Brooke Gonzales Humanities 09-29-11 Education in Animal Farm
In 1946 a man by the name of George Orwell would write one of the most controversial and insightful books of all time, a book by the name of Animal Farm. Animal Farm takes place on a farm called Manor Farm. One day a pig by the name of Major has a dream, and in this dream he dreams of a free England with no humans. When he tells his dream to the fellow animals on the farm he instills a thought of revolution in their minds and hearts. Some days later, Major dies and the animals revolt and take over Manor Farm renaming it Animal Farm. The story is about what takes place after the revolution and if the animals can survive on their own. It it said to reflect the Russian Revolution. Through his novel Animal Farm , George Orwell tries to teach and emphasize the importance of being educated. In this essay the story of the disasters that fall upon the uneducated animals of Animal Farm will be told. These include putting their trust in the wrong hands, getting played and controlled, and not being able …show more content…
For example, when ever the horse Colver, couldn't read something, she would have to depend on the goat Muriel who could barely read. Every animal had to depend on the pigs and even though the power went to the pigs heads, the animals still listened because the pigs were smarter. In the end, the pigs became dictators and started to turn the farm into every thing the animals revolted against in the first place. The animals worked day and night to try to make Animal Farm something special, and because the animals couldn't make a decision on their own, everything they worked for went down the drain. This is just one more reason of why George Orwell tires to show the importance of education through his