Freedom?
“All animals are equal… but some animals are more equal than others” This is the pulse and heartbeat of Napoleon, pig, tyrant, and ruler of Animal Farm. Written by Eric Arthur Blair, under the pen name George Orwell, Animal farm paints a powerful picture of social injustice. What starts out as a rebellion for freedom becomes an oppression worse than any before. Boxer, Snowball, and Napoleon are just a few tools in the hands of the revolution. Boxer was about as sharp as a bag of rocks, but as strong and steady as a boulder. His consistency made him one of the most useful members of the farm, but he was not smart enough to discern when he was being used by the pigs. Standing almost six feet tall, Boxer’s strength was his one glory. …show more content…
He earned his position purely by fighting his way to the top. Other animals feared him, but at the same time uncomfortably trusted him. He did not have the same way with words that Snowball had, (though he had a speaker named Squealer), but he preferred to use forceful demonstrations. His dogs, representing Stalin’s NKVD, the morbidly powerful police force, did his dirty work, chasing Snowball off the farm, slaughtering disobedient animals, and protecting him through all of his tyrannical speeches. Representing Joseph Stalin, Napoleon ruthlessly smothers all other animals under his reign, while going against every rule he proudly invented. By the end of the book, no one is sure who is worse, the humans or the pigs. Animalism used to state: four legs good, two legs bad, all animals are equal. At least, that is how the animals thought they remembered it. Now, it appeared to be four legs good, two legs better, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. The poor dumb animals didn’t know what to think, or who to follow. So, they blindly followed whoever happened to be leading them at the time. This eventually led not to freedom, but to worse slavery then that with which they
“All animals are equal… but some animals are more equal than others” This is the pulse and heartbeat of Napoleon, pig, tyrant, and ruler of Animal Farm. Written by Eric Arthur Blair, under the pen name George Orwell, Animal farm paints a powerful picture of social injustice. What starts out as a rebellion for freedom becomes an oppression worse than any before. Boxer, Snowball, and Napoleon are just a few tools in the hands of the revolution. Boxer was about as sharp as a bag of rocks, but as strong and steady as a boulder. His consistency made him one of the most useful members of the farm, but he was not smart enough to discern when he was being used by the pigs. Standing almost six feet tall, Boxer’s strength was his one glory. …show more content…
He earned his position purely by fighting his way to the top. Other animals feared him, but at the same time uncomfortably trusted him. He did not have the same way with words that Snowball had, (though he had a speaker named Squealer), but he preferred to use forceful demonstrations. His dogs, representing Stalin’s NKVD, the morbidly powerful police force, did his dirty work, chasing Snowball off the farm, slaughtering disobedient animals, and protecting him through all of his tyrannical speeches. Representing Joseph Stalin, Napoleon ruthlessly smothers all other animals under his reign, while going against every rule he proudly invented. By the end of the book, no one is sure who is worse, the humans or the pigs. Animalism used to state: four legs good, two legs bad, all animals are equal. At least, that is how the animals thought they remembered it. Now, it appeared to be four legs good, two legs better, all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. The poor dumb animals didn’t know what to think, or who to follow. So, they blindly followed whoever happened to be leading them at the time. This eventually led not to freedom, but to worse slavery then that with which they