What Is Napoleon's Rebellion In Animal Farm

Manor Farm is a large farm located in Willingdon, England. Mr. Jones, the owner of the farm is a tyrant person that treats the animal of the farm bad. He drinks too much and doesn’t really care about the farm, “Mr. Jones of the farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was

too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes...” (Orwell 8). One day Old Major, an old boar, assembles the animals of the Manor Farm in the barn and talks about a dream he had the other night; He describes the world in his dream which animals are free from their masters and live free from tyranny. Shortly after the meeting, Old Major dies, but the animals of the farm gets influenced by Old Major’s ideas. One day, when Mr. Jones forgets to feed the animals, the rebel starts. Snowball and Napoleon, two pigs, prove themselves as leaders of this revolution and gain the animal’s

trust, “ With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership” (Orwell 23).

Under the pigs supervision, animals change the name of the farm to “Animal Farm” and adopt “Animalism” along with “Seven Commandments of Animalism” which are painted on the wall. At first Rebellion seemed to be a success, they harvest and even try to build a windmill, but then the animals realize that as they received less and less food, pigs got fatter and fatter. Napoleon’s leadership becomes a dictatorship. Pigs break the Seven Commandments by their will. For example, one night pigs become drunk and the Commandment, "No animals shall drink alcohol" is changed to, "No animal shall drink

alcohol to excess." A year later Commandments are reduced to a single law: "All Animals Are Equal / But Some Are More Equal Than Others." The novel ends with people of the neighbor farm sharing drinks with the pigs in Jones' house. Napoleon changes the name of the farm back to Manor Farm. It’s later understood that the revolution was not revolution at all “As other animals watch the scene from outside the window, they cannot tell the pigs from the humans” (Orwell 174).