Conformity In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Many conceptions of conformity swarm about, One being that it’s a shield in which people can hide. Others assume that nonconformity is the only way that the world will advance. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, these issues are explored through the characters “the sheep” and “the dogs.” Throughout the book the sheep were mindless followers of Napoleon the tyrant of their farm symbolizing the unappreciated working class during czarist Russia . Along with the sheep, the dogs were napoleon’s ruthless killers snatched away from their parents at birth.On the opposite end of the spectrum lies a man named Derek Reynolds who is portrayed in the movie Save The Last Dance as an underprivileged, black, college bound student faced with many trails of opposition.The truth is whether or not you believe that to conform or to not conform

When difficult situations arise we all have the capability to either cave into the pressure or stand our ground in Animal Farm both the sheep and dogs caved under pressure. Of course they conformed in two different ways first the sheep accepted their place in society by never allowing the other animals to think on the constrictions placed on them always breaking out into “two legs bad four legs good.” The pattern continued after
The dogs were napoleon the tyrant’s way to prevent an uproar from the animals by way of executions. After a botched trial of forced confessions from pigs that napoleon was fearful could overthrow him the dogs were commanded to brutally murder them by “promptly tore their thwarts out”(84). They were diminished to being nothing more than killers who were at the will of napoleon. This is seemingly a task that requires self control yet the dogs from birth never were in control of their lives or actions. Yet they were well taken care of “ neither pigs nor dogs produced any food by their own