Commandments In George Orwell's Animal Farm

In George Orwell’s political satire, Animal Farm, three of the seven commandments that were broken are: whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, no animal shall kill any other animal, and all animals are equal.

Commandment number one, whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, was broken by Napoleon when they made their first friendly interactions with humans since the rebellion. “There would be no need for any of the animals to come in contact with human beings, which would clearly be most undesirable. He intended to take the whole burden upon his shoulders.” (Orwell, 64) That is what Napoleon had said to put the animals at ease, and to trick them into thinking that he was not doing something just for his own benefit, but for all

“Without any further prompting they confess that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over animal farm to Mr. Frederick. They added that Snowball had privately admitted to them that he had been Jones’s secret agent for years past. When they had finished their confessions, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.” (Orwell, 83-84) Napoleon, the animals supposedly “great” leader, had trained the dogs himself and commanded them to murder their own kind even with the commandment against killing other animals in place. The other animals were petrified at the sight of their leader doing these horrible things to their friends. In the system checks and balances, the legislative branch would be able to sue POTUS for actions such as those and for breaking a commandment. The judicial branch could then sentence the President with impeachment and take away the President’s power and ability to do something so