Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near the town of Willingdon in England. The old hog Major collects all the animals that live here at night in a large barn. He says that they live in slavery and poverty because man is appropriating the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: you need to free yourself from man, and the animals will immediately become free and rich. The major begins to sing the old song "Beasts of England". The animals pick it up in unison. The preparations for the uprising are undertaken by pigs, who are considered the most intelligent animals. Among them, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer stand out. They transform Major's teachings into a coherent philosophical system called Animalism and present its foundations to others at secret meetings. The most faithful students are the draft horses Boxer and Clover. The uprising occurs earlier than expected, since Jones drinks, and his workers completely abandoned the farm and stopped feeding the cattle. The animals' patience comes to an end, they pounce on their tormentors and drive them away. Now the farm, the Manor barnyard, belongs to the animals. They destroy everything that reminds them of the owner, and leave his house as a museum, but none of them should ever live there. The estate is given a new name: “Animal Farm”.

The principles of Pig Animalism are reduced to the Seven Commandments and written on the wall of the barn. According to them, from now on and forever the animals are obliged to live in the Animal Farm:

1. All bipeds are enemies.
2. All four-legged or winged creatures are friends.
3. Animals should not wear clothing.
4. Animals should not sleep in bed.
5. Animals should not drink alcohol.
6. Animals should not kill other animals without reason.
7. All animals are equal.

For those who cannot remember all the Commandments, Snowball reduces them to one: “Four legs are good, two legs are bad.”

The animals are happy, although they work from dawn to dusk. The boxer works for three. His motto: “I will work even harder.” General meetings are held on Sundays; Resolutions are always put forward by pigs, the rest only vote. Then everyone sings the anthem "Beasts of England". Pigs don't do work, they lead others.

Jones and his workers attack the Animal Farm, but the animals fearlessly defend themselves and the people retreat in panic. Victory delights the animals. They call the battle the Battle of the Cowshed, establish the Order of Animal Hero of the first and second degrees, and reward Snowball and Boxer who distinguished themselves in battle.

Snowball and Napoleon constantly argue at meetings, especially about building a windmill. The idea belongs to Snowball, who himself carries out measurements, calculations and drawings: he wants to connect a generator to the windmill and supply the farm with electricity. Napoleon objects from the very beginning. And when Snowball convinces the animals to vote in his favor at the meeting, at a signal from Napoleon, nine huge ferocious dogs burst into the barn and attack Snowball. He barely escapes and is never seen again. Napoleon cancels all meetings. All issues will now be decided by a special committee of pigs, headed by himself; they will sit separately and then announce their decisions. The menacing growls of the dogs drown out any objections. The boxer expresses the general opinion with the words: “If Comrade Napoleon says this, then it is correct.” From now on, his second motto is: “Napoleon is always right.”

Napoleon announces that the windmill must still be built. It turns out that Napoleon always insisted on this construction, and Snowball simply stole and appropriated all his calculations and drawings. Napoleon had to pretend that he was against it, since there was no other way to get rid of Snowball, “who was a dangerous person and had a bad influence on everyone.” An explosion one night destroys a half-built windmill. Napoleon says that this is Snowball's revenge for his shameful exile, accuses him of many crimes and announces his death sentence. He calls for the restoration of the wind turbine to begin immediately.

Soon Napoleon, having gathered the animals in the yard, appears accompanied by dogs. He forces the pigs who once objected to him, and then several sheep, chickens and geese to confess to a secret relationship with Snowball. The dogs immediately gnaw their throats. The shocked animals mournfully begin to sing “Beasts of England,” but Napoleon prohibits the singing of the anthem forever. Moreover, it turns out that the Sixth Commandment states: “Animals shall not kill other animals without cause.” Now it is clear to everyone that the traitors who themselves admitted their guilt had to be executed.

Mr. Frederick, who lives next door, and fifteen armed workers attack the Animal Farm, injuring and killing many of the animals and blowing up the newly built windmill. The animals repel the attack, but are themselves drained of blood and exhausted. But, listening to Napoleon's solemn speech, they believe that they have won their greatest victory in the Battle of the Windmill.

Boxer dies from overwork. Over the years, there are fewer and fewer animals left who remember life on the farm before the Uprising. The “barnyard” is gradually becoming richer, but everyone except the pigs and dogs still starve, sleep on straw, drink from the pond, work day and night in the fields, suffer from cold in winter and heat in summer. Through reports and summaries, Squealer consistently proves that life on the farm is getting better every day. The animals are proud that they are not like everyone else: after all, they own the only farm in all of England, where everyone is equal, free and works for their own good.

