Examples Of Hypocrisy In Animal Farm

The Pigs were hypocritical liars. They were no better leaders than Mr. Jones. Throughout the book Animal Farm, the pigs express how much better the society they have created is compared to the past society under Jones, however, they were far worse than him. During their time of leadership, the pigs used lies and hypocrisy in a major way by reducing rations, keeping the other animals uneducated, and changing the laws. One way the pigs used hypocrisy and lies in their leadership was by reducing rations. While the pigs did, in part, reduce rations due to low food production, a major reason they did this was so they could have that food to themselves. Throughout the story, the pigs continued to reduce the other animals' share of rations. In

Later in that paragraph, the text states, “Reading out the figures in a shrill, rapid voice, he proved to them in detail that they had more oats, more hay, more turnips than they had had in Jones's day, that they worked shorter hours, that their drinking water was of better quality, that they lived longer, that a larger proportion of their young ones survived infancy, and that they had more straw in their stalls and suffered less from fleas. The animals believed every word of it.” Squealer is an animal used as propaganda by the other pigs and is often the one convincing the other animals that what they were doing is good by lying to the animals and comparing this time with the time of Jones, a time in which most animals don't remember anymore. This is what Squealer does here, as well as at other times when rations are reduced, to keep the other animals compliant with this way of life. He and the other pigs continued to lie about the reasons for the reduction. As compared to earlier times, the animals even had the same or less food although they were promised

Throughout the book, the pigs continuously changed the 7 commandments until not a single one was identical to its original form. They did this for the pigs to have more rights and privileges. In chapter 6, the text states, “‘It says, 'No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets,’’ she announced finally. Curiously enough, Clover had not remembered that the Fourth Commandment mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall, it must have done so.” This commandment was one of the first to be changed. The original commandment was simply that no animal should sleep in a bed because beds are for humans. The pigs changed this to what it is now so that they could sleep in the beds in the farmhouse without turmoil. In chapter 10, the text states, “For once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS.” Commandment 7 was the last to be changed. For the pigs to allow themselves to do whatever they wanted, they changed this rule. After that, the pigs began to act like humans, breaking every commandment that had been erased with this new one. At the beginning of the book, the pigs state how evil humans are and how no animal should act as a human does. Now that many years have