Animal Farm Vegetarian Analysis

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What about the animals in a slaughter house. They do not even have a chance at purpose or their purpose is death. Animals have feelings and lives, yet apparently humans seem to overlook that factor. Although, that statement is very hypocritic of me; I love and support animals dearly, yet I cannot force myself to turn vegetarian. I try to justify my actions by assuring that their lives have been sacrificed for my life, but is there really any justification for murder/slaughter? I wonder if George Orwell himself was vegetarian, for this passage suggests that all farm animals are abused. (101) If one has a persuasive, articulate leader, they can almost indoctrinate their followers without their followers thinking about the true meaning of the …show more content…

Usually they rule with fear, order, and keeping their followers ignoramus. Perhaps this style of ruling comes from the fear of rebellions, disagreements, or not being always right. However, this style of ruling is inarguably fueled with the greed for power. I just cannot understand why the animals do not think Napoleon's orders through and register how twisted they are. (69) The citizens of Animal Farm are going through the learning process that early humans went through. Not exactly in the same order, but all the components are there; trading for materials, developing (or teaching in this case) language for communication, collecting a surplus of food, and inventing to increase productivity. What Animal Farm is doing is actually quite similar as to what a newly formed empire would do. I wonder if Animal Farm would in the future start creating technology. The educated will always have an edge over the uneducated, for they can decipher the truth from lies. This caused me to realise just how important it is to educate the populace so they can make decisions for themselves and realise when they are being manipulated. Clover most likely remembers the gist of the Fourth Commandment, thus it was clever not to change the original statement and only add to it. However, this is a clear example of how adding onto an idea can change the entire meaning of it. …show more content…

It is amusing, for the readers were probably mostly white people and most likely they thought that this rule that the pigs created was unjust. Although, whites were doing the same thing to african americans. I wonder if George Orwell supported the african-american civil right movements. At least in Animal Farm the pigs are a whole separate species from every other specie of farm animal. In reality humans are humans and the only difference is our skin color and slight variation in structure. (102) The world can seem extremely cruel and unfair at some point in one's life. The idea of heaven probably arose from the feeling that there must be a better place somewhere. Sugarcandy Mountain is very similar to Heaven, for everything that one wishes is there. The bird is also called Moses. Coincidence? I believe not. He preaches his message to all the listeners in Animal Farm. I find this character a bit humorous almost as though he was put in jokingly. A crow named Moses, who advocates messages of a place of great fortune. It could not be more straightforward.

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