In Chapter 2 of Animal Farm, the animals are taught to read and write, and Snowball and Napoleon begin to emerge as leaders with different visions for the farm. Read more »

Animal Farm’s revolution led to the overthrow of human oppression, but the pigs’ rise to power corrupted the ideals of equality and justice. Read more »

Chapter 5 of Animal Farm sees the pigs consolidating their power and enforcing stricter rules on the other animals, while Snowball’s influence wanes. Read more »

The animals create a utopian society on Animal Farm, but the government they establish soon becomes just as corrupt as the one they overthrew. Read more »

Animal Farm has a total of seven commandments, which were later altered throughout the course of the story. Read more »

The pigs in Animal Farm formulated the Seven Commandments as a set of rules to govern the behavior of all animals on the farm. Read more »

Boxer, the hardworking horse, was betrayed by the pigs in Animal Farm. They sold him to the knacker for money, breaking their own commandments. Read more »

Farming and raising animals revolutionized human society, allowing for settlement, surplus food production, and specialization of labor. Read more »