Animal Farm Book Summary Chapter 4. Summary and analysis chapter 4. Old major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals — inspired by his philosophy of animalism — plot a rebellion against jones.
News of the rebellion has spread across england, along with the singing of beasts of england. The farmers of the two neighbouring farms, mr frederick and mr pilkington, take steps to prevent an animal uprising. Frederick douglass vehemently argued that power concedes nothing without a demand.
As summer ends and news of the rebellion spreads to other farms (by way of pigeons released by snowball and napoleon ), jones spends most of his time in a pub, complaining about his troubles to two neighboring farmers:
The news of what has happened on animal farm spreads over half the country. The farmers suppress any signs of rebellion on neighbouring farms. In short, the animals are working on their public image. Deriving strategies based on his readings of julius caesar, he directs the defense and counterattack.