Commandment In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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One of the many commandments Napoleon broke was commandment one, whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Napoleon broke this commandment along with the other pigs when in the end of the book they all learned how to walk on their hind legs, two legs. By doing that is should have made them an enemy of animal farm, but because Napoleon and the pigs are viewed as superior than the other animals they got away with it. The pigs did this in the first place so they could be more like humans and almost become them. They also taught the sheep to say four legs good, two legs better. With that the pigs also got the support of the sheep making it look like they did nothing wrong. This overall is an example of abusive power. This problem could have been

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