Jones (Animal Farm) facts for kids

Mr. Jones is a character in the book Animal Farm. He is the brutal owner of Manor Farm.

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Mr. Jones had been a capable farmer once in his lifetime, but in the aftermath of a very damaging lawsuit, he had become quite disheartened with his lot in life . This led to his neglect of both the animals and buildings of Manor Farm. Instigated by Old Major who is 12, the animals rebel by driving out Mr. Jones, his wife and his workers, and removing him from power, supposedly ending the days of extreme hunger and hard labour.

In the second chapter, an exiled Jones lives at the Red Lion Inn, where he feels sorry for himself and commiserates with sympathetic and perplexed farmers. One day, the animals are at work when they see several humans on Animal Farm, not only their former masters but some neighboring farmers such as Frederick and Pilkington, and all agree that Jones and his farmhands are attempting to recapture the farm. He is defeated by Snowball's tactics. Many of the men are frightened by the organized animal defense, and the animals suffer only one death. Frightened, Jones flees the farm for good.

At the start of the final chapter, after 'years passed', Jones is mentioned to have died. By this time, most of the animals on the farm were either born after the Rebellion; many of the remaining animals who were called to the barn by Old Major have died as well. It is mentioned that most of the deceased or exiled were forgotten – Snowball 'was forgotten' as was Boxer, excepting 'the few who had known him'. The days before the Rebellion have been forgotten as well. Only a few pigs, Moses the Raven (his 'special pet'), Clover and Benjamin remember Jones. The pigs and Moses obviously have no inclination to bring their former master up – they don't even mention Snowball, who was a scapegoat for a long number of years. Clover is an old and rather sick mare, past the retirement age that had been removed. Benjamin is merely more cynical.