Chapter 2 Summary Animal Farm

By David Villacorta

In this chapter the animals become united after the death of old major. They plan to carry on the message he had given them. The pigs start to get smarter and start to teach the animals about the Importance of rebelling against Mr. John. They have a hard time trying to convince them at first, but at then they follow suit. They also struggle with Moses, an animal which preaches them about a paradise the animals go after they die. One day, the farmer doesn’t feed them and gets drunk, infuriating the cows, who fight the workers back and make the other animals join their fight. Little after, the revolution based on “animalism” is underway.  The chapter ends with one of the pigs stealing the milk and staying over at the farm while the others are at work.

If I hadn’t read about the relation of this book with the Russians I would probably think this is a makeup tale or a children’s story.  I can superficially say that the farmer is the Tsar of Russia and the other characters, or the main ones are the revolution leaders. It’s interesting how it all aims to be understood from the animal’s standpoint. The slavery and their conditions, used for an idea of a utopia of equality. What I find odd is the fact the pigs are the only ones who are smarter than the rest, as if they were gifted with special intelligence or something.