In the beginning of the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, the animals wanted to get rid of the humans, because they thought it would solve all of their problems. Although getting the humans off of the farm did solve some of the problems, it also made some issues worse. The pigs took this opportunity to take power and be the dominant species on the farm. The animals did at one point have equal authority at the start of the rebellion, but as the novel progressed that changed. The pigs increased their authority more and more each day. The quote “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”(John Acton), applies to the pigs since they were the only ones with power and authority, and since they were the ones who ultimately
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First Old Major gathered all of the animals in the barn for a meeting, and he brought up many thoughts he had about the awful lives of the animals. “We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are formed to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”(Orwell 7). After Old Major’s speech, the animals knew that they needed to do something, not just for them but for the future generations. This was when Old Major and the animals came up with the idea of a rebellion. Old Major said “That is my message to …show more content…
Every day the pigs started to act more and more like the humans. It started when they began to wear clothing. “It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth–no, not even when the pigs took Mr. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, rat catcher breeches, and leather leggings”(Orwell 135). In addition to this, they began to walk on two legs. When the animals saw this they were puzzled. Clover is the first one to realize this, when she said “It was a pig walking on two legs”(Orwell 132). At first this wasn't not accepted because the animals always thought that anything that walked upon two legs was an enemy, but they were so brainwashed by the end, that they just accepted anything that the pigs did. At the very end of the book the animals could not tell the difference between the pigs and the humans. “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike”(Orwell 141). When the animals looked in the farmhouse they saw the pigs drinking beer and play cards with the humans. This was against the whole purpose of the rebellion, which originally intended to get rid of all of the humans. Instead of doing this, the pigs ended up trying to become just like the humans. Finally, the animals realized what
First Old Major gathered all of the animals in the barn for a meeting, and he brought up many thoughts he had about the awful lives of the animals. “We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are formed to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty”(Orwell 7). After Old Major’s speech, the animals knew that they needed to do something, not just for them but for the future generations. This was when Old Major and the animals came up with the idea of a rebellion. Old Major said “That is my message to …show more content…
Every day the pigs started to act more and more like the humans. It started when they began to wear clothing. “It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth–no, not even when the pigs took Mr. Jones's clothes out of the wardrobes and put them on, Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, rat catcher breeches, and leather leggings”(Orwell 135). In addition to this, they began to walk on two legs. When the animals saw this they were puzzled. Clover is the first one to realize this, when she said “It was a pig walking on two legs”(Orwell 132). At first this wasn't not accepted because the animals always thought that anything that walked upon two legs was an enemy, but they were so brainwashed by the end, that they just accepted anything that the pigs did. At the very end of the book the animals could not tell the difference between the pigs and the humans. “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike”(Orwell 141). When the animals looked in the farmhouse they saw the pigs drinking beer and play cards with the humans. This was against the whole purpose of the rebellion, which originally intended to get rid of all of the humans. Instead of doing this, the pigs ended up trying to become just like the humans. Finally, the animals realized what