Essay on George Orwell's Animal Farm

How would you feel if your leader did not treat you as equal as his people? In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon treated his people as if they were more important than the other animals. He changed the rules, to rules in which he desired. The animals were not intelligent enough to realize who Napoleon was brainwashing them to live as he wanted them to live. Napoleon took control of Animal Farm by using the Seven Commandments, dogs to make the animals fear him, and Squealer as propaganda. Through these ways, Napoleon maintained full power of Animal Farm.

Soon the original commandments get condemned to a single one reading “ all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” Napoleon commits to uniting with the human farmers against the working classes of both humans and animals, and even changes the name from Animal Farm back to Manor Farm. Looking in on the elites through the farmhouse window the animals can no longer tell the pigs from the humans.

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.

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.

Napoleon adjusting the commandments in his favor helps him gain power. Napoleon changes one of the seven commandments to “four animals good, two legs better” (134), when the “pigs [start] walking on [their] hind legs” (132). Napoleon then changes another commandment to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” (67) so he can benefit from it and not look like a bad guy. The major commandment that changes is “All animals are equal” (25) to “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (134) to show Napoleon has majority of the power. By changing the commandments, Napoleon gains

I have decided to explore the theme of how ‘Fear is a powerful motivator’. Different leaders and influential people have various ways of using fear to motivate people. Two of my texts: ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell, and ‘The Rise of Evil” directed by Christian Duguay, both show how totalitarian leaders used violence to motivate the public. The other texts: ‘Bowling for Columbine’ directed by Michael Moore, and ‘Who’s for the Game’ by Jesse Pope, both show how two different influential people motivated the public without using violence, instead creating fear using words.

There are several themes in Animal Farm, some including: Leadership and corruption, control of naïve working class, lies and deception, and dreams and hopes. The main themes in Animal Farm leadership and corruption. Animal Farm portrays the history of the Russian Revolution by retelling the development of communism. In the novel, by overthrowing Mr. Jones, the animals give the power to the pigs who take complete control of the farm. The struggle for superiority between Leon Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary, and Stalin, a Soviet statesman, is portrayed by the rivalry between the pigs, Napoleon and Snowball. In both cases, the less powerful one, Trotsky and Snowball, is eliminated by the more superior one, Stalin and Napoleon. Stalin's rule

However, eventually all objections are silenced and the pigs formulate “Animalism,” their tenants that all animals must live by. These include referring to all other animals as “comrade,” an obvious success at conforming the animals to be all the same. However, they are taught these new rules by the pigs who do not seem to abide by all the same rules. Instead, they’ve conformed the whole farm to be the same and to collectively submit to the pigs educated authority. The revolution happens suddenly, but is successful and the next morning the animals admire their new utopia.

The animals finished their work on the harvest in less time thant it would have taken Jones and his men to complete. Boxer defferentiates himself as very strong, the pigs don’t work and become the supervisors of animal farm. On Sundays, meetings are held in the big barn so all the animals meet their. The animals wach Snowball and Napoleon fight on various topics that they never came to agree on. Snowball creates animal committie which eventually fails. But he proves that the animals who learn to read and write to increase their own intelligence would get awarded with a degree. To educate the animals about animalism, Snowball shortens the Seven Commandment to a simple sentence “Four legs good, two legs bad”. Napoleon takes the pups away from

Therefore Napoleon wanted to advance the farm by building the windmill to produce electricity and do other stuff, but they just turn out to be horrendous. The working conditions were gruesome and the hours were too protracted. As a result, he does the same to Boxer, a horse whose incredible strength was key to the farm’s success. Meanwhile, Snowball starts to teach the animals to read, while Napoleon takes a group of puppies to educate them. Later in the story when Snowball is addressing the animals the puppies that Napoleon had “educated” chased Snowball away from the farm.

Animal Farm begins with Old Major telling his fellow animals about his dream in which he envisions a farm with no humans. The speech instills a drive within the animal community to rise and overthrow Mr. Jones, the farm owner. After the farmer is successfully removed and Old Major dies, the animals find themselves in a leaderless state. Three pigs, Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, take it upon

One of the most major conflicts between two of the characters on the farm, was the struggle between Napoleon and Snowball having leadership over the farm. A pig versus pig battle. Eventually leading, to Napoleon getting his comrades to drive snowball out of the farm. His plan worked, which then assumed his power over animal farm.

animal revolution took place. Old major was the pioneer, which led a huge group of animals to overthrow farm owner Mr.Jones. The animal revolution aimed to establish a domestic society but result in a dictatorship society. Unfortunately, the revolution was a completely failure because they remained the idea of being a dictatorship country and the treaty could be easily edited. The only difference was that, in the past, the leader was a human, but now, the leader was a animal. The new leader not only love the problem of the animal farm, but also deepen the problem due to uneducated problem, Napoleon’s greedy, exaggerate propaganda.

Later, Mr. Jones comes back and tries to reclaim the farm, only to be defeated again in the Battle of the Cowshed. With a renewed confidence, Snowball and Napoleon begin to argue more and more. It is clear now that they are both struggling to be the dominant pig on the farm. Snowball creates the idea of building a windmill that will harness electricity, but Napoleon disagrees. They hold a meeting to let everyone hear their sides and make a final decision. After Snowball gives a strong speech, Napoleon swiftly gives his argument and calls the dogs he took earlier. The dogs he was supposed to educate were really being trained as attack dogs. They chased Snowball off the farm, and left Napoleon in charge.

With every commandment broken, the written rules on the tarred wall were changed in order for Napoleon and other pigs to get away with breaking the original commandments. With most of the animals being illiterate and barely knowing the alphabet, it was even easier for Napoleon and the other pigs to break them without confrontation from the rest of the animals on the farm. Eventually, the commandments became: Two legs good, four legs better, no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets, no animal shall drink alcohol to excess, no animal shall kill any other animal without cause. Eventually in order to allow the pigs to have more power and privilege over the other animals, all the commandments were replaced with just one phrase: “animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” The changing of the rules represents how Napoleon has changed throughout the story. At the beginning he was equal with everyone including Snowball, but because of his natural leadership, he’s taken the role of being a superior to all the other animals and doing things that go against the original commandments of the “Animal