Meanwhile, the pigs move into Jones' house and sleep in the beds. Napoleon lives in a separate room and eats from the ceremonial service. Pigs begin to trade with people. They drink whiskey and beer, which they brew themselves. They demand that all other animals give way to them. Having violated the next Commandment, the pigs, taking advantage of the gullibility of the animals, rewrite it in a way that is beneficial to them, and the only commandment remains on the wall of the barn: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Eventually the pigs put on Jones's clothes and begin to walk on their hind legs, to the approving bleating of the sheep trained by Squealer: "Four legs good, two legs better."

People from neighboring farms come to visit the pigs. Animals look in the living room window. At the table, guests and hosts play cards, drink beer and make almost identical toasts to friendship and normal business relations. Napoleon shows documents confirming that from now on the farm is the joint property of the pigs and is again called "Manor Farm". Then a quarrel breaks out, everyone is shouting and fighting, and it is no longer possible to tell where the man is and where the pig is.

Retold

The allegorical story-parable "Animal Farm" was written by George Orwell in 1945. It appeared on the shelves of domestic readers only four decades later. Not surprising, since the sharp anti-Stalinist satire simply could not have been published earlier. “Animal Farm”, also known as “Animal Farm”, “Animal Farm”, “Animal Farm”, “Animal Corner”, became the ideological predecessor of the most famous creation of the English prose writer - the dystopian novel “1984”.

The realities of Soviet reality and the main historical figures of the Land of the Soviets are described by Orwell so clearly that it is not difficult to unravel the artistic codes of the story. Animal Farm/Animal Republic is the USSR, the Leader, the author of the philosophy of bestialism is Lenin, the exiled leader of the newly formed republic of Collapse is Trotsky, the leader and tyrant Napoleon is none other than Stalin. The inhabitants of the farm are simple people dreaming of a bright future, hard-working, devoted, narrow-minded, blind, naive, and therefore deceived a thousand times by their ideological leaders.

George Orwell devoted most of his life to exposing the policies of Stalinism and Bolshevik terror, which he vehemently hated. He argued that the bright ideas of the revolution had been betrayed and vulgarized. Orwell considered the all-Union leader Joseph Stalin to be the main liar and source of evil. “There were few people the Soviet press spoke of with such hatred for forty years,” recalls one of the first translators of Animal Farm, Ilan Polotsk, “as George Orwell. She spoke little, and only through clenched teeth, choking on anger.”

Behind the Iron Curtain

Orwell died in 1950 from tuberculosis. The writer, alas, did not live to see the time when his works reached the main addressee - the Russian reader. Today it is not difficult to buy a volume of Animal Farm, but half a century ago it was found, secretly passed from hand to hand, and read overnight.

Let's remember how the revolution was born and died according to Orwell.

This night in the Lord's Yard - Mr. Jones's private farm - did not seem to foretell trouble. Her owner, as usual, got very drunk and was dead asleep in the house. Neither he, nor his wife, nor the workers suspected that a secret meeting of the four-legged inhabitants of the farm was taking place in the barn.

Everyone was here: the draft horses Boxer and Kashka, the pretty filly Molly, the old donkey Veniamin, the yard dogs Rosa, Kusay and Romashka, gilts and sows, the owner’s pet raven Moses, numerous sheep, chickens, ducks and even a cat, which, as usual, , a little late. The meeting was headed by the old hog Leader.

The inhabitants of the farm revered the old Leader. He has already turned twelve years old - a rare animal lives to such an old age. Lying in his cubbyhole for many years, the hog changed his mind and came to the conclusion that the source of all troubles for animals is man. He alone consumes and gives nothing in return, mercilessly exploits four-legged animals to satisfy his personal needs, lives in satiety and prosperity, while his workers receive just enough rations not to die of hunger, and work until they sweat. Moreover, it is a rare inhabitant of the farm that lasts longer than a year. They are born to be killed. And given your length of service, there is no point in dreaming about legal rest. The lot of old people is knackers.

