Is the purpose of life to live happily and freely? Or is it to live a miserable life under a supreme leader who is just another animal like you and me. If that’s the case, then we have accomplished the goal of life. If it isn’t’, than we have failed miserably.
Fellow comrades, I have lived long enough to witness the wrath of Mr. Jones. I have lived long enough to witness the corruption of Napoleon. Old Major expressed his dream of the perfect utopia for all animals. But there is one thing that we all haven’t experienced together, that is freedom.
I have observed the corruption and manipulation surrounding me, yet I was unwilling to talk. Through the years, I wasn’t willing to feel inspired by the rebellion. I have always remained silent. But
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It is this very windmill that our Boxer has sacrificed his life for, a sacrifice he made for the sake of our Animal Farm. Yet where were the pigs? Where was Napoleon as we were facing the harsh conditions of cold blooded war? The pigs were feasting on the apples that we earned. The pigs were quenching their thirst on the gallons of milk that you cows produced while you were burning outside in the heat of a summer’s day. Chickens, it was the pigs that have taken your beloved eggs away from …show more content…
We witnessed it before our eyes but we told ourselves what we saw was false. We held the truth to what happened to poor Boxer, yet we wanted to believe the lies we heard and ignore what we saw. It was the pigs that sold Boxer to the knackers and for what comrades, for money to buy whiskey. Yet have we forgotten the commandment “No animal shall kill another animal”. Now sheep’s, have you forgotten the commandment that you were taught “four legs good, two legs bad”? We have witnessed the same pigs walking on two legs. We have witnessed the same pigs drunk enjoying a game of cards with humans to the extent where we couldn’t tell the difference between human and
“The disgust I felt was so strong I wondered how I could ever eat this animal now… some of the disgust I felt made sense. After all, part of the stench was from the waste of the pig’s intestines. But it was more than that. When we kill an animal, especially a big mammal like a pig, it cant help reminding us of our own death. The line between their bodies and ours, between their deaths and ours, is not very sharp” (Pollan 244).
Napoleon and the pigs continued to tyrannically rule, taking all the food for themselves while they did no work to deserve it. These were dark times for Animal Farm. One fateful morning while the animals were out in the field they heard a great commotion followed by a squeal that pierced the crisp morning air. The animals rushed to see what had made the noise.
I want the windmill to succeed however, I don’t believe it will with Napoleon in charge. Part C: 1. It is stated that the pigs should decide all questions of farm policy, however their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote. 2. The paragraph states this by saying "It had come to be accepted that the pigs, who were manifestly cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by a majority vote.”
In George Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon, a pig leader that represents Stalin from the Russian Revolution plays a big role in the book as the pig leaders are a superior group among the population of Animal Farm. In the story Napoleon is representing Stalin in Animal Farm as the main leader after Mr.Jones is ran out of the farm and Old Major died, resembling how Stalin took over rising to power in Russia. Napoleon started as a seemingly good leader but that soon changed… Napoleon, just like Stalin started to have problems with citizens of their own community and tried to hurt people and take things away. Both leaders can be shown using their superiority and power to their advantage to get everything they wanted and felt was necessary.
Mr. Pignati’s wife had passed away, but all of their memories had lived on with him, including the collection of knick-knack pigs. The Pigman’s most prized possessions were the pigs in his collection. When Norton showed up to the party that John and Lorraine hosted at the PIgman’s house while he was recovering in the hospital, they knew it wouldn’t end well. Norton eventually smashed the pigs.
Napoleon made a substantial impact on the way the animals reacted to their new hardships. The pigs, including Napoleon, are said to be the most intelligent animals on the farm, but unlike the others, Napoleon uses it to manipulate the
Don’t be the enemy. Now that Napoleon is in charge life is getting a whole lot worse because is has complete power of Animal Farm. Napoleon from Animal Farm written by Orwell maintains control by using ideology, propaganda, and fear. Napoleon uses ideology of Animalism to give him more control over the animals.
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
The second tactic that Napoleon uses is loyalty to the farm. The quote shows that the animals are loyal to the farm by upkeeping the farm in which they do it for themselves, “All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves…” (Orwell 73). The quote proves that the pigs worked the other animals like slaves.
This is why I think factory farming should be banned for all the safety hazards and the animal abuse towards those pigs. If we replaced all those factory farms with family farms where the cattle or pigs can run around and play until they get butchered instead of sitting in pins all there life and getting trampled to death. They also have to live in there own feces, and the ventilation system isn’t the best. Where on a family farm the animals would be able to run around without getting trampled to death, or having to live in there own feces.
The animals start recognizing Napoleon for any good achievement done that day. For example, one of the hens recognizes Napoleon for just one stroke of good fortune. “Under the leadership of our Leader Comrade Napoleon, I have laid five eggs in six days…”(78). These poor animals are tricked into thinking that everything good that happens is due to “Comrade Napoleon's Leadership”. Every quote we see is a deeper level of corruption in Napoleon, and now, his influence on the farm is tearing what the revolution was all about.
Only puppies and pigs can live in the house, sleep in the bed, eat apples and cookies and have all of the best things. As the history is developing, Napoleon is getting more and more like a dicator. He slowly begin to being superior but did not act like a dictator. Moreover, he broke some rules, he’s in contact with humans, and he had hours of works, and he killed aniamsl, and change the only commandment for “4 legs good, 2 legs better”. He also think that “Every animals are equal, but some are more equal then others.”
Right after Squealer defended the pigs sleeping in the farmhouse, the pigs were given another special benefit. “...it was announced that from now on the pigs would get up an hour later in the mornings than the other animals…”(Page 62). Why can’t the other animals wake up later? This announcement proves that the pigs were given more benefits than all the other animals. Another example of this discrimination is how all the pigs and dogs have comfortable beds and enough food to feed their large community.
Using the examples of Napoleon and Boxer this essay will discuss the truths of human nature and express the traits of these characters both good and bad including; loyalty and obedience as well as selfishness and greed. Napoleon represents the corrupt political dictators that have been in power before and even after the novel was written. He slowly and subtly put himself into power of the farm and was very manipulative in the way he got there. The animals were always ensured that everything he did was for the good of the farm but as the book goes on Napoleon’s hunger for power is revealed.
“Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings” as our great leader sang until his dying breath. The glory that was Old Major lit a fire in our hearts that day to rebel. To rebel against the tyranny of the human race. It is our duty to reignite this flame and alas retain our rights. After all comrades, our blood, sweat, and hunger cannot be worthless.