Contents
Plot Overview
+Summary & AnalysisChapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
+Characters+Main Ideas+Quotes+Further Study+Writing Help
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Chapter IV
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Summary
By late summer, news of Animal Farm has spread across
half the county. Mr. Jones lives ignominiously in Willingdon, drinking
and complaining about his misfortune. Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick,
who own the adjoining farms, fear that disenchantment will spread
among their own animals. Their rivalry with each other, however,
prevents them from working together against Animal Farm. They merely
spread rumors about the farm’s inefficiency and moral reprehensibility.
Meanwhile, animals everywhere begin singing “Beasts of England,”
which they have learned from flocks of pigeons sent by Snowball,
and many begin to behave rebelliously.