Only by expelling a person can you live happily. In the fight against the two-legged oppressors, the Leader adjured his followers, do not become like the vices of the enemy. Houses, beds, clothes, alcohol and cigarettes - all these are attributes of human vulgarity. Animals under no circumstances dare to adopt them. And most importantly, “no animal should oppress another. Weak and strong, cunning and narrow-minded - we are all brothers. No animal should kill another. All animals are equal."

So spoke the old hog named Leader on that great night in the barn of the Lord's Court. He passed on to his followers his philosophy and the song “Beasts of England,” which became a symbol of the coming changes.

Three days later, the Leader passed away peacefully in his sleep. However, the animals did not forget the teachings of the venerable boar. They had "Beasts of England" memorized by heart and hummed the song whenever possible. The thought of an uprising pleasantly warmed hearts, but no one suspected that it would happen so quickly and spontaneously.

Mr. Jones drank heavily, his workers became unruly and often forgot to feed the animals. This time too, the living creatures, exhausted from the day’s work, were languishing from hunger in the barn. Patience ran out. The animals knocked down the doors and rushed for food, and when people with whips came running in response to the noise, the cattle lost control and went on the attack. The enormity of everything that was happening frightened the workers so much that they threw down their whips and clubs and rushed along the country road. Mrs. Jones, who was hiding at home, quietly slipped out the back door. The farm was empty. It was a victory.

Victory! Victory! For half the night, the animals, distraught with happiness, rushed across the expanses of the farm, tumbled in the ground, ate double rations, sang “Beasts of England” seven times in a row, and then fell asleep and slept as sweetly as never before in their lives.

In the morning, the Lord's Yard was solemnly renamed the Animal Farm, and on the wall of the barn they inscribed 7 commandments of the new animal society, which formed the basis of the Leader's philosophical teaching, called scotism. The commandments read:

1. Anyone who walks on two legs is an enemy.
2. The one who walks on four (or who has wings) is a friend.
3. The animal does not wear clothes.
4. The animal does not sleep in the bed.
5. The animal does not drink alcohol.
6. An animal will not kill another animal.

The commandments were formulated by the pigs Obval and Napoleon, who, being smarter than other inhabitants of the farm, were able to master literacy. What was written was ordered to be memorized and strictly observed. From Mrs. Jones's old tablecloth they made a flag - a horn and a hoof on a green background. It was solemnly raised to the flagpole every Sunday to the collective performance of “Beasts of England”.

Pigs are actively involved in eliminating illiteracy among animals. True, not everyone was given this difficult science. The draft horse Fighter never progressed beyond the letter G. The pretty fool Molly only learned her name and lovingly built it out of twigs on the ground. The sheep turned out to be hopelessly stupid, so that for them even the commandments had to be reduced to one simple statement: “Four legs are good, two are bad.” They selflessly bleated this simple slogan all day long.

To rebuild the newly formed Scotch Republic, one had to work until one’s sweat. However, the work was a joy for the inhabitants of the farm, because now they were working not for a person, but for the sake of their bright future. Only pigs, as intellectual workers, have taken on the difficult responsibility of managing a farm. They were given a separate headquarters, organized in a stable, apples and milk, which stimulated brain function. The animals did not resist - more than anything else, they were afraid of Mr. Jones's return.

However, the enemy did not keep himself waiting long and soon attacked the Animal Farm along with his workers. Thanks to the knowledge that Landfall gleaned from the Notes of Julius Caesar and the bravery of the farm's inhabitants, the animals managed to repel the attack. This day went down in the history of the Scottish Republic under the name of the Fight under the cowshed. Landfall and the Fighter, who fought selflessly, were awarded the Hero of the Animal Farm awards of the first degree, and the dead sheep was posthumously awarded a similar title of the second degree.

"All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others"

Little by little, relations between the leaders of Animal Farm - Landfall and Napoleon - began to become complicated. Any initiative proposed by Collapse caused sharp rejection on the part of Napoleon. Napoleon came to the vote on the construction of the mill, which was designed by Obval, accompanied by nine vicious dogs. While still puppies, he took them from Rose and Chamomile and raised them into cold-blooded fighters. The collapse was overthrown and put to flight. The time of Napoleon's dictatorship has come at Animal Farm.

The way of life in the Bestial Republic began to diverge more and more from the philosophy of bestialism laid down by the Leader. First, the pigs moved into the old manor's house and began to sleep on the beds. The animals thought for a moment, but then reread the fourth commandment. Strange, now it read: “The animal does not sleep in the bed ON THE SHEETS”.

