“Animal Farm” is a “razor-edged fairy tale” (from the blurb) written by George Orwell. This book has a lot more themes than you probably think. It is about a farm taken over by unfairly treated animals and also informs you about the Russian Revolution by replacing the people involved with the animals on the farm. The author does a great job of hiding the real message from the story. I believe what Orwell wanted us to never forget is that history repeats itself explained by the four concepts of propaganda, tyranny, betrayal, and hope. In the book, the pigs and the other higher ranked animals use a lot of propaganda techniques to convince the lower ranked animals into thinking their way. For example, Old Major used slogans to make the
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There are a lot of scenes in the book where an unfair use of power is taken place. One example is the pigs tricking the other animals. In the beginning, after they kicked Mr. Jones out, the pigs took over the farm including the produce that they made. The other animals started to wonder where the milk and apples went because they assume that these would be shared amongst them but instead, was all mixed up into the pigs’ mash. Squealer started to argue the reason for it. “Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig.” (Orwell 36) In the near end, the pigs also changed the commandments. “They had thought the Fifth Commandment was ‘NO animal shall drink alcohol’, but… Actually the Commandment read ‘No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.’” (Orwell 109) The other animals thought that there was something weird about the commandments but they let it go and the pigs didn’t notify them the change. These texts show that the pigs are in greater power and in an unequal relationship with the lower-ranked animals. Another example is when Squealer convinces the others to accept what Napoleon decides by comparing Napoleon’s ideas to Mr. Jones’ actions. By doing this, it strengthens the thought of not wanting Mr. Jones. In other words, he took advantage of the fear they had of Mr. Jones. Squealer again mentions “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” (Orwell 36) He is threatening the other animals to get what he wants which is another cruel use of power. The last example is revolution. Napoleon soon starts to decide everything on the farm. At first, the animals had a say in the new decisions the higher ranked animals made but he mentions that Sunday morning meetings “were unnecessary… and wasted time.” (Orwell 54) So he soon changes that to the animals only “receiving their orders for the week but there would be no more
There are a lot of scenes in the book where an unfair use of power is taken place. One example is the pigs tricking the other animals. In the beginning, after they kicked Mr. Jones out, the pigs took over the farm including the produce that they made. The other animals started to wonder where the milk and apples went because they assume that these would be shared amongst them but instead, was all mixed up into the pigs’ mash. Squealer started to argue the reason for it. “Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig.” (Orwell 36) In the near end, the pigs also changed the commandments. “They had thought the Fifth Commandment was ‘NO animal shall drink alcohol’, but… Actually the Commandment read ‘No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.’” (Orwell 109) The other animals thought that there was something weird about the commandments but they let it go and the pigs didn’t notify them the change. These texts show that the pigs are in greater power and in an unequal relationship with the lower-ranked animals. Another example is when Squealer convinces the others to accept what Napoleon decides by comparing Napoleon’s ideas to Mr. Jones’ actions. By doing this, it strengthens the thought of not wanting Mr. Jones. In other words, he took advantage of the fear they had of Mr. Jones. Squealer again mentions “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” (Orwell 36) He is threatening the other animals to get what he wants which is another cruel use of power. The last example is revolution. Napoleon soon starts to decide everything on the farm. At first, the animals had a say in the new decisions the higher ranked animals made but he mentions that Sunday morning meetings “were unnecessary… and wasted time.” (Orwell 54) So he soon changes that to the animals only “receiving their orders for the week but there would be no more