Animal Farm Quotes

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“The pigs’ ear were bleeding, the dogs had tasted blood” This quote from Animal Farm truly shows how much power Napoleon possesses on all of the other unintelligent animals. Napoleon generates a lot of fear on the animals and Squealer uses propaganda on the animals that are too stupid to think for themselves. If the animals were all educated: Napoleon would not be in power, because they would all be fighting for power, would not have been easily manipulated, and They would not be fooled by the change of the seven commandments, however some may think otherwise because Napoleon generates fear through the dogs. The animals would all be fighting for power. Before Napoleon was in power Snowball was in power. Throughout most of the book both pigs showed exponential knowledge and intelligence. Napoleon however managed to overthrow Snowball by using his intelligence to take the pups, train them, then have them chase Snowball off of the farm and manipulate the animals into believing that Snowball was a traitor. In Page 44 on the Animal Farm PDF it quotes; “Napoleon stood up and, casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched …show more content…

The story started with 7 commandments and over time when the animals realized something didn't seem normal they’d refer to the “Seven Commandments. However, the rules were changed and the animals were not smart enough to remember the original commandment. “No animal shall sleep on a bed with sheets” - Pg.55 Animal Farm PDF “No animal shall drink alcohol to EXCESS.” - Pg. 84 “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” Pg. 103. Throughout the book the pigs tend to break rules and add loopholes to those rules so they would not be questioned. The animals were stupid enough to not realize that the rules were being changed each time they would refer to them. This shows that the animals don’t realize the change of rules without their opinion and allow it to

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