Then Napoleon started trading with neighboring farmers - Culmington and Frederick. With the money raised, the pigs began to buy alcohol for themselves and have nightly feasts. It was now written on the barn “The animal does not drink alcohol UNTIL it goes unconscious”.

The collapse was recognized as the enemy of the people, and everyone who showed self-will was automatically equated to his secret agents. Public bloody reprisals were carried out against traitors. And for some reason an amendment was added to the sixth commandment "An animal will not kill another animal WITHOUT A REASON".

One day Napoleon came out into the courtyard wearing Mr. Jones's cap and riding breeches, walking on two legs and holding a whip. Nearby, in the same way, still a little clumsily, other pigs walked, angry dogs hovered around, and the sheep selflessly bleated: “Four legs are good, two are better.” The animals rushed to the barn - the seventh commandment was dark on its wall - “All animals are equal, BUT SOME ARE MORE EQUAL than OTHERS”.

Years passed. Animal Farm flourished. A mill was built and a second one was planned. The first bricks of an elite school for piglets were being laid. There were very few eyewitnesses of the uprising left - the blind mare Kashka, the donkey Benjamin, and even a couple of old-timers.

That night Kashka and Veniamin could not sleep. They crept up to Mr. Jones's former home and looked in the window. The pigs played cards together with the farmers, glasses clinked, pipes puffed, and drunken swearing was poured out.

Napoleon, who had grown fat and had three chins, hugged people like brothers. He talked about his immediate plans to rename the Animal Farm to the Lord's Farm, because this befits his status as a master, and to remove the horns and hooves from the flag, leaving only a green canvas.

Kashka squinted her old eyes, but could no longer distinguish who were people and who were pigs - they became so similar. Animal Farm was no longer the place they had so fondly dreamed of as they floundered in the fresh soil the night after the uprising.

Barnyard
Summary of the novel
Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near Willingdon, England. The old hog Major collects all the animals that live here at night in a large barn. He says that they live in slavery and poverty because man is appropriating the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: you need to free yourself from man, and the animals will immediately become free and rich. The major begins to sing the old song “Beasts of England.” The animals pick it up in unison. Preparations for the uprising are undertaken by pigs, who are considered

