on turning his dream i...

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