Animal Farm Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 10 Summary

Chapter 10 Summary

As the years go by, many of the animals who remembered life before the revolution die off, yet Benjamin remains as cynical as ever – unchanged as he promised earlier. Though the animal population increases, the numbers weren't as large as originally expected at the beginning of the Revolution. Talk of retirement stops completely along with all of the luxuries Squealer promised earlier on.

The farm grows quite prosperous thanks to the construction of the windmill, with plans to build another. Aside from the pigs and dogs, no animals reap the rewards of the farm's increasing riches. Squealer's lists indicate the animal's lives are better and better, though the animals don't feel that way. They do still feel a sense of pride by being free from a human master though.

Squealer falls into a position of greater power as Napoleon ages and teaches the sheep to bleat "Four legs good,...
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