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Animal Farm begins on Manor Farm, where overworked, tired, and hungry animals are unhappy in the conditions that they are in, but when an old boar named Old Major introduces the idea of a rebellion and encourages the animals to take control over the farm, the animals begin an uprising against the humans, taking control over the land and renaming the farm “Animal Farm.” However, greedy and corrupt leaders rise to power and turn a once prosperous farm, into a nightmare. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remaining superior, persuades the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeals in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

Mr. Jones is again being careless and he is leaving the animals without any food so the social classes (animals) are discontented with Mr. Jones. All in all, the animals of Manor Farm are angry with Mr. Jones and everything that he is

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To fully take control over Animal Farm, the government spread the message that the farm could not prosper or function without the pigs. This message allowed the pigs to gain many privileges in the farm without question. From the very beginning of the story, the other animals regarded the pigs as the smartest of all the animals in the farm. Because of this, it was naturally assumed that the pigs should lead the farm into rebellion against the humans and guide the animals into a better life. However, the pigs gained more control than the other animals thought they would. The pigs, especially Squealer, convinced the other animals that they should be allowed special privileges because they were shouldering the most “burdens” of all the

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Before the days of the rebellion, “some of the animals talked of the duty of loyalty to Mr. Jones” (Orwell, “Animal” 36). They realize that Farmer Jones feeds them and treats them all fairly. Under Napoleon’s rule, “they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jones’s day” (Orwell, “Animal” 99). Although he loses control, Jones initially has strong authority over the animals. When Jones “let a fly a charge of number 6 shot into the darkness… the whole farm was asleep in a moment” (Orwell, “Animal” 34). He is a powerful leader, but the wit of the pigs easily overthrows his

It is immediately decided that the pigs will be the leader of the farm, as they are the most intelligent animals there. This gives them the power over the other animals, even though they claim they are all equal. Since they are in charge, it is easier for them to weave ideas in to the susceptible minds of the others. Once they are proven to be

In the novel the animals are forced to give up their milk and apples to the pigs. The pigs convince the animals that in order for Jones not to return they must make sure that the pigs are healthy so that they can avoid him. Through this example we can see the pigs who are in fact the government have absolute control, therefore are enforcing absolute security. So other animals on the farm are giving up food, in order to be safe from humans.

At the start of the story, the animals of Manor Farm begin to comprehend that their means of existence is to slave away to the needs of Mr. Jones or man in general. They then make a successful attempt to take over the farm in a rebellion. However, later on in the story they were able to slip back into the grasp of oppression since the pigs become corrupt due to their high position of power in the farm. The pigs are so blinded by greed that they don’t even bother to see how much the animals are suffering. At the end, the pigs are now the new Mr. Jones and so closely resemble man that the rest of the animals cannot even tell the difference between them. Showing the reader that one of the main themes that Animal Farm contains is the abuse of power with language.

Then there's Jones the previous owner of the farm that was like any other farmer and just wanted to make a profit. But sadly last is the animals like Boxer who just want to live their lives wanting freedom and justice. In general the main group of animals want to build the windmill and work little too not at all. The pigs on the other hand want to take over the farm.

The pigs were able to bend the animals at their will with simple words, empty promises of more food and early retirement kept the animals doing more and receiving less while the leaders did less and received more. Another example of the leaders making the farm miserable would be squealer using propaganda. According to the text “ “There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jones’s day. On Sunday mornings Squealer... would read out to them the lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred per cent, three hundred per cent, or five hundred per cent, as the case may be. The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the rebellion” ( Orwell 92). The leaders began to think for the followers altering their thoughts so they would never be suspicious of the leaders.

The farmhouse is symbolic for the amount of power someone has on the farm, and it also governs the relationships between the leaders and the citizens. Throughout the novel, anyone who lived in the farmhouse, ran the farm: first it was Mr. Jones, then it was the pigs. This quote showcases to the reader that the greater authority is centered in the farmhouse. Being secluded from the other animals gives the leaders a sense of superiority because the living quarters in the farmhouse were a lot nicer. The farmhouse is also superior because it is where the pigs break the commandments, alter them, and talk to humans. In the real world, the farmhouse can be compared to the Russian Senate under Joseph Stalin’s control. Although Stalin broke Russian

Throughout the history of mankind there has been one thing that has always been around. And that thing is power. From the time of cavemen there were alphas, B.C. there were rulers, and now we have monarchs, prime ministers, and dictators. And with these owners of power came an inevitable con. And that con is corruption.

The animals on Manor Farm are expected to do extensive labor with no reward, and are given the bare minimum of necessities needed to survive. They wish for a revolution to give them a utopia, where they can work for themselves and live happily (Orwell 3-4). This represents the lower class and their desire for change under an oppressive regime. After the revolution against Jones, the pigs take command and the animals are delighted with the fact that they no longer serve man (Orwell 9), representing the initial exhilaration that is obtained by the people after a revolution. The pigs begin to demand more from the animals, while they themselves do less work. At the same time that the animals are toiling over the windmill, the pigs are awakening later in the day (Orwell 33). This shows that the powerful can easily abuse their power in their favor. Over time, the pigs adopt various aspects of human behavior, such as drinking alcohol, wearing clothing, and standing on two legs (Orwell 50, 62-63), revealing how little it takes for the powerful to become the same as what they once condemned.

One night, every one of the creatures at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm collect in a stable to hear old Major, a pig, depict a fantasy he had about a world where all creatures live free from the oppression of their human bosses. old Major bites the dust not long after the meeting, yet the creatures — roused by his rationality of Animalism — plot a resistance to Jones. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, substantiate themselves vital figures and organizers of this hazardous undertaking. At the point when Jones neglects to nourish the creatures, the upheaval happens, and Jones and his men are pursued off the ranch. Estate Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the outbuilding divider.