Animal Farm Chuncks

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1.) When Old Major, a wise boar from Animal Farm, is describing his perfect utopia, he said, “Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word--Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever” (Orwell, 5). In Old Major’s faultless utopia, he imagines a land completely rid of humans, solving their problems of hunger and being overworked . By making the animals realize man is the enemy, Old Major is uniting the animals. He is giving the animals a sense of unity by giving them a common enemy. Leaders throughout history have done the same thing with their people, helping start a rebellion. They tell the people why they should fight and how they can create a perfect utopia afterwards. People who have been mistreated will seek a reason to rebel against them for a better life and future. 2.) Snowball was trying to get the animals to get rid of enemy traces when he said, "’Comrade,’ said Snowball, ‘those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?’" (14). The animals wanted to get rid of anything that was used to enslave them or remind them of Mr. Jones.They did not want the objects around because they stood for what the “enemy” believe in rather than what Animalism stands for. People get rid of anything that reminds them of their past that is painful. For example, when some people switch religions, they would get rid of anything from their old religion and not follow any old family traditions. People... ... middle of paper ... ...er and getting rid of Snowball. Tyrants have also taken out their competition using force. By using the public's fear, they can scare off competition and force themselves into office. 10.) Suddenly, the animals took a good look around them and realized, “it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer — except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs” (114). Once Napoleon grasped how naive all the animals are, he made them do all the work on the farm and gave them small amounts of food as payment. However, Napoleon did not work and still received reward. The famous statement “ knowledge is power” has been proven true again by Napoleon. Those who know more information than others, can deceive them into giving them valuables and power . These uneducated people will not know the price of their actions until it is too late.

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