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Animal Farm Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 6 Summary

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Chapter 6 Summary

The animals work like slaves throughout the year, but remain happy in their work knowing that it is for the benefit of animalkind, not mankind. During the spring and summer, the animals work 60-hour weeks. Work on Sundays becomes "voluntary" as well. This voluntary work comes with a condition – those who do not work on Sundays have their food rations cut in half for the remainder of the week, therefore prompting all animals to work Sundays as well. Construction of the windmill proves difficult as well since the animals have no easy method to transport the rocks and break them down to a manageable size.

Boxer again proves to be a model of hard work and determination – able to do the work of almost all of the other animals alone.

Food is plentiful enough for the animals to sustain themselves, and they are satisfied in the knowledge that...
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