Change In Animal Farm

Animal Farm is the study of a dream betrayed. It begins with hope for the animals and ends with their lives becoming worse. Although some things on the farm seem to change after the rebellion, the important things that need to change in order for Old Major's dream to become a reality, they remain the same. Life for the animals becomes worse, but they don’t realize this because they are distracted by the fabricated stories and lies told by Napoleon and Squealer. Things that were not part of Old Major's dream and plan were the abuses of power, changes in the rules or commandments, and the pigs turning into a philosophical human figure.
Napoleon abused his power and rule after Snowball was gone gain special privileges for the pigs, such as the apples and milk. Also, the pigs don't really have to work. Squealer and Napoleon justify these privileges by saying that it will "keep Jones away". An example of this is when the cows find …show more content…
After the rebellion seven commandments become established and by the end of the novel most, if not all, of the commandments have been changed. The animals on Animal Farm were directed to not have any contact with the humans, but Mr. Whymper came every week to assess the stability of the Farm. Also, they started selling hay stacks, part of the wheat crop and made a contract to sell the eggs because the farm needed more money. Another commandment that changed is no animal could sleep in a bed with sheets. At first they couldn't sleep in beds at all because a bed is something that belongs to humans and any object that is related to a humans life would be considered an abomination at Animal Farm. Two of the other commandments that changed were pigs cannot drink, which was changed to pigs cannot drink to excess. And no animal shall kill another animal was changed to no animal shall kill another animal without cause, but keep in mind that this new commandment only pertains to