George Orwel
George Orwell's book, Animal Farm, is a great book. However, the characters that the pigs portray are cunning, sneaky, and sly. The seven commandments, which are the foundation of their society, (p.21) will all be broken in time. The three most important, to me, are the commandments stating, no animal shall kill any other animal, no animal shall sleep in a bed, and all animals are equal. No animal shall kill any other animal. This was commandment number six. No one ever imagined it would be broken, let alone by their leader, but it happened. Napoleon, in an attempt to maintain total control of the farm, killed four pigs, which he forced to confess to a heinous crime of treason, which was punished by death (p.75). No animals objected to this breach of commandments. The next time the animals should look at the seven commandments on the wall
All animals are equal, reads commandment number seven. This is one of the last commandments to be broken (p. 118), but it is the most influential. The first step in this was to take the pigs away and teach them to chant "Four legs good, two legs better," instead of the old chant, "Two legs bad, four legs good." This alone deserved much protest, as the principle they were governed on was that all animals are equal and that four legs are superior to two. If this was not enough, the pigs began to walk on their hind legs and act much like humans. However, since the animals are brainwashed, under fear of the dogs, and uneducated, they cannot protest this matter properly. They are forced to follow along with the pigs. The seven commandments, which the revolution and the animals' lives were based upon, were blotched out to be replaced by, " All an
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