The Seven Commandment Of Animalism In George Orwell's Animal Farm

One night, all the animals of Mr. Jones’ farm, gather together in the barn to listen to Old Major, the pig, tell them about a dream he had, in which no animal had to live under the reign of human owners which would happen after a large rebellion against the people that treated them as slaves. After his death, which occurred only three nights after that meeting, the rest of the animals spent months working on plans to make the rebellion that Old Major had spoken of, into a reality. In the beginning the pigs, particularly Snowball and Napoleon, which had naturally become the leaders, faced difficulties convincing the other animals that this was the right thing to do.

Mr. Jones, the farmer, goes to sleep drunk one night when the most respected animal calls a meeting. Major, as the pig is called, waits until everyone is settled to begin describing the gist of the dream he had had the night before. He tells them that their lives are much harder than they need be. The only reason why they aren’t happy is that they must deal with humans. He says humans are useless and profit off everyone else’s hard work. Unless they rebel, their lives and those of their children will never get better. The group decides that all four-legged or winged animals are friends and will not be harmed when they eventually rebel. Then, Major sings a lively old song that everyone immediately loves, Beasts of England, but they all

Mr. Jones of Manor Farm who is apathetic and always drunken, animals are constantly exploited and treated extremely poorly. When old Major shares his speech of rebellion, the animals urge to start a revolution of ‘Animal Farm’ under the guidance of the two pigs Napoleon and Snowball, against the humans and take over the farm. As Napoleon abuses the power he gained, Old Major’s dream gradually shifts away from the consciousness of the animals, until there is no differentiation between the pigs and the humans ending where they started, Manors Farm.

Napoleon and his gang of hogs did not earn the right to live in the farmhouse because of their selfish, prideful hearts. They placed their snouts before the wants and needs of the other animals, discriminating against the loyal creatures. For instance, desiring more leisure, the pigs, taking advantage of the abandoned house, “took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing room as a recreation room.” Also, they “slept in beds,” an act formerly prohibited by every farm creature (24, 66). These swine called themselves comrades, and later leaders, but their actions did not live up to that name because leaders should care for their followers, giving the best to them. Instead of that, the pigs took the best positions for themselves, leaving

Napoleon maintains power over the animals by inducing fear. After the animals take over the farm from Mr. Jones, the pigs become the leaders. Napoleon and Snowball are the pigs put in the highest leadership positions. They create commandments for the farm and make plans for the future. Eventually, Napoleon exiles Snowball and becomes the leader of the farm. After Snowball is exiled, Napoleon blames everything that goes wrong on Snowball. The animals become scared that if they do not listen to Napoleon then Snowball will come back and destroy them and all of the hard work they have done. One of the dogs on the farm has puppies, and Napoleon takes the puppies and raises them himself. The puppies grow up away from all the other animals, except Napoleon.

The seven commandments was very provisional, they were changing as events that deal with breaking a commandment that had taken place on the farm. In particular, “all animals are equal” (Orwell 9) was changed drastically to “all animals are equal but some more equal than others” (Orwell 51) when the pigs started to walk on two legs, carrying a whip in their trotters supervising the other animals as they slaved hard labor. And when noticed that the pigs violated another law by walking on two legs, after they enforced that all animals were to walk on four legs. The famous quote that the sheep would “four legs good, two legs bad” changed to “four legs good, two legs better” (Orwell 51). Contradicting to how Communism laws also changed when an

The Seven Commandments put in effect? I think not. Power corrupts the mind causing horrific problems. Commandments are laws for a community to follow to make life simple. In Animal Farm, the commandments were originally utilized but later changed (on pages 24- 25).

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 societal and political breakdown could have been prevented.

Squealer constantly contorts information into a form that serves to profit the pigs. When Napoleon changed his mind about the windmill, Squealer spoke on his behalf. For instance, “…it was he who had advocated it in the beginning…The windmill was, in fact, Napoleon’s own creation.” (Orwell 71) The language that is he uses is persuasive, and while the animals didn’t completely understand it, they believed in it. In addition, commandments and slogans are constantly changing on the farm, and the animals mindlessly believe that the new parts of the commandments or slogans were supposedly there from the very beginning. Specifically, “Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paint-brush and an overturned pot of white paint.” (Orwell 112). This shows that Squealer is held responsible for adding onto the commandments that only caters to benefit the pigs. Napoleon uses Squealer to brainwash the animals into thinking the activities him and the pigs are justified because they are apparently saving the prosperity of the

Through his book, Animal Farm, George Orwell is able to depict the events of the Russian Revolution and the working of the communist class system through personified farm animals. Before German philosopher, Karl Marx, died, he set ideas for the Communist Revolution to go into motion. In Animal Farm, a pig named Old Major gives a speech to the animals of the farm about the idea of a revolution. The next day, the old boar is found dead, therefore relating him to Karl Marx. The seven commandments that are created later in the book reflect the basis of Old Major’s views for a world in which the animals “remove Man from the scene” (3) or what the animals referred to as Animalism.

It all started in Manor farm owned by Mr. Jones, a heartless man who is always drunk. One night, a boar named Old Major held a meeting which he states that all animals are equal and urges them to rebel against the humans. Three days after, Old Major died but the animals continued the rebellion. They collide to defeat Mr. Jones and his men. The animals won and they renamed the farm, “Animal Farm”.

The animals have challenges working with human tools, but they surprisingly get all the farm work done efficiently and better.

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

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 live by. These were created to keep peace on the farm, but the pigs slowly changed these commandments over the course of the story, so that they were in their favor. George Orwell advances the theme of superiority throughout the novel with the changes in the first, sixth, and the seventh commandments.

Animal Farm begins on Manor Farm. with Mr. Jones being the owner of the farm. The animals all assemble in the barn to hear a respected pig named Old Major speak. Old Major says his dream of a world without men and ruled by animals. He says all their suffering is because of men. He also says that 2 legs are enemies and 4 legs and wings are friends. Three days later, Old Major dies and the animals begin to prepare for rebellion. The preparations are led by the pigs, Snowball, Napolean, and Squealer. The pigs call his speech Animalism. They hold weekly meetings to teach the rest of the animals about Animalism. The rebellion comes sooner than expected when Mr. Jones forgets to feed the animals. the animals drive Mr. Jones off the farm and take over and change the name to Animal Farm. The pigs paint the 7 commandments of animalism on the barn wall.