George Orwell 's Animal Farm

Time and time again he proves himself to be cruel, corrupted, and selfish, even going so far as to sell his most faithful worker for money for whisky. Napoleon is not interested in the ideology that the Animal Farm was supposed to represent because he was focused on how to make the pigs the higher power, moreso than they already were. At first he was restrained by Snowball, but when he used his attack dogs to run Snowball out Napoleon quickly changed the Animal Farm. He dissolved all the farm meetings, claiming that pigs were superior and that they were all that was need to make decisions on behalf of the farm. The animals on the farm were controled by the fear of being killed by Napoleon's personal squad of attack dogs that he would use against any opposing force. Napoleon was able to maintain the dictatorship of Manor Farm at the other animal's expense. It was entirely evident that Napoleon was not the leader that the animals hoped for when they rebeled against the

One of the many awful things he did was he proclaimed that whoever killed, snowball would be rewarded. He would also kill any animals he believed were working with Snowball, breaking the commandment that said no animal shall kill another animal. He also formed one single commandment after breaking all of the other ones, which was “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” ( 194). This shows that the pigs finally established dominance over the animals, and no longer believed that all animals were equal. Another action that showed that Napoleon was taking dominance over the other animals was when he took away some of the dreams that at the beginning was once promised to them, such as “The luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and Hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. He said, lay in working hard and living frugally” ( 185). This shows that the animals were promised great things, but this all changed when Napoleon's desire for power clouded all of his previous beliefs. Lastly, the pigs and Napoleon appeared one day walking in their hind legs and showing qualities of humans until one day in the eyes of the animals they become so human like, it was impossible to tell between humans and pigs. The animals

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.

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.

At this there was a terrible baying sound outside and nine enormous dogs came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball,” with this ousting of Snowball, Napoleon secured his place as dictator of the animals. After securing his position Napoleon was able to gather a group of pigs together that were meant to help him govern the other animals. The pigs were placed in this position because they were considered to be the most intelligent of all the animals. Further political corruption occurred when Napoleon begins to slowly add changes to the 7 laws or commandments set up by a past leader. Because not all the animals on the farm can read it made it easy for Napoleon to change the rules ever so slightly that the changes were barely noticeable. This parallel in today’s society can be seen when comparing under privileged areas to middle class areas, for example emphasis on education. Those with less education are more easily manipulated than those with higher education. It is

After the revolution, Manor Farm was renamed to Animal Farm and the Seven Commandments of animalism were established to ensure equality. The pigs became the supervisors of the farm. However, the rivalry between two pigs Snowball and Napoleon made Napoleon use force. Napoleon ordered his dogs to chase out Snowball from the farm in order to become the only leader. Napoleon’s selfishness and corrupt power made him commit different atrocities against his own comrades. As a result, the lives of the animals except for the pigs and dogs were of tyranny and inequality. Napoleon became worse than their former human master. The animals spent the rest of his life almost starving and working in the construction of the windmill that was destroyed several times. The abolishment of Sunday morning meetings, the public execution of animals, and the drinking of alcohol were the most important changes that facilitated the transformation of animal farm, and Napoleon as the most responsible for the downfall of the utopian vision of Animal Farm.

Then suddenly, nine enormous dogs - the puppies that Napoleon had taken away to "educate" burst into the barn and chased Snowball away. Napoleon then declares himself leader. The initial intentions of the ideals of equality and justice were unsuccessful and the Animal Farm ended up being a dictatorship of pigs, who were the cleverest, and most idle of the animals. As years pass, the pigs become more and more like human beings - walking upright, carrying whips, and wearing clothes. Eventually even the seven commandments were reduced a single principle of Animalism reading, "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

Throughout the book, Boxer is always the hardest working and is always trying to do his best for Napoleon. Napoleon, seen as the leader of Animal Farm, is never helping to gain what he wants. All he is doing is directing the other animals on what to do. At the beginning of the book, he was not always the leader. Old Major, the leader of the animals, always believed in an ideal way to live on the farm, called Animalism. Animalism was condensed into seven laws, known as the seven commandments. These were created by Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer, the three pigs. At the beginning of the book, Napoleon is trying to gain the other animal’s trust and their loyalty. The other animals were doing the same for him. Throughout the book, Napoleon is slowly taking over the farm and is slowly changing the rules of Animalism. After the expulsion of Snowball, Napoleon takes charge and changes some of the seven

