What Are Four Legs Good Or Bad In Animal Farm

In many revolutions, there is brought forth an ideal that many people will want or agree with. A few people or leaders start the revolution and show their followers what their world can be like if they were to follow them. In “Animal Farm by George Orwell” an ideal of a life without humans is brought forth by the pigs. In the beginning the pigs seem like perfect candidates to lead the revolution and execute the ideals, with their main statement being “Four legs good, Two legs bad”(pg 21). Throughout the book the pigs become more and more like the humans were before them and become less and less like pigs, “Four legs good, Two legs better”(pg 89). Just like in many revolutions before them, the pigs become the same or worse as those who were overthrown. …show more content…
The pigs decided by themselves with no other input from the other that they, because of their superior knowledge, would become the leaders and watched over while the other animals worked. Assuming their positions as leaders, the pigs ordered that all the apples and milk were to be given to them, and to only be used by the pigs. When the other animals felt this was unfair, the pigs insisted that “Milk and apples contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig”(pg 23). And insisted that if the pigs were to fail in their duty of being leaders then “Jones would come back!”(pg 23). The pigs used manipulation to get their way. Since most of the animals weren’t very smart, and really had no reason not to listen to the pigs, the pigs simply told them exactly what they needed to hear. The animals couldn’t understand that much so they always believed the