Theme Of Control In Animal Farm

The animals in the book will not revolt again. They are not very intelligent, there is a threat of death, and the pigs have total control over most animals. The animals could revolt and prosper in the first place because of animal intelligence, without the pigs there is not much of this. The pigs are too cleaver and have a “police force” of sorts that keeps the animals from the revolting.
Since the beginning it was always said the animals, besides the pigs, Muriel, and Benjamin, were not very intelligent. “None of the other animals on the farm could get further than the letter A. It was also found that the stupider animals, such as the sheep, hens, and ducks, were unable to learn the Seven Commandments by heart.” (Ch. 3 Paragraph 9) Without
They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws.” (Ch. 5 Paragraph 14) If it wasn’t bad enough that Napoleon has these dogs he also used them to execute many of the animals. When Napoleon gathered all the animals in the yard without warning, had his dogs grab four pigs and made them confess to conspiring with Snowball. “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess.”(Ch.7 Paragraph 25) To this more animals spoke up and were killed. “The three hens who had been the ringleaders in the attempted rebellion over the eggs now came forward and stated that Snowball had appeared to them in a dream and incited them to disobey Napoleon’s orders. They, too, were slaughtered. Then a goose came forward…Then a sheep confessed to having urinated in the drinking pool…and two other sheep confessed to having murdered an old ram, an especially devoted follower of Napoleon…They were all slain on the spot. And
Finally, the animals would not revolt because the majority of them are dedicated to the pigs, and even if they are not the pigs easily trick them. Since the first rebellion the pigs had always been in charge. They always found a way to make themselves more comfortable without “breaking the laws” and also talked their way out of many things, for example: “We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” (Ch. 3 Paragraph 13) They tricked the animals into letting them have more food. One of the biggest lies was about the death of Boxer. “It had come to his knowledge, he said, that a foolish and wicked rumour had been circulated at the time of Boxer’s removal. Some of the animals had noticed that the van which took Boxer away was marked ‘Horse Slaughterer,’ and had actually jumped to the conclusion