Towards the beginning of the book, the animals make a list of rules which they call the Seven Commandments. Throughout the story, Napoleon adds on to the commandments, such as changing the last rule from “All animals are equal” to saying, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” The animals accept the changes and just think that they remembered the commandments wrong..blaming it all on their ‘faulty memory’. This happens again and again, and Napoleon continues to take advantage of his power. He realizes that he is much more smart and clever than any of the other animals on the farm, and changes things to be in his favor. He cuts down on the serving sizes of each animal’s food portions and makes them work even more than they worked with their previous human leader. The animals so obliviously followed Napoleon even though what he was doing was incorrect, but because they had trust and respect for him, they never thought that he was in the

A quote from George Orwell’s Animal Farm reads, “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL, BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.” This commandment that Napoleon commands, replacing all the other seven commandments. Napoleon first dispossessing Snowball, the leader who work hard(53), after that he lead the pigs and the dogs making profits at the expense of downtrodden animals(77). The pigs do not work, but they let other animals work instead(129). And Napoleon also gives the other animals not enough food for eat, but he and the other pigs and dogs eat a very big amount of food and cause them get very fat(130). Napoleon proves to be an ineffective leader of Animal Farm because he hungers for power, wallows laziness, and enjoys selfishness.

Then Napoleon stated, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell, 90). He ruled that decisions would be made by the pigs in the committees, and also Napoleon abolished the “Beasts of England” so the animals won’t rebel against him. Snowball argues in favor of the windmill, but on the other hand Napoleon argues against it, saying that building the windmill will take time and effort. After the debate Napoleon calls nine relentless dogs who chase Snowball out of the farm. Three weeks after Snowballs disappearance, Napoleon suggests that the windmill will still be built. Later he sends Squealer to the animals to explain that snowball had stolen the plan of the windmill from Napoleon. Also it will make Napoleon look like a better leader than Snowball. “Napoleon acted swiftly and ruthlessly” (Orwell, 51). He started to threaten other animals, and he ordered the hens’ rations to be stopped, and forced that any animal giving so much grain of corn to a hen should be punished by death. He violated many of the seven commandments for instance one of the commandments was “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell, 15). Nevertheless, Napoleon remains a growing problem in Animal Farm by becoming a dictator that takes an advantage of the animals so he could be

One of the wisest animal on the farm, who is now deceased, Old Major, left a list of commandments which were supposed to be followed by all comrades, two of those were; “all animals are equal” (Orwell 15) and “never tyrannize your own kind”(Orwell 15). Shortly after Major passed, there was an argument on who were to take leadership of the farm. Napoleon, whom is one of the pigs, chased his opponent Snowball away and took matters into his hands. As time passed, the rest of the animals gained trust in him, and even made a song about him. Some animals knew how to read but not all, so Napoleon kept changing commandments into his own words, he changed one of them from “all animals are equal” to “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell 85), by that he meant, the pigs are superior than the rest.

The animals are told that Snowball is a criminal and that Napoleon is the better leader, some of the animals protest but are told different by Napoleon. When Napoleon’s leadership is questioned, the animals are manipulated by the fear of Mr. Jones returning. They soon believe that with Napoleon as leader they will be safe from Mr. Jones returning. The animals do not realize that Napoleon slowly transforms into a clear image of Mr. Jones. Napoleon changes each of the commandments to make his own life better than the others, the animals know the commandments are changed but decided not to question Napoleon’s leadership because they are taught that Napoleon is always

George Orwell includes a strong message in his novel Animal Farm that is easily recognizable. Orwell’s Animal Farm focuses on two primary problems that were not only prominent in his WWII society, but also posed as reoccurring issues in all societies past and present. Orwell’s novel delivers a strong political message about class structure and oppression from the patriarchal society through an allegory of a farm that closely resembles the Soviet Union.