The Value Of Democracy In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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Three values which a society definitely needs are the right to vote, fair punishments, and the right to speak out against the government. In Animal Farm, these values were used in the beginning of the book, when Snowball was there. The animals could vote on what to do, they could not be killed, and they could do what they want.
One important value in a society is democracy because it gives people the right to vote for what happens to them. When democracy was removed in George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, Napoleon announced, “Animal Farm would engage in trade with neighboring farm […] if more money were needed, it would have to be made up by the sale of eggs” (63). This is unfair for the hens because in page 76 of the book, they had to give away …show more content…

An example of no freedom in Animal Farm is when the Animals sang Beasts of England, “When Squealer, attended by two dogs, approached them with the air of having something important to say. He announced that, by a special decree of Comrade Napoleon, Beasts of England has been abolished” (87-88). This is an example of no freedom because if the animals try to speak up, the dogs will kill them because they are trained by Napoleon to kill all of the animals who do not follow the “laws”. If they had freedom, they could speak up or do what they want, like sing Beasts of England. They could speak up to do what they want, and not be scared of death, which could lead to peace because the animals could do what they wanted to, with no disputes and no threats. An example when the animals had freedom is when Mollie ran away, “She was between the shafts of a small dog-cart painted red and black, which was standing outside a public house. A fat red-faced man in check breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar” (46). This is freedom because the animals did not want to kill her, but they only ignored her. Also, this shows that the animals could go to the humans; they could do anything that does not harm them. This means that the animals had peace because when Mollie ran away, even though the animals did not like what she did, they ignored it and continued to do what they liked, and had no disputes about that. They kept on going with their lives as if Mollie did not run away, and had peace Therefore, freedom can be very important in a society because it gives people the right to stand up to the government, and lets people do what they want to, as long as it is not dangerous, or if it is harmful to a

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