At Animal Farm, one of the biggest rules is that all animals are equal. It was agreed upon when the animals first rebelled against the humans. But over time, the rules were changed when three pigs emerged as leaders. Napoleon and Squealer actually rewrote their rules to better suit their desires. The pigs violated their own rule that all animals are equal.
The pigs have made a change over time, and it hasn't been good. Snowball was mostly fair, but it wasn't for long. He was driven out by Napoleon, who then rose to power. It is now that the pigs are clearly in a higher rank than the rest of the animals. They are the ones that are calling the shots, and making their own rules. Napoleon seems anything but fair, and is forcing the animals to work and have less food. He is clearly a leader, and not only that but him, Squealer, and all the other pigs get to sleep in the beds inside the house. This does not seem very equal.
In Russia, it was Trotsky, Lenin, and Stalin. In Animal Farm, it's Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon. I think that in the book Orwell is symbolizing the unequal rule of the three. It is true that without a leader, it wouldn't last very long. It is practically impossible for everyone be perfectly equal, because eventually human greed would win out. It does in Russia and in Animal Farm, and Stalin and Napoleon both become selfish and take all the power.
The pigs became power hungry and took over the farm. This also happened in Russia. What Orwell is trying to say is eventually people will get tired of being equal and become unsatisfied. Then they will get greedy and start trying to get more wealth than others. Communism, or in the book's case, Animalism, would work if you took out the human variable, but people will always want more. So this happened to the pigs, and caused them to rewrite the rules to accommodate their desires.
I like that your post had lots of details, and I think that the pigs weren't even close to being equal, but I don't think they got tired of being equal, they were growing mad with power. I loved the piece and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteP.S. The backround makes it kind of hard to read.
I agree with many of your statements in this writing piece. I liked how you said the pigs had rewritten the rules to accommodate their desires. This was easily seen throughout the book, like how, in the end, they had changed the seven commandments into just one commandment, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. Your connections with the Russian Revolution also appear to be accurate.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the earlier comments. You have a lot of good things to say here, and you organize those thoughts well. By first covering Animal Farm, and the using another paragraph to go over how it is like the revolution, it was clear and easy to follow as a reader. Just a small added tip: don't begin a sentence with a coordinating conjunction since they are joining words, and must be placed between two things they connect (and, or, nor, but, for, yet, so)
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