In George Orwell’s dystopian novel Animal Farm, the farm is called Manor Farm before the animals’ rebellion.
Manor Farm is owned and run by Mr. Jones at the beginning of the story. After the animals overthrow him, they rename it Animal Farm and attempt to create a society based on equality. The change in name marks the revolution’s hopeful beginning, although the pigs gradually replace collective ideals with their own dictatorship.
Foxwood and Pinchfield are neighboring farms, not the original name of the rebellious farm. Foxwood belongs to Mr. Pilkington, while Pinchfield belongs to Mr. Frederick. These neighboring landowners represent different political and diplomatic threats to the animals’ regime.
Animal Farm was published in 1945 and functions as an allegorical criticism of the Russian Revolution and Stalinist totalitarianism. Its changing slogans and commandments show how political language can be altered to justify privilege. The original name, Manor Farm, therefore helps establish the distinction between the old human-controlled order and the animals’ attempted revolution.