Animal Farm by George Orwell Chapter 2

The animals first gallop happily around the farm and then destroy evidence of Mr. Jones power.They throw bits,dog chains and knives down the well, and they burn ...

An elder pig called Old Major introduces the idea of freedom to the other animals, stating that mankind enslaves animals and has mistreated them for too long.

The rebellion occurs when Jones again falls into a drunken sleep and neglects to feed the animals, who break into the store-shed in search of a meal. When Jones ...

As the biblical Moses led his people out of bondage and into the Promised Land, Moses the raven only offers a story about an obviously fictitious place. The ...

The farmhouse itself is a symbol of decadence and of totalitarian rule, as it contains all the fruits of Mr. Jones's illegitimately or immorally amassed wealth.

A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm. The animals rushed to the top of it and gazed round them in the clear ...

Unable to bear their hunger, the cows break into the store shed and the animals begin to eat. Mr. Jones and his men discover the transgression and begin to whip ...

Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others. At the beginning they met with much stupidity ...