Battle Of The Cowshed And The Overtake Of Napoleon

Megan Pham

5/20/2023

English 1A

Mr Austin Period 5

Final Project Rationale

To represent the most relevant scenes in Animal Farm, I chose to do a thematic artistic representation of the scenes Battle of the Cowshed and the overtake of Napoleon. The main idea behind the Battle of the Cowshed was the animals in Animal Farm were protesting against Mr. Jones and the humans that wanted to control them. This battle was the first battle between the humans and the farm animals since the rebellion, the animals successfully won the war against the humans because they underestimated the power of the farm animals. To be able to gain the upper hand and respect from the humans they fought against them in a messy war. The battle of the cowshed was an important

Jones who wanted to retake the farm. After Old Major dies and the animals rebel, the pigs take over and become the leaders. Napoleon taking over the farm was also a very significant part of the book because it showed the cycle of dictatorship the animal farm was put through. In the beginning of the book we know the farm was being controlled by Mr. Jones, well later in the book after the rebellion the animal farm falls right into the same dictatorship they were in before with the pigs having the upper hand. Napoleon used his power to control the animals and convince them that the pigs were more worthy of supplies than the other animals. He used Jessie’s children as his guard dogs, using them as his power over the other animals. For example he used Jessie’s puppies to kick Snowball out of Animal Farm because he didn’t believe in Snowball's opinions. He didn’t want the animals to think that there was someone smarter than him, so he stole Snowball’s idea and exiled him, convincing the other animals that Snowball betrayed them. The way Napoleon is able to put the worst ideas about a person into everyone’s opinion is a very powerful

In this model a used animal figurines and human figurines to represent the animals and the farmers that attacked. The humans in the model are surrounding the animals with weapons while the animals are supposedly defending themselves against the human’s army. I created the Old Major’s skull that the animals turned into a burial/shrine. The skull represents a sign of respect that the animals remembered their roots and the roots of the rebellion. I created the barn in Animal Farm and wrote the animal’s commandments that Snowball created on the wall of the barn. The commandments were meant to ensure that all the animals were equal and were all true to their own nature. I created the windmill in my model making it look rugged and rustic, this was to show that the animals made the windmill and the imperfect parts are evident to it. The great windmill symbolizes the pig’s manipulation of the other animals for their own gain. In the battle the humans destroy the animal’s windmill, this was because they didn’t want the animals to succeed in rebuilding the farm. The reason for this was the humans would lose their worth and power if the animals proved they were better than the humans at taking care of the farm. I created the hill and the house the humans came from to show the big picture of the humans barging in to take back their farm. I added a lot of human gadgets being destroyed and used by the