The Violent Events In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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THE VIOLENT EVENTS IN ANIMAL FARM

In the novella, Animal Farm by George Orwell, an aged prize white boar, Old Major dreams that all animals live together with no human beings to control them. He tells the animals that they must work hard and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England”. After Old Major dies, three young pigs; Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer create a theory called Animalism. All the animals dominate the owner, Mr. Jones in a battle and chases him away from the farm. Later, the animals rename the property to Animal Farm. When the other Animals choose to be on Snowball’s side ,Napoleon chases him away from the farm, making Napoleon the new leader of the herd. Napoleon then starts to quickly change everything including the …show more content…

Many animals were killed and some were still bleeding. One human was killed by Boxer. He is upset that he kills someone unintentionally. After completing the new windmill, Napoleon tries to sell a pile of timber to Frederick, who tries to pay with a check. Napoleon refuses to accept the check thinking that Frederick will give a counterfeit check so he demanded cash. Napoleon accepts the cash but later realizes that Frederick’s banknotes are forgeries. With indignation, Napoleon pronounces a death sentence for the traitors. The next morning, Frederick and 14 men arrive at the farm and attempted to take it by force. The humans successfully blew up the windmill but causes many animals injured and killed. “The men fired again and again and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. A cow, three sheep and two geese were killed, and nearly everyone was wounded”. (Orwell,70). This was an obvious act of violence. Animals were simply killed and fiercely wounded. “Three of them had their heads broken by blows from Boxer’s hoofs, another was gored in the belly by a cow’s horn, and another had his trousers nearly torn off by Jessie

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