Home → SparkNotes → Literature Study Guides → Animal Farm. Animal Farm. George Orwell. Table of Contents. Plot Overview. Summary & Analysis. Chapter I · Chapter II · Chapter III · Chapter IV · Chapter V · Chapter VI · Chapter VII · Chapter VIII · Chapter IX · Chapter X. Characters. Character List · Napoleon · Snowball. read more
After Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, falls asleep in a drunken stupor, all of his animals meet in the big barn at the request of old Major, a 12-year-old pig. Major delivers a rousing political speech about the evils inflicted upon them by their human keepers and their need to rebel against the tyranny of Man. read more