In Animal Farm, Orwell uses repetition by making the sheep repeat a slogan repeatedly in the novel. “Four legs good, two legs bad” (Orwell 34 ) was the maxim of the 2nd commandment Snowball made for the more illiterate animals. The purpose of the slogan was to create the idea that animals are better than humans into the animals’ heads. As the novel progresses, the slogan becomes a meaningless phrase bleated by the sheep when opinions opposing Napoleon come up. For example, “It was noticed that they [the sheep] were especially liable to break into ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’ at crucial moments in Snowball’s speeches” (Orwell 47-48). Near the ending of the novel, contrary to the “Four legs good, two legs bad”, the pigs start walking on