Plot Summary GapFill

This quiz relates to Assessment Objective 1 (AO1).

A pig called Old Major Old Boar Old Jones The Major addresses the other animals on Manor Farm. He tells them that they are being exploited by Mr Jones, the farmer, who steals the produce of their labour. Old Major believes that a war renovation revolution rebellion is coming, and that the animals should work towards it against their enemy, Man. They sing a song to rouse their passions called ’We’ll Meet Again’ ’Death to Mankind’ ’Beasts Forever’ ’Beasts Of England’ , and, after Old Major dies, the animals are inspired to seize control of the farm. One of the ringleaders, Old Boar Squealer Napoleon Snowball , draws up twelve six five seven commandments that the animals must abide by. When Jones and his men try to take back the farm, the animals defend it, with Napoleon the cat Boxer Squealer being commended for his bravery alongside Snowball. While the pigs take charge of running the farm, tensions develop between Snowball and Napoleon, especially over the windmill committees food rations sheep , and this leads to Snowball's expulsion after Napoleon mounts a coup. With Moses Clover Squealer Pinkeye as his main mouthpiece, Napoleon begins to spread propaganda about the farm and its enemies. He uses Mr Whimper Mr Whymper Moses Mr Frederick as his intermediary with the world of humans to convince the other farmers that Animal Farm is doing well. In order to afford the materials for the windmill, Napoleon trades farm produce with the other farmers, starting with eggs grain barley hens , which nearly causes a counter-rebellion. Increasingly, the pigs serve their own interests, and the other animals work long hours for little food. The horse Boxer contracts an illness in his stomach mouth lungs heart  which causes him to collapse, and despite the other animals trying to intervene, Napoleon has him taken away to the old horses’ home meat factory glue factory knacker’s yard . The animals are persuaded by their pig masters that the real value of life lies in hard work and a happy outlook fresh air frugal living loyalty to Napoleon , but are shocked when they see the pigs imitating men by walking on their hind legs and bearing ribbons guns cigars whips in their trotters. The pigs finally invite the human farmers into a business partnership with them, but when they hear them arguing over money the eating of bacon a game of cards politics , the other animals realise that pigs and men have become one and the same and cannot even be distinguished on sight.