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Animal Farm By George Orwell: Chapter Analysis

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This week’s chapters of Animal Farm are particularly unsettling. I feel this way because it is obvious that the book is a mirror to our society and there was an astounding lack of resistance to complete domination from the pigs, especially Napoleon. Boxer in particular was so eager to please Napoleon that he took on more than his fair share of the work. I think that is something that can be seen often in our own society; someone who wants to be promoted or who really believes in a cause or mission of a company works exceedingly hard to distinguish themselves, not realizing that the system is rigged. Boxer will not be given more power or leadership duties because he is not a pig and Napoleon only sees horses as labor workers.
A lot of the ideas mentioned in this week’s chapters are strikingly similar to real dictatorships.. For example, Napoleon claims that the animals need to work on …show more content…

The scene where Clover notices that Napoleon has broken a cardinal rule and slept in a bed and then is so brainwashed by the regime that she accepts their poor explanation, that the rule actually said a bed with sheets and she misinterpreted it because of the last two words reminds me of political issues that we are having now. Our President regularly says incredibly insensitive and offensive things and his followers are so blinded by admiration for his bigotry and hatred for anyone who does not look exactly like them is similar to the animal followers spreading Napoleon’s propaganda. It is easy to read this book and berate the animals for being so blind and yet so many people in our own society cannot see that there is no excuse or explanation for some of the messages currently coming from our

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In the novels, the crucible and animal farm, the leaders of society hold lots of power and can easily influence people's/animal's decisions and how they think. Leaders in the stories believe they are more intelligent than people in their societies. In animal farm, Napoleon the pig was a deceitful, power-hungry, manipulative, and self-centered leader of the farm. He manipulated the animals into believing stolen ideas were his, convinced them to believe lies, and told them that he would be a great leader and animals didn't have to work for long excruciating hours every day for years. In all actuality, He was taking advantage of the animal's intelligence.

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Napoleon and the pigs in the animal farm are constantly changing rules and taking advantage of their leadership. By demonstrating ways of non-leadership. By changing the rule of not drinking alcohol, changing the rule of only being on four legs all the

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Using his power, Napoleon assumes his titles of “Animal Hero”, as he believes that his judgment was the only clear and correct option. Additionally, he uses his newly bred dogs to strike fear, further bolstering his perspective on what is right and wrong. This type of arrogance for a character like Napoleon is important because it allows the author to create a sin, or folly for the reader to disagree with or oppose. Outside of the story, the clear indication of the bad characteristics–such as arrogance–that are depicted in Napoleon’s character make it very simple for modern readers to understand the concept of, further instilling the fact that Animal Farm is still relevant today. Adding on, the concept of power abuse, or exploitation, is also prominent in Animal Farm.

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In Animal Farm, George Orwell warns how power will often lead to corruption. Napoleon was placed in a position of power after Major died, and he slowly starts to lavish in his power and become addicted to the lush life of a dictator. When Napoleon first becomes a leader, he expresses how everyone will work equally, but as his reign goes on, he shortens the work hours. At the very end of the novel, the observing animals even start to see that pig and man had become the same. The irony present in the above example, illuminates how regardless of how much a ruler promises to maintain equality and fairness, the position of power that they hold, will corrupt them.

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Leading and Following in Animal Farm Leading and following are aspects of any society. There are many sacrifices people take when trying to make a better life for themselves therefore when people revolt there will always be someone who is leading and following. In George Orwells Animal Farm, two characters, Napolean and Boxer, show life as being a leader and follower and how being a leader can put you in favorable situations, and being a follower can put you in situations that are unbeneficial and unfair. At the beginning of the book, we see Napoleon one of the pigs takes leadership of the farm.

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McKenzy McVannel PBL 4/5 April 13, 2024 Abuse of power in history Over the course of reading George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, I came to the understanding that corruption of power can affect those who once had good intentions. This is important so that we acknowledge and recognize when people get too much power and start to abuse it in our, and other governments. First, in Animal Farm, a pig named Napoleon decides to lead the other animals into the revolution. After winning the farm, Napoleon retains the power to help the animals with certain decisions around the farm.

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Ryan Agricola Ms. Best Honors Humanities March 28th, 2024 Abuse of Power in Animal Farm Oftentimes, when an individual gains power, they will use it and exploit it for their own personal gain. When power falls into the wrong hands, it is often abused and is likely to end up hurting someone else. In George Orwell’s novella, Animal Farm, Napoleon, a pig who is one of the leaders on the farm, misuses his power for his own desires, and hurts other animals in the process. At the start of the novella, power is being abused without hurting others, but, by the end of the story, power is blatantly misused to harm others. When a new leader gains power, they will often use it selfishly, but not yet at the expense of others.

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‘The naivety of the working class’ another urgent theme and a reason to Napoleons success in Animal Farm . Throughout the story we see that the animal’s innocence is being exploited continuously. Their undying faith in the supposedly just leaders are what have led to the implication of ‘intelligence as tools of oppression ‘as well as ‘the abuse of language’ . We see Clover as well, giving in to the requests and commands of Napoleon, as the proletariat characters following suit. The reason for Napoleons gain in power.

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a. Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegory because the events that happen on Manor Farm are very similar to the events that happened in Russia. For instance, when the animals overthrew Mr. Jones, this was to illustrate the Russian Revolution where the peasants overthrew the ruling party. The characters in Animal Farm symbolize historical figures such as Joseph Stalin (Napoleon), the KGB (the dogs), and the working class (Boxer). The windmill project causes the feud between Napoleon and Snowball, and Snowball is forced to leave the farm much like Stalin caused Leon Trotsky to leave the country. The chickens being coerced to produce more eggs resembles the Stalinist period that the Communist state set impossible industrial and agricultural production

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