7 Commandments In Animal Farm

We live in America, the land of the free and the home of the brave. We fought for years to get away from an absolute ruler, so we could be free and live in peace. But what happens when you fight for your freedom just to end back up where you started? The animals in Animal Farm fought against the humans because they were “evil” and treated the animals poorly. When the pigs won the rebellion; they wrote seven commandments that all the animals need to live by, so they wouldn’t fall victim to human vices. The pigs, being the ones in charge, change the commandments as time went on. They got greedy for more power and finer things, always wanting to be better than all the other animals on the farm. The animals overthrew Jones so things would be equal
“Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must kill any other animal. All animals are equal.” (Orwell,8). The last commandment says that all animals are equal, but they are not treated that way. When the sows had piglets they were told not to associate with the other young animals. They had better food than the others. “The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. It was mixed every day into the pigs’ mash.” (Orwell, 24-25). The pigs treated themselves like they were on top of the social pyramid. The younger pigs get more respect than some of the older animals who have worked much harder for it. Equality should not be an option, and the pigs treating it as such shows how egotistical they truly are. The commandment was no longer “All Animals are equal” it was “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell, 92). Napoleon didn’t just change they he walked, he got to determine punishments for crimes committed by
Eve when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices. No animal must ever live in house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade.” (Orwell, 8). That excerpt came from Old Major’s speech when he was talking to the animals about how to properly run the rebellion. In the quote, it says that no animal should ever wear clothing, but on page 92 the animals did just that. “It did not seem strange when Napoleon was seen strolling in the farmhouse garden with a pipe in his mouth--no, not even when the pigs took Mr.Jones's Clothes out of the wardrobe and put them on, Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches, and leather leggings, while his favorite sow appeared in the watered silk dress which Mrs.Jones had been used to wear on Sundays.” (Orwell,92).Wearing the clothes of Jones’s time made the pig's question things. Looking like Jones, acting like Jones, was this really better than being under the rule or Jones himself? If they are going to be treated the same, why not go back to Jones and work less with better food rations than now? To stop the creatures from thinking that way, Squealer uses his “figures” to prove that the farm is doing much better now than in his time. Wearing clothes to make yourself stand out from others shows their desire to be on top and in control because the others are too stupid to