How Does George Orwell Use Animals In Animal Farm

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The book “Animal Farms” by George Orwell uses animals to represent how some humans run. Many have risen to power like what is represented in the book. Many by corruption and fraud. George Orwell did a very nice job of explaining this in a nice but horrible book. The animal I choose for showing the negative behavior of humans is a Pig.
On the negative side Pigs are known to be very intelligent. They ranks in the top 10 smartest animal in the world. In Animal Farms the pigs are the ones to run the farm. Its nothing new if you use common sense. They pigs are smart and end up making all the decisions for the other animals. But when it come to a pig like Napoleon he uses his knowledge for evil. People with bad intentions are very similar to Neapoline the pig. Some will compete with others, like Snowball but are not confident they will win. So the people with bad intentions end up doing very bad thing to their opponent to cause them harm. Some succeed will others don't. Once the are in power the make to benefit them, not the people. For Instance Nepoleon made the other animals work hard while he practically did nothing.
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The other animal aren't as smart as them and couldn’t remember much. The pigs start inventing lies and change the Commandments. You can relate this to police officers. Not all but some abuse they superior power. They sometimes invent laws are false and don't help you. There are some people very informed of the laws and their rights and shut them up. The most common lie is that you are not allowed to record offices but you have the right if you feel like something isn't right. The animals on the Farm could of probably rebelled against Napoleon long ago if they were informed of the changes in the Commandments. But they weren't at

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