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Animal Farm Equality

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In the classic novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals on Manor Farm are living under malnutrition and mistreatment. The animals decide to fight for their freedom and take the farm from the prejudiced owner, Mr. Jones. Led by Snowball and Napoleon, who are both pigs, the animals started a revolution. By fighting for what is right, the animals are able to achieve freedom and equality. The novel begins with the animals hearing speeches from an old pig named Old Major about how they should not be treated this way. Old Major was slaughtered by Mr. Jones and this upsets the animals greatly. When the animals are not fed the following day, the animals kicked Jones out of the farm and renamed the farm as “Animal Farm”. The animals also decide …show more content…

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, as previously mentioned, led the farm to republican. They each gave their view point of an issue and the other animals voted for what they believed is the best for the farm. The farm has just started to thrive when Snowball and Napoleon started fighting over whether to build a windmill or not. Napoleon raised nine dogs and they are completely under his command, so of course, they obeyed when Napoleon ordered them to kill Snowball. Snowball escaped and is never seen again. Napoleon informed the animals that Snowball is a traitor and is loyal to Jones, which is an ad hominem. Since this started, the animals’ living standard dropped dramatically. In order to build the windmill, they worked no less than they did back in the days when Jones was there. Two years later, when the windmill is finally completed, another issue came up. Napoleon decides to work with Mr. Pilkington, who is a human. When the other animals object, the Napoleon threatens the animals that if they do not …show more content…

This idea is portrayed in many other situations which could be connected to. For instance, I can connect this to other novels. In the Shatter Me series, the main character, Juliette, is a girl with special abilities who fought against the Reestablishment. The Reestablishment is a new governing system that divides the world into sectors and each sector is governed by one person, which the Supreme (not the people) gets to decide. But the Reestablishment was unable to give people the lives they deserved – people are not given enough food and their loved ones are being drafted for the army. Juliette wanted this to end so she joined an underground system that plans to destroy the Reestablishment and kill the Supreme, and they succeeded. This could be compared to the animals in the novel, Animal Farm, because both Juliette and the animals fought for their freedom when it is at risk and they both succeeded. Moreover, they are both able to live the way they wished to. Another connection to the novel is to the world. In the American Revolution, the colonists fought the British for more rights. This is similar to the animals of Animal Farm, since both the colonists and the animals wanted more rights and better lives, they both fought for what they believed is right and are able to achieve

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