Mr. Jones of Manor Farm is a fictional character in

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's 1945 allegorical novella ''

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''. Jones is an allegory for

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. Jones is overthrown by the animals of his farm, who represent

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and liberal revolutionaries.

Portrayals

In the 1954 animated adaptation of the novel, Jones was voiced by

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, who provided all voices bar the narration. The story is fairly faithful to the novel, except Jones is not married and never leaves the area and instead remains in his local pub. When the other major farmers decide to make an attempt to seize Animal Farm, Jones offers to join them but is turned down. Instead, he acquires a large quantity of

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and destroys the windmill with himself still inside (due to being drunk).

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portrayed Jones in the 1999 live-action film, as a brutish yokel who is highly in debt and is the laughingstock of the neighboring farms for his poor farm, although his alcoholism is toned down. In this film, he and Mrs. Jones destroy the windmill together before fleeing the area. What happened to them afterwards is never revealed. Tony Robinson portrayed Jones in the

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featurette ''Down on Animal Farm'', a documentary about the making of the 1954 adaptation.Special feature on UK 2003 'Special Edition' DVD release of ''Animal Farm''

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