In Chapter Three of Animal Farm by George Orwell, how do certain events suggest to the reader that the rebellion will not work out as well as it...

Soon after the animals of Animal Farm get rid of Farmer Jones and take over the farm for themselves, they begin to run the farm quite well. As a matter of fact, they bring in the harvest faster and better than they had ever done under Jones. However, some of the animals also start to notice a few things that foreshadow for the reader what is to come. For one, the milk starts disappearing, and...

Soon after the animals of Animal Farm get rid of Farmer Jones and take over the farm for themselves, they begin to run the farm quite well. As a matter of fact, they bring in the harvest faster and better than they had ever done under Jones. However, some of the animals also start to notice a few things that foreshadow for the reader what is to come. For one, the milk starts disappearing, and for another, the windfall of early apples from the trees also disappears. The animals had thought they would all share in the apples, and suddenly they were gone.

They soon find out that the pigs have taken both the milk and the apples for themselves. When questioned, Squealer tells the other animals that the pigs need apples and milk because they are "brainworkers," and it's important for everyone that they are properly nourished.

At this early point in the book, the pigs are already setting themselves above the other animals--something that should not have happened when "All animals are equal." (Orwell 43)