There is no doubting the value of the story or the intelligence of the source material and the decision of the film to stick closely to Orwell's book is where its strength comes from. However this equality soon starts to have exceptions as leaders rise up from within the ranks. Thus begins the new, fairer farm where all animals are equal and everyone shares the work as well as having a share of the profits. The next morning Jones is met with resistance and driven off his own land and, when he returns with friends to take it back, a great battle ensues that the animals win. Sadly, mid-song, Old Major dies of a heart attack but by then his message had been passed on. Fed up with the treatment from farmer Jones, the animals of Manor Farm gather in a meeting to listen to Old Major tell them of his hopes for a socialist revolution to improve their lives.
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