Animal Farm Commandments
From Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream...” to the millions of books sold each year, words and thoughts play a major part in society. However, it was the actions of people like Ghandi and Napoleon Bonaparte that really changed the world.
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals are living under the care of an abusive “master”, but with the help of the superiorly intellectual pigs, the illiterate animals successfully run the farmer off the farm. The pigs, with the consent of the other animals, setup seven commandments that will keep any of the animals from gaining too much power over the other animals. The commandments are as follows: “1. Whatever goes on two legs is an enemy 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal should wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal,” and reduced to one line “four legs good, two legs bad,” for the sheep to remember. One by one, however, all these rules are altered based on the actions of the pigs. …show more content…
First, the pigs begin walking on two legs, and the first and second commandments are changed: “four legs good, two legs better.” Second, the pigs begin wearing clothes.
They then omit the third commandment entirely. Next, the pigs move into Mr. Jones’ house, and sleep in the beds. Upon the questioning done by the other animals, the pigs change the fourth commandment: “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” After this, the pigs begin drinking. Upon seeing this, the animals are enraged. Thus, the fifth commandment was changed: “no animal shall drink alcohol in excess.” Earlier in the book, the pig Snowball is killed by the corrupt Napoleon, who claimed that snowball had “committed an act of treason.” The animals refer back to the sixth commandment, and the pigs claim that it said “no animal shall kill any other animal without
cause.”
The last commandment isn’t changed until the end of the book. At this point, the pigs have become exact replicas of the cruel master they had run off the farm in the beginning of the book. One of the animals, who has become semi-literate, notices the change in the last commandment. It now reads “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” It was the actions of the pigs that caused the change in the commandments. From Snowball’s seven commandments to Napoleon’s corrupt five, the actions caused the changes.
Actions are more important than thoughts because actions make a change. From protests to boycotts, there are more effective ways to make a change than sitting in a Lay-Z-Boy and complaining about politics on Facebook.
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals are living under the care of an abusive “master”, but with the help of the superiorly intellectual pigs, the illiterate animals successfully run the farmer off the farm. The pigs, with the consent of the other animals, setup seven commandments that will keep any of the animals from gaining too much power over the other animals. The commandments are as follows: “1. Whatever goes on two legs is an enemy 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal should wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal,” and reduced to one line “four legs good, two legs bad,” for the sheep to remember. One by one, however, all these rules are altered based on the actions of the pigs. …show more content…
First, the pigs begin walking on two legs, and the first and second commandments are changed: “four legs good, two legs better.” Second, the pigs begin wearing clothes.
They then omit the third commandment entirely. Next, the pigs move into Mr. Jones’ house, and sleep in the beds. Upon the questioning done by the other animals, the pigs change the fourth commandment: “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” After this, the pigs begin drinking. Upon seeing this, the animals are enraged. Thus, the fifth commandment was changed: “no animal shall drink alcohol in excess.” Earlier in the book, the pig Snowball is killed by the corrupt Napoleon, who claimed that snowball had “committed an act of treason.” The animals refer back to the sixth commandment, and the pigs claim that it said “no animal shall kill any other animal without
cause.”
The last commandment isn’t changed until the end of the book. At this point, the pigs have become exact replicas of the cruel master they had run off the farm in the beginning of the book. One of the animals, who has become semi-literate, notices the change in the last commandment. It now reads “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” It was the actions of the pigs that caused the change in the commandments. From Snowball’s seven commandments to Napoleon’s corrupt five, the actions caused the changes.
Actions are more important than thoughts because actions make a change. From protests to boycotts, there are more effective ways to make a change than sitting in a Lay-Z-Boy and complaining about politics on Facebook.