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The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is a fantasy story involving a farm owned by a man named Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones is an alcoholic who does not maintain his farm properly. This includes not feeding the animals enough, not harvesting correctly, and not cleaning the animals’ stalls. After awhile, the animals become tired of Mr. Jones and the way they are treated. One night, Major, the oldest pig on the farm, calls a …

…pigs were carrying whips in their hooves. A week later, Napoleon led a group of people around the farm showing them how the “Manor Farm” (the name “Animal Farm” had been abolished.) operated. The group then went inside and played cards and drank beer. The animals of the farm observed the pigs. They looked back and forth, from pig to man, man to pig, and suddenly realized they couldn’t tell one from the other.