Equality In Animal Farm

First, the inability to read or write automatically let the pig take advantage of the other animals. The animals were attempting to learn the alphabet however, most couldn't get passed the first letter. "Muriel, the goat, could read [better than] the dogs. . . Benjamin could read as well as any pig, but never exercised his faculty. . . Mollie refused to learn any bu the six letters [which] spelt her own name. . .None of he other animals [could get] further than A." (Orwell, 28) The few animals that did understand how to read and write was inferior to the pig's level of literacy and/or did not use what they knew to their own

In “Animal Farm”, Orwell satirises the desire for control and the relishing of luxury that come with power, showing that humans inevitably succumb to greed. When the pigs, first establish animalism at the

Orwell shows the difference in those with absolute control and those without the ability to express themselves by describing how “the pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume the leadership”(35). By including this quote within the making of the new farm, Orwell expresses how the pigs took advantage of their authorial positions so they could force the others to work, while they dominated Animal Farm with their own rules. The pigs’ power allowed them to have freedom to do anything they wanted, but caused the other animals to be restricted further in their lives, work, and individual rights. This resulted in the exploitation of the other animals, forcing them to have lose any hopes of having an equal society. Still, the other animals did not protest, and instead believed the pigs should be in power because of their intelligence. Their actions lead to the oppressive, dictatorial society shown as Animal Farm progresses. Soon, the inequity between the pigs and other animals develops to a point where “all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism”

Imagine a world where every person is equal: everyone has the same possessions, everyone shows respect to each other, no one kills anyone else, and no authority rises over others to give dictating commands. It sounds wonderful doesn’t it? George Orwell’s haunting book Animal Farm shows however, the near impossibility it is to make that idea a reality. In this fairy tale, a group of oppressed farm animals revolt against the tyrannical bonds of their evil master Farmer Jones, chases him off the farm, and attempt to make a society based on the idea listed above. But instead of having this incredible society, the pigs decide to make one instead where they are the ultimate authority. This book highlights the dangers of trying to establish an

The novel ‘Animal Farm’ created by George Orwell heavily expresses the ideals of a prolonged cruel or unjust treatment and the exercise of authority. The exponential ignorance of the farm animals towards the actions and ideas of the pigs (Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball) prove the incentive that it is easier to conform to the ideals/ways of the ‘New England’, than to rebel, as well as through the exposure to propaganda and the distortion of reality. This therefore leaving them docile, numb, and oppressed.

At first, Animal Farm prospers and all the animals have the ideal life. But as time goes on, the pigs decide they will make all the decisions for the other animals. Slowly, the pigs become more superior than the other animals and as time passes, many disincentives for the other animals come along the way. As it states in the text, “The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. It was mixed every day into the pigs’ mash… The animals had assumed that these would be shared out equally; one day, however, the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for the use of the pigs… Some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use,” (Orwell, 30). This adage shows how the animals are not doing much to stop the pigs from being unfair and therefore their journey will only get harder as the pigs start to take full control of the farm. Another quotation from the novel states, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which,” (Orwell, 155). In the book, the pigs, who primarily were trying to get rid of man’s teaching, started befriending man, and then ultimately became man. Therefore, the way the pigs dealt with their obstacle, the

Orwell is able to show how when education is not given to all, it is very easy for those with it to abuse it for more power. Now that the pigs have the initial advantage over the other animals, the future holds plans of using it as a personal tool to oppression.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a perfect example of how ignorance and lack of education can be used for control. Control which can lead to political and social oppression. The experiences of the various characters present how the pigs use this idea to oppress the animals of Animal Farm.

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” That was when the animals knew the pig’s use of propaganda was so effective. Before the animals discovered the corruptness of the pigs, the animals of Manor Farm in England, irritated with the ways of life and how they are being treated, decided to start a revolution. The smartest of the animals, the pigs, took control of the farm while the other animals worked. Through the deception of the pigs, they changed the rules of the farm to better accommodate themselves. George Orwell’s historical literature work, Animal Farm, is a political allegory to the Russian Revolution. Orwell tries to convey

One could also look at the fact that the pigs eventually began to walk upright and claimed that “four legs were good, but two were better” (Orwell, Animal, pg. 21, 85). On top of the class disparity there are several examples of political and legal disenfranchisement present within the book. No truer example of this can be found than when Napoleon abolished the weekly assembly and subsequently abolished voting rights. This effectively made it impossible for any animal other than pigs to have any form of representation on the farm. Another example can be found through Snowball’s forced exile from the farm.

The author wrote “None of the other animals could get pass the letter A” (Orwell 33) .This quote show how the other animals were incapable of learning the alphabet and as a result were not able read or write. This causes many complications because it allow for the pigs, the superior animals, to take advantage of them. Their own ignorance caused them to become prey to the pigs’ whims and ambitions. This ignorance was based on their self-filling prophecy that the pigs would always be the smartest of them all .The animals didn’t lack the ability to learn; they had become so depended on the pigs that they stop thinking for themselves. In the animals’ minds, they saw security and hope when they saw any sign of the pigs’ intelligence. They didn’t saw the greed and malevolent intentions behind the pigs’ eyes until it was too late. The animals oppress themselves by not learning how to read, write, and think for themselves. If they had armed themselves against oppression, then the pigs wouldn’t have gotten the chance to take advantage of the

By the third chapter the pig, named Squealer, uses these literary techniques to confuse the animals on why the milk and apples has disappeared all of a sudden. According to Squealer, the milk and apples were taken not because the pigs were being selfish but because, “Milk and apples (this has been proven by Science, comrades) contain substance absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig,” which is very important so that Farmer Jones does not return. Due to the fact that the animals are unaware that pigs to do not need the milk and apples to survive, the idly believe Squealer and hope the this will keep farmer Jones from returning. Within this explanation, the pigs prey on the ignorance of other animals, and use fallacies to make the animals think that if they defy the orders of the pigs, they are in turn defying the revolution itself. Additionally, within this sentence Orwell, is implying to the reader that the pigs are taking power away from the animals through their

In the novel, Animal farm, which takes place in a farm in England.  which the farm is poor and worked by animals, George Orwell tells the story of animals taking over the farm and then turning out like humans.  In the beginning they are enslaved by the human Jones on the farm called Manor Farm. Next the animals start a revolution and take over the farm and change the name. The humans come back so the animals have to fight at the battle of the cowshed. After that the pigs take over the farm and Napoleon kicks Snowball out. The pigs start to take over the farm and change the commandment of animalism. The pigs then begin to start trade with the humans. Then start in slaving the animals again. By the end of the book, the pigs changed the name of the farm

This made the animals want to rebel against humans, and eventually led to the animals becoming dissatisfied under the reign of the pigs. In the end, the situation was just as awful as when Mr. Jones was still in charge. Orwell’s novel includes important aspects, such as the animals being able to talk, the display of a different perspective, and providing a more meaningful ending, which are not

Tyranny has always been present in human history from Joseph Stalin to Adolf Hitler they have all taken advantage of the public and used them to their own advantage and personal needs. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell this tyrannical, totalitarian, and corrupt form of government is seen. In the story the tired animals organize a rebellion against their owner and drive him out. They create their own government, with the pigs assuming control. But the corrupt pigs take advantage of this power entrusted to them, and oppress the animal for their own benefit. Even though the pigs abused the power they had, The naive and gullible animals themselves were the ones responsible for the pigs’ quick rise to power and control because the animals were tricked into supporting the pigs evil plans, they were too braindead to organize and execute a rebellion even after they realized the pigs were up to no good, and they were so foolish that they even supported the expulsion of snowball, the only good pig that worked for the good of the other animals.