What happens to Mollie in Animal Farm?

byis representative of
the effects of power in the wrong hands. The animals stage a rebellion and take over the farm,
driving out Jones and any trace of mankind, their enemy. Animalism is intended to give the
animals the freedom they deserve but, instead,drivesaway and manipulates the seven commandments
and the fundamentals of Animalism to serve his own ends because "some animals are more
equal than others." 

Mollie never takes the rebellion seriously. She is
described as the "foolish, pretty, white mare," and is more concerned about her red
ribbons and wonders whether there will be lumps of sugar after the rebellion. Snowball tries to
explain to her that her ribbons, of which she is so proud, are like a "badge of
slavery" and, although she agrees, she is clearly not convinced of this fact. Later,
Snowball will remark that ribbons are effectively clothes and therefore they defy the principles
of Animalism and should be burnt.

When the animals go into the farm house to
look around now that they own everything, they do not stay long. Mollie, however, is fascinated
with Mrs. Jones's ribbons and the animals have to remind her of their new ideology. They agree
that the farmhouse will become a museum; no animal should live there. All the animals work
extremely hard but Mollie always seems to get a stone in her hoof, the cat always disappears for
hours, and Old Benjamin plods on as before. Neither is Mollie interested in learning to read or
write, except the letters of her own name. 

When Jones attempts to retake the
farm, Mollie is missing and the animals are worried about her but she is found in her stall,
hiding, scared by the gunshots. It is soon discovered that Mollie has a hidden stash of sugar
lumps and ribbons and has been seen allowing the men from Foxwood to stroke her nose. She goes
missing a few days later and, although no animal knows her whereabouts, after a few weeks the
pigeons bring news of her new home in Willingdon. She clearly has an owner, a "fat
red-faced man," and has been clipped and groomed. After that, "none of the animals
ever mentioned Mollie again."