The decline of Freedom (Animal Farm)
The Decline of Freedom on Animal Farm The simple idea of a world with no humans was introduced to the animals by a pig named Old Major. This led to a revolution like no other. The animals of Animal Farm, a book by George Orwell, decide that there has to be something better for them than the life they are living. It is dominated by humans who treat the animals with little respect for all the things the animals do for them. After a great injustice is done to them a revolution takes place. The animals try to survive by themselves in a peaceful, democratic way, but one pig named Napoleon enjoys the taste of power and turns it into a dictatorship. Throughout the whole story, the animal's rights, along with their freedom and equality, which they fought so hard to gain begins to disappear. With equal blame on the thirst for power from Napoleon and the willingness to follow authority no matter what happens from the animals such as Boxer, the perfect world which the animal's dreamed of becomes worse then they had ever thought possible. Napoleon, a selfish, manipulative pig, decides that he wants power and will gain it using as much force as he needs.
his leader and look the other way at what was happening around him, hoping that it would soon be better. If no one questions authority, then leaders will only gain more and more authority until they have all the power. This is the same with human nature. Without limits, a person will keep on doing something even if they know it is bad just to better themselves in the long run. That is why, as long as humans are around, there will be authority, and those who oppose it or at least question it. This is needed in a country, which wishes to be free from all the troubles of government and life that Americans have fought against in the past. Boxer, who was the strongest animal on the farm, is a hard working, strong-hearted horse that only wants to help. He was discouraged by Napoleon's take over, but he believed that "Napoleon is always right" (p.70). His only goal in life was to satisfy his friends and leader on the farm by living by his motto "I will work harder"(p.70). He worked harder than everyone else and it resulted in his lung bursting. Because he was not able to work anymore, Napoleon sold him to a man whose truck read "Alfred Simmons, Horse
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