He was a brutal and ruthless leader nicknamed Bloody Nicholas. At the time, Russia was ruled by Tsar Nicholas II. In Chapter II, the animals rebel and take over the farm in a series of events that mirror the revolutions that occurred in Russia during 1917. When they return from the field, the milk is gone. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.Īt the end of the chapter, the animals consider what they will do with the cow’s milk when Napoleon steps in front of the buckets and tells them not to worry.Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.In this chapter, the pigs formalise the principles of Animalism to seven commandments that are written on the side of a barn. They decree that no animal will ever wear clothes, burning the ribbons that had decorated the horses on market days and the hat that Boxer wore during summer. The farmhouse is declared a museum and it is agreed that no animal will ever live there. In the aftermath of the revolution, they change the name of ‘Manor Farm’ to ‘Animal Farm’. Farmer Jones lets Manor Farm fall into disrepair: “His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.” As a result, the revolution occurs much earlier than the animals expected, when they rise up, scaring Farmer Jones and his men away.
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