Examples Of Utilitarianism In Animal Farm

KAI: The pigs have almost complete control over the farm in chapter 5, a quote from page 47 shows that by saying "At the Meetings Snowball often won over the majority by his brilliant speeches, but Napoleon was better at canvassing support for himself in between times... Of late the sheep had taken to bleating: "Four legs good, two legs bad" This shows that they have even been able to ingrain their complex ideas into the dumbest of all animals, which would represent the lower middle class in the Soviet Union. With the concept grasped they use it to further their propaganda: It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into "Four legs good, two legs bad" at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches..." (48) This ingrained concept shows
But they do so happily, not for the idea of utilitarianism but rather for the idea that their contribution to the labor force is being used to benefit themselves rather than somebody else. However this is not true, as the pigs are able to trick the animals into believing they are benefiting one another in a communistic ideology, but in reality they are profiting the most and their contribution is minimal at that. This can be compared even further to that of Chairman Mao or the most recent Soviet Leaders. By now I believe it is very clear that this book is an allegory of the Soviet Union, most by the usage of the word comrade and the cruel cold climate that seems to be described often. Who do you think utilizes propaganda the most out of all the animals? I think it is Napoleon, “Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn. In a moment the dogs came bounding back. At first no one had been able to imagine where these creatures came from…” (53). I believe that Napoleon utilizes it the most because he uses these dogs as propaganda to strip away the rights of other animals; it is used to basically tell all the other animals that the pigs are in charge (mostly Napoleon being the one in