During Animal Farm, the animals plan to rebel against Mr. Jones. This plan is set in motion after the Old Major unfortunately dies of old age. The animals raise themselves together and kick Mr. Jones off the farm in order to change the way that the system
Jones and the pigs. At the start of the film the farm is shown as an unfair and unhappy place and that’s why the animals decide to have a meeting in the barn. During the meeting old major discussed the “miserable, laborious and short” lives of his fellow animals. When Mr. Jones is running the farm the animals are worked as slaves and get just enough food to keep breath in their bodies and killed mercilessly when they are not useful anymore. Old Major relates a dream that he had the previous night, of a world in which animals live without the cruelty of men and they are free, happy, well fed, and treated with dignity.
Jones the farmer was the animal’s “leader” on Manor farm until the revolution came and Napoleon the pig took control, he renamed the farm “Animal Farm”, he gets help ruling Animal Farm with another pig; Squealer. The animals did not like being ruled by humans so they started a revolution and kicked all of the humans out. Napoleon wanted to change the farm and make it a better place but he abused the power that was given to him, and formed a dictatorship. There is also a pig named Snowball that wanted to rule
During the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin was obligated for changing Russia into the Soviet Union just as old Major tried to change Manor Farm into Animal Farm. Events and animals in the book are parallel to the events and people in the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm, which was originally named Manor Farm, is ran by Mr. Jones until the animals take charge. Mr. Jones takes poor care of the animals such as refusing to feed them. The animals decide to rebel against him and take charge of the farm.
The animals are tired of Mr. Jones and how he treats them so they overrule him. Napoleon abuses the animals trust and uses his power for evil. Napoleon ends up changing everything in the farm. Many years pass and Mr. Jones also passes away. Boxer and Snowball become forgotten.
Napoleon runs off snowball, kills many of the animals by the use of his vicious dogs, and changes the commandments to fit his wants. The illiterate animals are oblivious to all of the changes being made and continue to work hard to obtain the common goal; build the windmill. Even when it is blown up to pieces, the animals continue to build. This causes extremely long work hours, a lack of food, and famine to all of the animals on the farm.
When first reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm, one might assume it to be a simple narrative about Farm Animals. However, through closer analysis, you begin to see the allegorical connections and satire of the work. By drawing parallels to certain major events and individuals from the Russian Revolution, Orwell is able to provide a political commentary about the harsh conditions caused by the Revolution. In George Orwell 's Animal Farm, he uses Napoleon, Snowball, and Mr. Jones to show the allegorical connections, as well as its satirical motives.
In the book Animal Farm, the animals now have full control over the farm and are spreading the word to other farms. They are encouraging animals to rebel against their masters and it's working. Old Major's teachings are still being followed by the animals of the farm; almost all the animals are following the seven rules and most things are going well. Mollie, the dumb, female, white horse, has disobeyed one of them and she is a coward. Mollie doesn't work or help on the farm and she doesn't want to learn to read like all the other animals.
In the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell the animals have taken over the farm from their former owner Mr. Jones. The pigs elect themselves as the leader because they are more intelligent than the others. Besides intelligence there are many others trait that qualify someone as a leader such as loyalty, positivity, and bravery. To be a leader one must be loyal to his or her followers in Animal farm Napoleon and the other pigs at first are loyal to the seven commandments of animalism but over time the pigs manipulate and bend the rules for their own comfort.
Furthermore, Napoleon gives the other animals the impression he was the sole leader of the rebellion on Animal farm and makes Snowball -a leader who wanted what was best for the animals- seem like an enemy who was in cahoots with Farmer Jones since long before the animals took over the farm. Napoleon and Squealer (another “fat cat” pig.) always put the blame on Snowball whenever something went wrong in the farm to avoid having the blame fall on them. Napoleon is an exemplary example of just how selfish and hypocritical people can be in furthering their own aims because he continued to subtly but purposely change the seven rules put in place as the pillars of animalism. For example, Napoleon and the other pigs move into Farmer Jones’s house and sleep in his bed after commanding “No animal shall sleep in a bed”, so he changes the commandment to read “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.
1) The Seven Commandments was propaganda for animalism, which was based on equality and not being humanlike in any way. First, No animal shall wear clothes. This is because by the time the pigs adopt clothes they are so powerful, and the other animals are so fearful, that it is unnecessary; second, whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. Because once they have achieved victory, animals must not emulate Man.
Since the animals were like blindfolded, no one made the connection between Boxer's being taken away and the pigs suddenly having more money. The contrast between what the animals believe, what the narrator actually is talking about, and what the reader knows to be the truth, fills one with an anger. (“Animal Farm: Animals Irony”) Animal Farm satirises the breakdown of political ideology and the misuse of power. The major players are animals but their failings are all recognisably human. They begin with an idealistic attempt to form a new society, liberated from the tyranny of humans and founded on the principle of equality and freedom for everyone, but it all goes wrong as the pigs take over.
In a essence Napoleon the pig becomes the persona of “Someone to believe in,” for the animals. After Snowball was chased out, Napoleon most importantly and the pigs become the guidance for the animals lives. “Napoleon is always right”(Orwell 70), said by Boxer the horse, expresses his strong belief in his intelligence and guidance. The more and more, the story progresses, the more religion takes the role of keeping the animals organized and in harmony of the pig’s leadership and system. Although, “The Seven Commandments” start to change, the animals chose to keep following them.
Jones and all humans, are unjust. He described a place where there were no humans and animals ruled; he spoke of a utopian society where everyone was equal. After Old Major’s passing, the other animals took over the farm and ran out Mr. Jones. After all of this the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, took control of the farm. They used what Old Major had said to promote “animalism”, or what we would call communism.
One example was when tension arose between Napoleon and Snowball shortly after he came up with the idea of the windmill. Napoleon became envious of Snowballs gain in popularity and ended up executing him from the farm. Another theme played in the novel is revolution and corruption. Animal Farm depicts a revolution in progress. Old Major gives the animals a new perspective on their situation under Mr. Jones, which leads them to envision a better future free of human
