Animal Farm

George Orwell

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Important Quotations Explained

1. “Four legs good, two legs bad.”


2. Beasts of England, beasts of Ireland,
Beasts of every land and clime,
Hearken to my joyful tiding
Of the golden future time.


3. At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.


4. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.


5. “If you have your lower animals to contend with,” he said, “we have our lower classes!”


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by SHEKOOFEH493, September 04, 2012

6. Which of the animals does most of the heavy labor and adopts the motto :Ï will work harder"? Boxer
7. Boxer, who believes that he has unintentionally killed a stable boy in the chaos, expresses his regret at taking a life, even though it is a human one. Snowball tells him not to feel guilty, asserting that “the only good human being is a dead one.”
8. After the banishment of Snowball, the animals learn that Napoleon supports the windmill project
9.The pigs begin living in the farmhouse, and rumor has it that they e... Read more

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Animal Farm

by madmcg20, September 04, 2012

I did not like this book

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by juanelchingon, December 01, 2012

wat wud have happened if napoleon was kicked out and snowball was leader again

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