Summary of Orwells' Animal Farm In the beginning of Orewell's novel the animals rebel against the "Manor Farm" they take it over, and drive the humans off of the farm. In doing this the animals gained absolute power. They made their own laws, they elected a "president" and they ran the farm on their own. When the animals took over the farm they named it "Animal Farm". Napoleon took over as president of the farm and decided what needed to be done and when it needed to be done. But after a while Napoleon took things out of context. He began to abuse his power to fit his own needs, he changed the Seven Command