'Treated Equally In George Orwell's Animal Farm'
Finkel 1 Rachel Finkel
Mrs. McHardy
English 9
14, November, 2012
Evenly proportioned societies
Within the melting pot of America, we have a divergent population represented by many cultures and heritages of its citizens. It is the goal of the government to treat all the citizens equally. As stated in the constitution, all men are created equal. However, is it realistic for a government to treat all of its citizens equally? In the novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, it is made clear that in a society people will not be treated equally. Although people may strive for a perfect society where everyone is treated equally, it is clear to any observer that within any society the leaders, the majority, and the educated, usually treat themselves better than those beneath them.
Animal Farm’s goal was to have a society in which every animal is treated equally. They shortly failed at their attempt to make a perfect society. The pigs on the farm started to take charge and think highly of themselves. As this began, the farm became a democracy with the pigs in charge. Whenever the animals were at war they had a military formation. Their military formation is an …show more content…
It is said that everyone was equal and the truth is that no one was truly equal, everyone had the same place in society, everyone except the government. This is no longer called equality, this is called communism. No one had rights anymore, no one had laws. They were also not treated equally because if you think about the only ones suffering are the handicapped ones. The so called normal ones don’t have to go through the pain of having to hear loud noises or to wear a mask. Two, all the advanced and talented people had to be handicapped. This means that they had no freedom, rights and liberty. Trying to make everyone equal resulted in a miserable life for those who were handicapped and everyone not being equal due to the
Mrs. McHardy
English 9
14, November, 2012
Evenly proportioned societies
Within the melting pot of America, we have a divergent population represented by many cultures and heritages of its citizens. It is the goal of the government to treat all the citizens equally. As stated in the constitution, all men are created equal. However, is it realistic for a government to treat all of its citizens equally? In the novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, it is made clear that in a society people will not be treated equally. Although people may strive for a perfect society where everyone is treated equally, it is clear to any observer that within any society the leaders, the majority, and the educated, usually treat themselves better than those beneath them.
Animal Farm’s goal was to have a society in which every animal is treated equally. They shortly failed at their attempt to make a perfect society. The pigs on the farm started to take charge and think highly of themselves. As this began, the farm became a democracy with the pigs in charge. Whenever the animals were at war they had a military formation. Their military formation is an …show more content…
It is said that everyone was equal and the truth is that no one was truly equal, everyone had the same place in society, everyone except the government. This is no longer called equality, this is called communism. No one had rights anymore, no one had laws. They were also not treated equally because if you think about the only ones suffering are the handicapped ones. The so called normal ones don’t have to go through the pain of having to hear loud noises or to wear a mask. Two, all the advanced and talented people had to be handicapped. This means that they had no freedom, rights and liberty. Trying to make everyone equal resulted in a miserable life for those who were handicapped and everyone not being equal due to the