The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is about a society of animals led by a group of intelligent pigs that start a revolution against the owners of the farm in order to prove their superiority among the humans. It all started with a pig named Old Major telling all the animals about his dream of taking the farm from humans and running the farm themselves, so that all animals can live in a state of equality. Old Major brings the animals together before he dies, and the two pigs: Napoleon and Snowball decide to use their intelligence to lead the group of animals. However, the conflict in this story is not animals against humans, it is Snowball and Napoleon having different visions on how the farm should be ran, even though they are fighting for
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Although they both believe in “animalism” and the seven commandments which they created for the animals to follow, the two authority figures centralize different things during the rebellion. Snowball concentrates his time to learning from books, so that he can fabricate quick plans, devise beneficial constructions, and help the other animals become literate. When the animal farm was being suddenly attacked by neighboring humans, Snowball saved the soceity from being destroyed because, “Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar’s campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse, was in charge of the defensive operations. He gave his orders quickly, and in a couple of minutes every animal was at his post.”(30) Snowball also shows his hard work to the readers when …show more content…
During the war I talked about in the paragraph above, Snowball risked his life by charging at one of the humans and got wounded, while Napolean was no where to be seen. After Snowball, Napolean became the dictator and did not show any of the animals except the dogs and Squealer respect. The dogs were the police force which frightened most of the animals into listening without questioning, Squealer tried to compel the animals to believe in everything Napolean said, and all the other animals were treated like slaves. When Napolean was in power, Orwell writes that “Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”(44) These events that occurred throughout the story show that Snowball cares more about the animals and tries his best to give them a good life. When Snowball was still at the farm, “Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches”(35), because he gained the trust of the animals he was leading and did not rely as much on anyone else. Whereas Napoleon relies on the dogs for a police force and Squealer to manipulate everyone to believe in him.
Although they both believe in “animalism” and the seven commandments which they created for the animals to follow, the two authority figures centralize different things during the rebellion. Snowball concentrates his time to learning from books, so that he can fabricate quick plans, devise beneficial constructions, and help the other animals become literate. When the animal farm was being suddenly attacked by neighboring humans, Snowball saved the soceity from being destroyed because, “Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar’s campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse, was in charge of the defensive operations. He gave his orders quickly, and in a couple of minutes every animal was at his post.”(30) Snowball also shows his hard work to the readers when …show more content…
During the war I talked about in the paragraph above, Snowball risked his life by charging at one of the humans and got wounded, while Napolean was no where to be seen. After Snowball, Napolean became the dictator and did not show any of the animals except the dogs and Squealer respect. The dogs were the police force which frightened most of the animals into listening without questioning, Squealer tried to compel the animals to believe in everything Napolean said, and all the other animals were treated like slaves. When Napolean was in power, Orwell writes that “Throughout the spring and summer they worked a sixty-hour week, and in August Napoleon announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.”(44) These events that occurred throughout the story show that Snowball cares more about the animals and tries his best to give them a good life. When Snowball was still at the farm, “Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches”(35), because he gained the trust of the animals he was leading and did not rely as much on anyone else. Whereas Napoleon relies on the dogs for a police force and Squealer to manipulate everyone to believe in him.