Snowball's Argument Analysis

612 Words2 Pages

Mottos are made with a specific goal to protect either cause and to do better the other group and party. These slogans refer to equality of all animals and their right to express their ideas freely and reprehend each other which is "a form of social development of personal impressions and responses" (Williams: 1976. 85). This positive aspect of evaluation and argumentation is however quickly changed into a less sound manifestation of correspondence: Snowball neglects to give certain significant facts ("How these were produced Snowball did not say."( AF 33) and Napoleon even takes it further: he clearly menaces the farm animals. In spite of the fact that he never really connects these menaces to disciplines, Napoleon deliberately tries to …show more content…

These slogans refer to equality of all animals and their right to express their ideas freely and reprehend each other which is "a form of social development of personal impressions and responses" (Williams: 1976. 85). This positive aspect of evaluation and argumentation is however quickly changed into a less sound manifestation of correspondence: Snowball neglects to give certain significant facts ("How these were produced Snowball did not say."( AF 33) and Napoleon even takes it further: he clearly menaces the farm animals. In spite of the fact that he never really connects these menaces to disciplines, Napoleon deliberately tries to terrify the animals rather than disputing with them. Again when all the animals get lost in the groups, nobody ever remembers what Old Major announced or to read the Seven Commandments over again. Just Benjamin, paradoxically a donkey, sees through the political game and rejects to pick sides. The whole way across the farm, he is the only animal who thinks about the utility of this fight seriously and criticizes the entire situation. In this way he seems like Orwell himself, being “isolated observer going around and seeing for himself” (Williams.1971.49). As is general of this novel, nobody appears to notice Benjamin, the sensible voice, who is making a decent attempt to make everybody see the worthlessness of these squabbles. Thus the animals

Open Document