The classic political novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, tells a story of an uprising raised among animals, controlled by the pigs, and the result of their takeover of the farm. In this novel, the author uses irony to emphasize his theme of how the animals original goal is corrupted by the pigs self-indulgent acts. Irony is used to show how the commandments are being altered, how the animals are not being treated equally under Napoleon 's dictatorship and how pigs begin to act like humans. The seven commandments are the principles of Animalism that every animal must live by, but the commandments are secretly modified by the pigs when they begin to realize how great it is to live as a human being. …show more content…
Old Major said, that man are the enemies and animals are comrades. The reason behind the rebellion is to free all animals and destroy all humans. But, the pigs end up becoming more like human beings by doing everything they do. All animals begin as comrades and everyone is equal but as time passes the pigs end up being "more equal" than the other animals. In the yard, the animals are surprised to see Squealer and Napoleon walking upright on their hind legs. "But just at that moment, as though at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of- "Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!" (10.13) The animals destroy all the human tools that symbolized slavery, for example, whips, chains, bits and halters in the start. All the animals were horrified seeing Napoleon walk on two legs and carrying a whip. The pigs feel a stronger connection with humans then they feel towards the other animals. Also, the pigs begin to adapt the human lifestyle. When the pigs stop feeling any connection with the other animals on the farm they become attracted to the human lifestyle. The pigs invite the neighboring human farmers to play cards and the pigs communicate the same way humans do. The animals were looking through the window and they could not tell the difference between humans and the pigs. "No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." (Chapter 10, pg. 118) They begin to do all activities which a human does on a daily basis. Napoleon begins smoking a pipe in front of all animals and the pigs begin to read human magazines. They listen to the radio and installed a telephone. The pigs starts to dress like humans