Ignorance In Animal Farm

The pigs lived in better conditions than the other animals and they could do this because they told all the animals that they should be well fed because they were the ones who had the ideas and needed to rest and eat well to have good mental health. However, out of the all animals on the farm,

The rulers of the farm take advantage of the low reading skills that the rest of the animals possess and use that weakness against them, as the animals just believe whatever the pigs tell them to, as they have no reason not to. The pigs’ goals seem intact and they do

Exploring the Dangers of being Uneducated in George Orwell’s Animal Farm Revolution occurs when certain circumstances push people past the point of compliancy into action. These circumstances occur across cultures and throughout time but, people need to have the right knowledge to keep the changes. By giving human traits to different barnyard animals in Animal Farm, Orwell creates a medium in which he can safely explore the topic.

Animal Farm is representation of how literacy can determine who has power over who because those who can’t read or write are seen as inferior and are taken advantage of. This concept is discussed through the following: changing the seven commandments, one of the original commandments read “No animal shall kill any other animal.” But after the pigs changed it, it read “No animal shall kill any other animal without reason” (Orwell, 97). In other words, the pigs knew the other animals did not know how to read and that they have bad memory. Due to the animals basically being illiterate the pigs used that to their advantage so they do not have to worry about being questioned.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 146). This quote in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell shows that Animal Farm can be represented as a dystopian society. A utopia represents a perfect society where everything will be perfect while a dystopia lives under fear and confusion. Animal Farm shows a dystopian society because under the ruling of Napoleon the animals lived in fear as well as animals included confusion of the actions of the pigs. Napoleon and the other pigs always watched the other animals on the farm to make sure that no one will be going against Napoleon 's “great ruling”.

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” (Martin Luther King Jr.). People’s ignorance can contribute to political and social oppression. In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the animals are attempting to work together to break free from mankind. What the animals on the farm don’t realize is that they are becoming persecuted due to the fact that they have very little knowledge, they are being tricked by the pigs, and they had not been willing to connect the idea that the pigs are becoming more like humans soon enough.

In many instances, Napoleon used the animals lack of education to change the Seven Commandments and better fit the pig 's needs. For example, when the pigs changed one of the commandments to benefit themselves, the animals couldn 't tell if the rule was changed or not: “They had thought the Fifth Commandment was ‘No animal shall drink alcohol,’ but there were two words that they had forgotten. But the Commandment read: ‘No animal shall drink alcohol to excess’” (Orwell 110). Napoleon and Squealer learned how to read and never taught the other animals how to, this shows how the pigs used the other animal 's illiteracy to alter situations.

This relates to the theme because, throughout the story, the pigs have been in charge because they have more knowledge than the other animals. They were also really clever and could think of a way around every difficulty the farm experienced. ( Orwell 13) In the middle of the story, some crucial rules were being changed and the animals did not do anything about it. “ … pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing-room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds.”

Boxer played a role by being passive, gullible and by valuing blind faith for Napoleon. In contrast, the dogs contributed by exercising their aggressions and taking actions. Meanwhile Squealer’s use of his quick-wittedness and rhetorical ability was the way in which he helped the pigs stay in power. Overall, many of the characters and occurrences within Animal Farm are representations of figures and events that took place in our real world and that marked our history. Orwell wrote this fable not only to convey that power corrupts but also to remind and warn people, especially the working class, that what government, hence live conditions they live under, is partially determined by their own actions and

Propaganda is the definition of information that has a misleading nature, and is used by people to promote a specific point of view. Throughout the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, there are multiple examples of the animals using propaganda to influence one another. Those who have used propaganda here have used it as a source in order achieve power, not only for themselves, but for the upper class as well. The pigs are at the center of this. They manipulate the animals that all they do is for the good of the farm, when in reality, it is only for the good of themselves.

The animals must be educated because their job as citizens is to hold their leaders accountable for their actions and words. The animals in animal farm were unable to do so because, not only could most of them not get past the letter D in the alphabet, but most of them had a hard time remembering things, for example, “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause. Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory” (Animal Farm pg. 91). If the animals were educated they would have realized that the commandments were being changed and that the pigs were being selfish. All the animals were so tractable and easy to manipulate because they were not smart.

Panuwat Baikeawon 5740188022 2202235 Reading and Analysis for the Study of English Literature Acharn Subenja Phaoluangthong April 29, 2016 Final Paper Literacy as the empowerment of the pigs In ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell, literacy is one of the factors that empowers the pigs to become the leader group of the Animal Farm in terms of politics. The reason that only the pigs are the ruling class in the farm is significantly related to literacy. There are 3 different definitions of Literacy, according to Dictionary.com The quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.

In a famous essay, George Orwell once said “ The first book in which I tried, with full consciousness of what I was doing, to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole” (Why I write). He wanted to present a novel that showed the political reality while portraying people as animals. He also wanted to teach the lesson that power from higher individuals can often lead to oppression and corruption. In the beginning of the book, the animals create a revolution and declare that all animals are equal. Over time the pigs, the leaders, put themselves  higher than the other animals, creating a hierarchy.

George Orwell; the author to Animal Farm, wrote this book addressing the political issues that were calling to his attention. Each animal that was included into the story represented a real person in their time. It is said that the main protagonists in this story are the two pigs who have embodied Joseph Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. The pigs were considered to be the smartest on the farm, the carried out plans to build the windmill, and had put their ideas into shaping the new society on the farm. Dogs were brought in; so when an animal would disagree, the dogs would attack.

In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell the pigs were the only ones who knew how to read. The pigs revealed to everyone that they had been learning how to read from an old spelling book for the past three months (11). They had a big advantage over the other animals because they could read and write unlike the others. They knew what was going on when they were reading things and they didn't have to tell the other animals and they wrote all the rules so they could change the rules on the other animals and they wouldn't know. Since the pigs were smarter than everyone else that put them on top.