Breaking The Commandments Of Animal Farm By George Orwell

People respond to control and power differently for various reasons, however, one of the main reasons is based on their personality; their confidence and intelligence. In, Animal Farm by George Orwell, confidence and intelligence is a big factor for why certain animals obtained power and control and why other ones did not. People with confidence and intelligence are likely to gain most of the control and power. People with little intelligence, but lots of confidence are more likely to have some power or work underneath the leader. People with intelligence, but no confidence seem to have no power at all and shy away from it. Both intelligence and confidence are needed for someone to take total power. Therefore, the amount of confidence and intelligence a person has will decide how they respond to control and power.

The key to ideality, is, in my opinion, obedience. If the people of Animal Farm are obedient to their superior pig leaders, then we will be successful in creating the utopia we strived for since Old Major’s death. “But why would this work,” you may ask, and I will tell

Over time on Animal Farm, the 7 commandments that were made based on Old Major’s idea of animalism changed along with the rise of the pig’s power. In the beginning, the commandments were made to set clear rules for the farm and make sure that the animals were treated

Luke Shadley 20th Century Russia 10/16/14 Orwell’s Animal Farm: Fact and Fiction, Caution and Critique George Orwell’s Animal Farm is, first and foremost, a political satire warning against the pursuit of utopian desires through unjust and oppressive means. Operating under the pretense of an animal fable, Orwell disparages the use of political power to poach personal freedom. He effectively alerts his readers to the dangerous price that can accompany the so-called “pursuit of progress”. And he illuminates how governments acting under the guise of increasing independence often do just the opposite: increase oppression and sacrifice sovereignty. While the cautionary theme Orwell provides proves widely applicable, in reality his novel focuses on one tale of totalitarian abuse: Soviet Russia. The parallels between the society Orwell presents in his Animal Farm and the Soviet Union – from the Russian revolution to Stalin’s supremacy – are seemingly endless. Manor Farm represents Tsarist Russia, Animalism compares to Stalinism, and Animal Farm, with the pig Napoleon at its helm, clearly symbolizes Communist Russia and Joseph Stalin. But Orwell does more than simply align fiction with fact. He fundamentally attacks Soviet Russia at its core. And in so doing he reveals how the Communist Party simply replaced a bad system with a worse one, overthrowing an imperial autocracy for a totalitarian dictatorship. This essay will demonstrate that Orwell’s Animal Farm is

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

“In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days”(Orwell 38). In Animal Farm George Orwell describes life for the animals on a farm in the english countryside during the mid to early 20th century before, during and after a revolution against their master Mr.Jones in order to represent the russian revolution and describe to people throughout the free world how leaders in both capitalist and communist societies oppress the working class as a result Orwell 's tone throughout the novel is concerned. Tsar Nicholas II led Russia into failure in the Russo-Japanese war as well as World War I and allowed the shootings of over one thousand protesters on Bloody Sunday; these actions inspired Orwell to create a representation of tsar Nicholas II in the character Mr.Jones who is known for being drunk and forgetful.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm: The Power of Corruption In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Orwell illustrates how power corrupts absolutely and how Napoleon degrades the structure and stability of Animal Farm because of the decisions that he makes. I will also expand on the idea of how Old Major’s ideas for an organized society get completely destroyed by Napoleon’s revolutionary actions. It was ironic and satirical that Napoleon’s own power annihilates Animal Farm.

In the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, the use of allegory and symbolism depicts the abuse of power which emphasizes the villainy of the character. Orwell’s use of allegory to characterize the villain, Napoleon, as Joseph Stalin emphasizes the use of power in both the fictional world and reality. The use of symbolism, like the windmill and commandments, show the change in characters over time and how a leader is able to manipulate their citizens with power. Napoleons dynamic characterization and innocence depicted in the beginning of the novel illustrates how power is abused when given to one specific group, who are considered the elite in the population.

"There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS" (Orwell, p. 134.)

The pigs had broke many of the original commandments before, so they began to change a few. Eventually, they just decided to make one rule, that could not possibly ever be broken as it says that every animal is equal, and some animals are better than others. This relates to how historically Stalin began to rise to power, and rise above the “lower classes”. He started out normally leading the country, although he began to rise and start becoming for strict, taking away many necessities just to help himself, just like Napoleon did in Animal

    Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer create the seven commandments as a way to control the animals. The pigs had taught themselves how to read and write using Mr. Jones’s old school books. This gave them an advantage over the animals and allowed them to make any rules they want. The goal of the pigs was that the laws “would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after”(Orwell 24). Even though the animals are supposed to have freedom over their rights this shows that the pigs are slowly taking that away. This is only the first example of how the pigs are taking advantage of the animals. Unfortunately, this happens with people very often. When someone is uneducated in an area, they will usually follow someone who they think knows what they are talking about. The person will blindly accept what the other is saying without any background information. In

In the book Animal Farm, Napoleon, the ruler of the farm broke many commandments, killed animals and made deals with humans, the animal system that was set up was a dictatorship. If the farm was a democracy, it would have a system of checks and balances in place, and the

The 7 commandments made by the pigs symbolizes the power and manipulation the pigs have over the other animals. The use of the commandments represent how words can manipulate others and lead to an abuse of power. For example, at the end of chapter 3 Squealer manages to convince the rest of the animals that the pigs needed the apples and milk they had taken to preserve health. In addition, Squealer tells the animals that the pigs don’t even like their food and only eat for the good of the farm. Then, he uses Jones’ return to justify their extra meals and says “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades," This ended the argument and convinced the animals that the pigs needed to eat the main crop of apples. This breaks the farm’s commandment concerning animal equality however, the pigs trick the animals into believing everything is right through fear mongering.

Kihaki, Mwai. “Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.” At the beginning of the novel, the animals rebel against the humans and overtake the Manor farm. They then create the seven commandments which the animals were supposed to

The original Seven Commandments establish equality Every mouthful of food was an acute positive pleasure…there was more for everyone to eat. There was more leisure too…” (28). The animals’ quality of life under the pigs’ care is described to be drastically different than that under Mr. Jones’ care. Although the pigs see the other animals as intellectually inferior, they still consider them comrades. Because the pigs adhere to the Seven Commandments, everyone’s goals on the farm are aligned and collectively all animals reap benefits.