The smartest animals. Among them, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer stand out. They transform Major's teachings into a coherent philosophical system called Animalism and present its foundations to others at secret meetings. The most faithful students are the draft horses Boxer and Clover. The uprising occurs earlier than expected, since Jones drinks, and his workers completely abandoned the farm and stopped feeding the cattle. The animals' patience comes to an end, they pounce on their tormentors and drive them away. Now the farm, the Manor barnyard, belongs to the animals. They destroy everything that reminds them of the owner, and leave his house as a museum, but none of them should ever live there. The estate is given a new name: “Animal Farm”.
The principles of Pig Animalism are reduced to the Seven Commandments and written on the wall of the barn. According to them, from now on and forever the animals are obliged to live in the “Animal Farm”:
1. All bipeds are enemies.
2. All four-legged or winged creatures are friends.
3. Animals should not wear clothes.
4. Animals should not sleep in bed.
5. Animals should not drink alcohol.
6. Animals should not kill other animals without reason.
7. All animals are equal.
For those who cannot remember all the Commandments, Snowball reduces them to one: “Four legs are good, two legs are bad.”
The animals are happy, although they work from dawn to dusk. The boxer works for three. His motto: “I will work even harder.” General meetings are held on Sundays; Resolutions are always put forward by pigs, the rest only vote. Then everyone sings the anthem “Beasts of England”. Pigs don't do work, they lead others.
Jones and his workers attack the Animal Farm, but the animals fearlessly defend themselves and the people retreat in panic. Victory delights the animals. They call the battle the Battle of the Cowshed, establish the Order of Animal Hero of the first and second degrees, and reward Snowball and Boxer who distinguished themselves in battle.
Snowball and Napoleon constantly argue at meetings, especially about building a windmill. The idea belongs to Snowball, who himself carries out measurements, calculations and drawings: he wants to connect a generator to the windmill and supply the farm with electricity. Napoleon objects from the very beginning. And when Snowball convinces the animals to vote in his favor at the meeting, at a signal from Napoleon, nine huge ferocious dogs burst into the barn and attack Snowball. He barely escapes and is never seen again. Napoleon cancels all meetings. All issues will now be decided by a special committee of pigs, headed by himself; they will sit separately and then announce their decisions. The menacing growls of the dogs drown out any objections. Boxer expresses the general opinion with the words: “If Comrade Napoleon says this, then it is correct.” From now on, his second motto is: “Napoleon is always right.”
Napoleon announces that the windmill must still be built. It turns out that Napoleon always insisted on this construction, and Snowball simply stole and appropriated all his calculations and drawings. Napoleon had to pretend that he was against it, since there was no other way to get rid of Snowball, “who was a dangerous person and had a bad influence on everyone.” An explosion one night destroys a half-built windmill. Napoleon says that this is Snowball's revenge for his shameful exile, accuses him of many crimes and announces his death sentence. He calls for the restoration of the wind turbine to begin immediately.
Soon Napoleon, having gathered the animals in the yard, appears accompanied by dogs. He forces the pigs who once objected to him, and then several sheep, chickens and geese to confess to a secret relationship with Snowball. The dogs immediately gnaw their throats. The shocked animals mournfully begin to sing “Beasts of England,” but Napoleon prohibits the singing of the anthem forever. Moreover, it turns out that the Sixth Commandment states: “Animals shall not kill other animals without cause.” Now it is clear to everyone that the traitors who themselves admitted their guilt had to be executed.
Mr. Frederick, who lives next door, and fifteen armed workers attack the Animal Farm, injuring and killing many of the animals and blowing up the newly built windmill. The animals repel the attack, but are themselves drained of blood and exhausted. But, listening to Napoleon's solemn speech, they believe that they have won their greatest victory in the Battle of the Windmill.
Boxer dies from overwork. Over the years, there are fewer and fewer animals left who remember life on the farm before the Uprising. The “barnyard” is gradually becoming richer, but everyone, except the pigs and dogs, still starves, sleeps on straw, drinks from the pond, works day and night in the fields, suffers from cold in winter and heat in summer. Through reports and summaries, Squealer consistently proves that life on the farm is getting better every day. The animals are proud that they are not like everyone else: after all, they own the only farm in all of England, where everyone is equal, free and works for their own good.
Meanwhile, the pigs move into Jones' house and sleep in the beds. Napoleon lives in a separate room and eats from the ceremonial service. Pigs begin to trade with people. They drink whiskey and beer, which they brew themselves. They demand that all other animals give way to them. Having violated the next Commandment, the pigs, taking advantage of the gullibility of the animals, rewrite it in a way that suits them, and the only commandment remains on the wall of the barn: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Eventually the pigs put on Jones's clothes and begin to walk on their hind legs, to the approving bleat of the sheep trained by Squealer: "Four legs good, two legs better."
People from neighboring farms come to visit the pigs. Animals look in the living room window. At the table, guests and hosts play cards, drink beer and make almost identical toasts to friendship and normal business relations. Napoleon shows documents confirming that from now on the farm is the joint property of the pigs and is again called “Manor Farm”. Then a quarrel breaks out, everyone is shouting and fighting, and it is no longer possible to tell where the man is and where the pig is.

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Mr. Jones owns Manor Farm near Willingdon, England. The old hog Major collects all the animals that live here at night in a large barn. He says that they live in slavery and poverty because man is appropriating the fruits of their labor, and calls for an uprising: you need to free yourself from man, and the animals will immediately become free and rich. The major begins to sing the old song "Beasts of England". The animals pick it up in unison. The preparations for the uprising are undertaken by pigs, who are considered the most intelligent animals. Among them, Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer stand out. They transform Major's teachings into a coherent philosophical system called Animalism and present its foundations to others at secret meetings. The most faithful students are the draft horses Boxer and Clover. The uprising occurs earlier than expected, since Jones drinks, and his workers completely abandoned the farm and stopped feeding the cattle. The animals' patience comes to an end, they pounce on their tormentors and drive them away. Now the farm, the Manor barnyard, belongs to the animals. They destroy everything that reminds them of the owner, and leave his house as a museum, but none of them should ever live there. The estate is given a new name: “Animal Farm”.

The principles of Pig Animalism are reduced to the Seven Commandments and written on the wall of the barn. According to them, from now on and forever the animals are obliged to live in the Animal Farm:

1. All bipeds are enemies.

2. All four-legged or winged creatures are friends.

3. Animals should not wear clothes.

4. Animals should not sleep in bed.

5. Animals should not drink alcohol.

6. Animals should not kill other animals without reason.

7. All animals are equal.

For those who cannot remember all the Commandments, Snowball reduces them to one: “Four legs are good, two legs are bad.”

