Old Major gave many speeches to the farm animals about hope and the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. ... Another character represented in the book is Farmer Jones. ... In one part of the book Napoleon charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. ...

• Word Count: 1698
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Old Major gave many speeches to the farm animals about hope and the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. ... Another character represented in the book is Farmer Jones. ... In one part of the book Napoleon charged the dogs on Snowball, another animal. ... Many lessons can be learned by reading Animal Farm that can help countries and governments around the world from making mistakes in wielding their power against their people. ...

• Word Count: 1545
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

"Animal Farm," wrote Orwell, "was the first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole." ... By 1941, Russia under Stalin's rule was in a worse condition than before their plan for the betterment of quality of life for the whole had begun. ... STORY The story begins when an old boar named Old Major insights revolution against Farmer Jones with the animals through the stirring speech he gave before he died. ... The animals then finally realized that they were now under an even more oppressive rule th...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
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