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Summary of Animal Farm Chapter 7

In a harsh winter, the animals face starvation and must hide their struggles from the outside world while Napoleon manipulates food supplies and suppresses dissent. The hens rebel against giving up their eggs, leading to violence and executions of those who oppose Napoleon's rule. The once-hopeful spirit of the animals is crushed as Squealer bans their beloved song 'Beasts of England', replacing it with one that aligns with Napoleon's oppressive regime.

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Summary of Animal Farm Chapter 7

In a harsh winter, the animals face starvation and must hide their struggles from the outside world while Napoleon manipulates food supplies and suppresses dissent. The hens rebel against giving up their eggs, leading to violence and executions of those who oppose Napoleon's rule. The once-hopeful spirit of the animals is crushed as Squealer bans their beloved song 'Beasts of England', replacing it with one that aligns with Napoleon's oppressive regime.

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Chapter 7

It is a bitter winter and the animals' life is hard. They are often cold and hungry and have
been depressed by the ruin of the windmill. They are not as hopeful as before but must
succeed because the rest of the countryside is watching, ready to rejoice if they fail. Food
becomes very short and rations are reduced, the potatoes are spoiled and starvation seems a
possibility. They have to conceal this fact from the outside world as new lies are being put
about by human beings that famine and disease are rife, that cannibalism and infanticide are
practiced. Napoleon fills the food bins with sand and puts the grain on top of it to hide the
truth from
Whimper, who is [Link] it is decided that the hens must give up their eggs so
that they may be sold for grain and meal. The hens protest and smash their own eggs but
Napoleon starves them into submission. He is advised by Whimper to sell off some timber to
Pilkington or Frederick who both want to buy it. In the spring
Snowball is discovered to be coming into the farm at night and sabotaging the work of the
animals. Napoleon decides an investigation should be made when it is discovered that
Snowball has
always been an agent of Jones and intends to attack the [Link] animals do not believe
[Link], especially, speaks up on Snowball's behalf, reminding everyone of how bravely
Snowball fought at the Battle of the [Link], however, manages to carry the day
but it is obvious he is displeased with Boxer. Four days later, the dogs attack four pigs and
Boxer too. Boxer fights them off but the pigs confess to have been plotting with Snowball and
are executed. The pigs who confess and are executed are those pigs who protested when the
Sunday
Meetings were abolished, and again when trading with humans was
begun. (The incident has, of course, been organised and stage-managed
by Napoleon and Squealer.) The hens who had started the egg rebellion
are also [Link] animals are deeply shocked and creep away
confused and [Link] the comfort themselves by singing
Beasts of England , Squealer arrives and tells them that this song is now outlawed and they
are forbidden to sing it. A new song is composed which they must sing at Sunday meetings.
We, the readers, are roused to anger and left with a feeling almost of
despair when Squealer arrives to announce that the song which has
carried them through so much and which represents the spirit of the
animals is forbidden. Napoleon is going to crunch even this. It is not
enough for him to control their actions and direct their thoughts;
Napoleon intends to become 'an engineer of the soul' - songs that express that he wishes the
animals to feel will replace those that express what
they actually do feel.
7.

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