The animals are happy, although they work from dawn to dusk. The boxer works for three. His motto: “I will work even harder.” General meetings are held on Sundays; Resolutions are always put forward by pigs, the rest only vote. Then everyone sings the anthem "Beasts of England". Pigs don't do work, they lead others.

Jones and his workers attack the Animal Farm, but the animals fearlessly defend themselves and the people retreat in panic. Victory delights the animals. They call the battle the Battle of the Cowshed, establish the Order of Animal Hero of the first and second degrees, and reward Snowball and Boxer for those who distinguished themselves in battle.

Snowball and Napoleon constantly argue at meetings, especially about building a windmill. The idea belongs to Snowball, who himself carries out measurements, calculations and drawings: he wants to connect a generator to the windmill and supply the farm with electricity. Napoleon objects from the very beginning. And when Snowball convinces the animals to vote in his favor at the meeting, at a signal from Napoleon, nine huge ferocious dogs burst into the barn and attack Snowball. He barely escapes and is never seen again. Napoleon cancels all meetings. All issues will now be decided by a special committee of pigs, headed by himself; they will sit separately and then announce their decisions. The menacing growls of the dogs drown out any objections. Boxer expresses the general opinion with the words: “If Comrade Napoleon says this, then it is correct.” From now on, his second motto is: “Napoleon is always right.”

Napoleon announces that the windmill must still be built. It turns out that Napoleon always insisted on this construction, and Snowball simply stole and appropriated all his calculations and drawings. Napoleon had to pretend that he was against it, since there was no other way to get rid of Snowball, “who was a dangerous person and had a bad influence on everyone.” An explosion one night destroys a half-built windmill. Napoleon says that this is Snowball's revenge for his shameful exile, accuses him of many crimes and announces his death sentence. He calls for the restoration of the wind turbine to begin immediately.

Soon Napoleon, having gathered the animals in the yard, appears accompanied by dogs. He forces the pigs who once objected to him, and then several sheep, chickens and geese to confess to a secret relationship with Snowball. The dogs immediately gnaw their throats. The shocked animals mournfully begin to sing “Beasts of England,” but Napoleon prohibits the singing of the anthem forever. Moreover, it turns out that the Sixth Commandment states: “Animals shall not kill other animals without cause.” Now it is clear to everyone that the traitors who themselves admitted their guilt had to be executed.

Mr. Frederick, who lives next door, and fifteen armed workers attack the Animal Farm, injuring and killing many of the animals and blowing up the newly built windmill. The animals repel the attack, but are themselves drained of blood and exhausted. But, listening to Napoleon's solemn speech, they believe that they have won their greatest victory in the Battle of the Windmill.

Boxer dies from overwork. Over the years, there are fewer and fewer animals left who remember life on the farm before the Uprising. The “barnyard” is gradually becoming richer, but everyone except the pigs and dogs still starve, sleep on straw, drink from the pond, work day and night in the fields, suffer from cold in winter and heat in summer. Through reports and summaries, Squealer consistently proves that life on the farm is getting better every day. The animals are proud that they are not like everyone else: after all, they own the only farm in all of England, where everyone is equal, free and works for their own good.

Meanwhile, the pigs move into Jones' house and sleep in the beds. Napoleon lives in a separate room and eats from the ceremonial service. Pigs begin to trade with people. They drink whiskey and beer, which they brew themselves. They demand that all other animals give way to them. Having violated the next Commandment, the pigs, taking advantage of the gullibility of the animals, rewrite it in a way that suits their interests, and the only commandment remains on the wall of the barn: “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Eventually the pigs put on Jones's clothes and begin to walk on their hind legs, to the approving bleating of the sheep trained by Squealer: "Four legs good, two legs better."

People from neighboring farms come to visit the pigs. Animals look in the living room window. At the table, guests and hosts play cards, drink beer and make almost identical toasts to friendship and normal business relations. Napoleon shows documents confirming that from now on the farm is the joint property of the pigs and is again called "Manor Farm". Then a quarrel breaks out, everyone is shouting and fighting, and it is no longer possible to tell where the man is and where the pig is.