Animal Farm Quote Analysis

"Animal Farm" was a book written by George Orwell where animals at "Manor Farm" create "Animalism", where all animals can be free from the enslavement of humans. The pigs end up being in charge, but soon Napoleon, one of the pigs, slowly changes the idea of Animalism to Totalitarianism. The book was meant to warn the democratic west that Totalitarianism would bring terrible outcomes, such as poor working conditions, brutality, and the killing of others, although the worst among these is inequality.

Although the threats made by Napoleon was an important cause of some negative outcomes, such as poor living conditions and the killing of others, the leading cause of totalitarianism was that the animals were unintelligent, so they were easy to

One example of when threats are used is when Squealer mentions that they must struggle in case Jones comes back, but if the animals were intelligent, they would know that this would not bring Jones back and not be afraid to argue, which leads to inequality because the pigs could then spoil themselves, like when the pigs added milk and apples to their rations. Although this was an important cause of inequality, the lack of intelligence was a more important cause of inequality. One example of this is when Boxer is sent to the glue factory, if the animals were intelligent enough to read, they would realize the situation and try to save Boxer. Another example is when Napoleon claims he has, in writing, proof that Snowball has been a traitor all along, when in reality, this was all a bluff. If the animals were intelligent enough to read, they would’ve caught his bluff, but if they were threatened, it wouldn’t be as effective if the animals were intelligent because they might able to argue it is against the idea of animalism. One last example is when the pigs manipulate the commandments to fit their needs, such as when a commandment states that one cannot drink alcohol, but the pigs add “to excess” at the