Animalism Animal Farm
When struggling, nobody should attempt to solve their problems without thinking about possible consequences. As stated by Adlai Stevenson, “Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.” This means that although it may seem like a perfect solution, changing equality rules within a society is something that can easily go wrong, depending on how it is gone about. Specifically, inputting a communist political system will do the opposite effects of those intended. It will set an environment where citizens will not be able to thrive due to corruption and dishonesty. Stevenson’s words directly relate to Animal Farm by George Orwell, in which characters live under a system called “Animalism”. This was organized with similar ideas of equal rights,
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His speeches inspired the animals to dream of a day when they could be free and the lives of people will be destroyed. This desire existed evidently because animals were treated extremely poorly by humans. Therefore, misery resulted and little hope lived inside the four-legged barn occupants. An individual who especially strived to continue utilizing the teachings of Old Major after the rebellion and his death was another intelligent pig, Snowball. Snowball was portrayed as a “vivacious and intensive” character who gave brilliant speeches. He supported and spread Old Major’s ideas in many ways. One example is that Snowball wrote the “The Seven Commandments” of Animalism. The guidelines for life on Animal Farm supported equality among animals and avoided the allowance of human-like actions to be done. Also, he organized “committees” for the different animals as well as created classes in order to educate. Other actions of Snowball included fighting courageously for his kind, comprehensively strategizing in preparation for an important battle against humans, and developing plans for a windmill to increase the farm's productivity. Snowball once said, regarding ‘awards’ a pretty mare was given by human leaders “Comrade, those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”(Orwell page 5) Overall, these two characters stood for values of equality to fit the benefits of Animal
His speeches inspired the animals to dream of a day when they could be free and the lives of people will be destroyed. This desire existed evidently because animals were treated extremely poorly by humans. Therefore, misery resulted and little hope lived inside the four-legged barn occupants. An individual who especially strived to continue utilizing the teachings of Old Major after the rebellion and his death was another intelligent pig, Snowball. Snowball was portrayed as a “vivacious and intensive” character who gave brilliant speeches. He supported and spread Old Major’s ideas in many ways. One example is that Snowball wrote the “The Seven Commandments” of Animalism. The guidelines for life on Animal Farm supported equality among animals and avoided the allowance of human-like actions to be done. Also, he organized “committees” for the different animals as well as created classes in order to educate. Other actions of Snowball included fighting courageously for his kind, comprehensively strategizing in preparation for an important battle against humans, and developing plans for a windmill to increase the farm's productivity. Snowball once said, regarding ‘awards’ a pretty mare was given by human leaders “Comrade, those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?”(Orwell page 5) Overall, these two characters stood for values of equality to fit the benefits of Animal