- Old major refers to the humans as the enemies, "beasts of England".
- When major dies, two younger pigs Snowball and Napoleon resume command.
- They drive the farmer Mr Jones from the farm.
- Pigs elevate themselves.
- Farmer retaliate but are ambushed, Snowball's popularity soars.
- Napoleon and Snowball compete, Napoleon has his dogs chase Snowball away.
- Napoleon begins to purge the farm, killing those he thinks are consorting with Snowball.
- Napoleon adopts the life of a man.
- Boxer the horse is wounded and is taken away by a knacker, under the guise of a veterinary surgeon. -This funds the pigs some whiskey.
- The humans and pigs are no longer distinguishable.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
“Four legs good, two legs bad.”
“He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.”
'Writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew. Many of the characters and events of Orwell's novel parallel those of the Russian Revolution: In short, Manor Farm is a model of Russia, and old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon represent the dominant figures of the Russian Revolution.' - https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/animal-farm/critical-essays/the-russian-revolution
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