Notes from Books

List of messages, objects, monsters, political state, etc from novels.

Animal Farm

• Abused at manor Farm
• Mr Jones prefers drink than care for animals
• went with other bad farmers
• came home drunker one evening, animals terrified
• night animal gathers for meeting by old Major - oldest pig when farmer went to bed.
• pigs are more clever, horses strongest, animals follow suit
• Old Major dying, wanted to say few things before too late.
• "few of us will never know the blessings of a peaceful old age. Boxer when you have given the last of your strength, what then? what ever we produce is taken from us, stolen from us and sold. our children are born cold and hungry, look at them while you can. You porkers, do you know what the future holds for you. do we deserve such a fate? is this farm too good to support us all? No comrades. When the farm is rich, but we would never get our share from farmer jones. Over throw this tyrant, so that we can be rich and free. comrades, revolt! But remember when you have got rid of jones. Dont adopt his vices. We animals are brothers, large or small, clever or simple, now and forever all animals are equal. " - Major
• animals starve as food is locked up. break in but farmer catches them. animals revolt and run the farmer out of farm. Snowball in charge gathers forces to go against other farmers that come to invade but they all defeat them.
• All apart from Napoleon will stay out of the house. Snowball thinks of laws of animal farm.
• Story similar to Russias change of power?
• Napoleon and Snowball strive for power. Snowball about setting a good example, providing a power source. Napoleon wants fear and brings up a pack of dogs as his army.
• army of dogs attack snowball, runs him out of farm. Napoleon takes over, puts the pigs at top, lesser animals at bottom. 
• Orders them to work, lies about Snowball, calling him a traitor that he was going to bring back Jones.
• Pigs breaks the laws (learns to walk on two legs, lives in Jones house, pigs get more food while others starve, kill off animals that can't work any more or against Napoleon)
•  Pigs make deals with other farmers by selling their work behind the animals backs for food for the pigs.
• Pigs become richer while the other animals become poorer and starve. beleive they are better than other animals.
• All animals unite against the pigs after pigs changed law that they are better than other animals. They tear down Jones house with the pigs still inside. Basic revert to the start.