Chapter 1 Summary Animal Farm

By David Villacorta

In this chapter it opens with an explanation of the horrible conditions in which all animals are used for. The owner of the farm is described as a despicable character, using atrocious actions to control the farm. However, the animals don’t know about this and they simply carry on in their daily labor. One day one of the oldest pigs, who is about to die, starts a speech to explain how things “work” in their community. He is used here as a figure of “reason and understanding”. Here he expresses that the human beings, represented by the farm owner, uses all of them to gain wealth and power, and that their mere destiny is to die, thus they must all join in order to bring down the reign of terror in which they have been born.

I didn’t know how to relate all this information so I have to admit I had to look up information regarding the book and I found out that this book is a satire of the Russia, former Soviet Union. So I can simply say that the old pig, which is about to die, represents Karl Marx, and the rest of the animals are the people, or proletarian. What I find amusing is that he uses the pig to depict historical figures. So it is kind of funny but overall this chapter is interesting.