The Revolution of the Barnyard
A revolution, a new beginning, a new start, equality, is what the animals want on Animal Farm, will they get it? In his allegorical novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell shows in his book that equality is important for a society to thrive. He shows this through the animals being unequal, life being better when the power is balanced between Napoleon and Snowball, and life back to the way it was before the Revolution.
The pigs have more power than the other animals, which makes life hard for animals who are not a pig or dog. The other animals get their ration cut on the farm, when the pigs take over as leaders: “This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have their rations reduced …show more content…
Napoleon and Snowball explain their studies of Animalism to other animals in the barn shortly after the animals take control over the farm: “They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeding in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven Commandments” (Orwell 42). Therefore, when Napoleon and Snowball agree with each other they were able to get things done on the farm and not just argue. In addition, the animals worked very hard in the field: “All the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice. Well aware that everything they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would com after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings” (Orwell 73). The animals work really hard but they know that they are doing it for further generations to come. Though the animals were getting along at this time, there were hardships to …show more content…
Napoleon looks like a human in the house as he meets with other humans from neighboring farms: “...out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side with his dogs gamboling round him. He carried a whip in his trotter” (Orwell 132). Napoleon looking like a human states that the pigs are now the owners of the farm. When the pig is in the house with the humans, the other animals realize they can not tell the difference between a pig and a human: “No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell 139). Since the animals can not see the difference between a pig and a man they are back to where they started, being the producers of the farm but not being equal to the owner. The pigs are now equal to the humans but the animals on the farm are still just animals who work on the farm, for the pigs/humans.
In this novella animals go through a period of time where they rebel against human rule. They get the farm under animal control but as time passes the pigs become more and more like the humans. The pigs become the owners and do the bidding with neighboring farms. When the pigs meet with the humans, the other animals realize that they are back to where they were before
A revolution, a new beginning, a new start, equality, is what the animals want on Animal Farm, will they get it? In his allegorical novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell shows in his book that equality is important for a society to thrive. He shows this through the animals being unequal, life being better when the power is balanced between Napoleon and Snowball, and life back to the way it was before the Revolution.
The pigs have more power than the other animals, which makes life hard for animals who are not a pig or dog. The other animals get their ration cut on the farm, when the pigs take over as leaders: “This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have their rations reduced …show more content…
Napoleon and Snowball explain their studies of Animalism to other animals in the barn shortly after the animals take control over the farm: “They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeding in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven Commandments” (Orwell 42). Therefore, when Napoleon and Snowball agree with each other they were able to get things done on the farm and not just argue. In addition, the animals worked very hard in the field: “All the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice. Well aware that everything they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would com after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings” (Orwell 73). The animals work really hard but they know that they are doing it for further generations to come. Though the animals were getting along at this time, there were hardships to …show more content…
Napoleon looks like a human in the house as he meets with other humans from neighboring farms: “...out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side with his dogs gamboling round him. He carried a whip in his trotter” (Orwell 132). Napoleon looking like a human states that the pigs are now the owners of the farm. When the pig is in the house with the humans, the other animals realize they can not tell the difference between a pig and a human: “No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell 139). Since the animals can not see the difference between a pig and a man they are back to where they started, being the producers of the farm but not being equal to the owner. The pigs are now equal to the humans but the animals on the farm are still just animals who work on the farm, for the pigs/humans.
In this novella animals go through a period of time where they rebel against human rule. They get the farm under animal control but as time passes the pigs become more and more like the humans. The pigs become the owners and do the bidding with neighboring farms. When the pigs meet with the humans, the other animals realize that they are back to where they were before