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Before the death of Old Major the animals are inspired to rebel against the humans. They join together as a strong team to eventually, in chapter two, drive Mr. Jones from the farm. The Seven Commandments are soon developed with all the animals contented as equals.

Right from the beginning of the rebellion, the pigs can be seen to be taking charge, ""then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again, ''Comrades'', said Snowball, ''it is half past six and we have a long day before us."" This quotation from chapter two shows the pigs giving out orders to the other animals and acting as a new Mr. Jones, but seemingly nicer.

Throughout the story, the animals begin the trust the pigs more and more, allowing themselves to be told what to do and be taken in with blind devotion. The pigs act on their newly gained trust and by the end of the story are able to lie back on their laurels and run the farm from the comfort of Mr. Jones'' armchair.

The rebellion fails due to the blindness of the animals, accepting each other

animals supposedly equal? The rules of animalism are already started to be broken. This is a consequence of having only one leader, a unrestricted leader.

Power leads to lust. Napoleon drinks and produces alcohol. Napoleon alters the commandments to fit him best. Napoleon is constantly using propaganda to

As in the Russian Revolution, the masses will not, but make it appear that they cannot, think for themselves. Even when they do, it is overshadowed by the fact that one person cannot stand up to many unless he is very charismatic and convincing.

In ''Animal Farm'' the animals failed in their rebellion because of being too trusting and not taking notice of what was happening. The pigs took power and the absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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