Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Chapter 8
Main Events
  • relationships between the neighbouring farms remain complex
  • the windmill is completed in autumn
  • the animals are suprised when napolean announces he is going to sell the wood to the humans
  • there is anbush on animal farm
  • the people blow up the windmill
Quotes
  • "Under the guidance of our Leader, Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days"
  • Thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon, how excellent this water tastes!"
  • "We have built the walls far too thick for that. They could not knock it down in a week. Courage, comrades!"
  • "Do you not see what they are doing? In another moment they are going to pack blasting powder into that hole."
  • "What is that gun firing for?"
Chapter Title - the battle of the windmill

Chapter 9

Main Events
  • they start rebuilding the windmill
  • rations are reduced again
  • boxer collapses
  • boxer is taken away to the glue factory
  • napolian tells the animals that boxer was not taken away to the slaughter but shiped to the vet
Quotes
  • It does not matter. I think you will be able to finish the windmill without me. There is a pretty good store of stone accumulated. I had only another month to go in any case. To tell you the truth, I had been looking forward to my retirement. And
    perhaps, as Benjamin is growing old too, they will let him retire at the same time and be a companion to me."
  • Run, somebody, and tell Squealer what has happened."
  • "Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of that van?"
  • "'Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied.' Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker's!"
  • "Boxer! Get out! Get out quickly! They're taking you to your death!"
Chapter Title - to death, by car

Chapter 10
Main events
  • years pass and only a few of the animals remember life before the rebellion
  • the windmill is completed
  • squeeler takes all the sheep on the farm away for a few days
  • the pigs begin to walk on two legs and ware cloths and carry whips
  • the pigs have a dinner party and envite the neighbouring farmers and there wives
  • they rename 'animal farm' back to 'manor farm'
  • the animals can no longer tell the difference between animals and pigs
Quotes
  • "Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!"
  • "My sight is failing," she said finally. "Even when I was young I could not have read what was written there. But it appears to me that that wall looks different. Are the Seven Commandments the same as they used to be, Benjamin?"
  • "ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"
  • "gentlemen, I give you a toast: To the prosperity of Animal Farm!"
  • "I will give you the same toast as before, but in a different form. Fill your glasses to the brim. Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm! "
Chapter Title - equality is finally distorted

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