Change In Animal Farm

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George Orwell is the author of Animal Farm, which was an anti-Soviet novel with an allegory of animalism representing communism. At the beginning of the book, the animals change their lives by deciding to take over the farm because all the animals are fed up with how they’re being treated. Ironically, even after the animals gain control of the farm, their lifestyles don’t change, but instead get worse, because life at the farm was horrible and the animals wanted a change, but the pigs run the farm just like Farmer Jones, so the animals don’t have an improved lifestyle. Even after changing, life stays the same in many ways. In the beginning of Animal Farm, the animals are tired of being treated horribly by Farmer Jones, so the rebel against …show more content…

“And you, Clover, where are those four foals you bore, who should have been the support and pleasure of your old age? Each was sold at a year old — you will never see one of them again.” As well as having animals being sold, many animals were giving up a lot and getting very little in return. “And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men.” Now, life on the farm with Farmer Jones was cruel, but when Napoleon took over the animals were treated the same as they were with Farmer Jones. Animals were still being sold. “Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker’s!” Many animals were still giving up a lot and getting very little in return. “When the hens heard this, they raised a terrible outcry. They were just getting their clutches ready for the spring sitting, and they protested that to take the eggs away now was murder.” This shows that life of the animal’s lives remain the same under Napoleon’s control as it was with Farmer Jones. The pigs are so much like Farmer Jones that they start acting like

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