Apathy In Animal Farm

There are various themes throughout Animal Farm, but apathy sticks out more than the rest. Apathy makes it simpler for the reader to comprehend why the animals are taken advantage of so frequently. Orwell uses irony in Animal Farm to help the reader recognize how Napoleon and the pigs’ take advantage of the animals’ apathy to manipulate them into granting the pigs’ absolute control over the farm. Orwell uses dramatic irony to express how gullible the animals are for following the pigs so blindly or paying attention to the obvious indications that the pigs are lying. This makes the reader very frustrated with how ignorant the animals are. It was obvious in chapter 8 that the pigs had changed the commandment due to the observation that Squealer

They don’t put in the effort to piece together the clues and figure out that the commandment had not always been that way. The animals are foolish enough to forget the fact that Napoleon and the pigs had previously drank alcohol and had obviously changed the commandments to fit their wants. The animals had already forgotten the fact that Napoleon and the pigs had previously drunk alcohol and had obviously changed the commandments to fit their wants. Due to this, Napoleon and the pigs discover that it is very easy to exploit the animals. When Squealer had convinced the animals that Boxer had not been sent to the knackers but to the vet. The animals were told that “The van had previously been the property of the knacker, and had been bought by the

The animals had found out that the pigs slept in beds; some of them felt uncomfortable. Many like Boxer and just ignored it and said “Napoleon is always right!" Other animals, such as Clover, had become suspicious as to the fact that she had remembered there being a rule against sleeping in beds. After Muriel had read her the commandments, it was found out that it was actually read as “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” Clover, being gullible, had simply thought that even though “Clover had not remembered that the Fourth Commandment mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall, it must have done so.” To further their own interests, the pigs manipulate the animals. For extra confirmation on the current situation, Squealer came out and told the animals “A bed merely means a place to sleep in. A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded. A bed merely means a place to sleep in.” The argument persuaded the animals, and the topic was dismissed. The animals’ impressionability is displayed once again. Despite the fact that some of the animals seemed to be intelligent, they lacked empathy. The animals took a long time to realize what the pigs were doing to them. They finally realized it when Clover had asked Benjamin to read the commandments to her. He complained and on the wall it read “ALL