Roar Blog #3: Animal Farm

Courtney Patterson
June 21, 2010
ROAR Blog
ROAR Blog #3

In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the last chapters lead the readers to a scene of chaos on the animal farm. The animals are trying to put blame on Snowball because he had promised the animals that if they help build a windmill, then it would improve their lives on the farm. Snowball’s plan backfired on him because the windmill failed. It broke when the animals finally got planned in the ground and of course the animals were upset, but Snowball wanted the animals to continue their process. He had them prepare to vote for their choice: for or against the windmill, but before snowball found out the result Napoleon came in with attacking dogs. The dogs scared Snowball off the farm as Napoleon came to take over. Napoleon might not have the support of Snowball anymore, but he still has the support of Squealer who tries to tell the rest of the animals that Napoleon is doing the right thing.
Under Napoleon’s power the animals try to work hard on getting enough food and also working hard on rebuilding the windmill. Napoleon and Squealer decided to get the animals to work faster and harder by saying they could only receive food, if they work for it. The animals responded to the new rule in a positive way; they choose to work without any problems. The leaders passed out the food among the animals, but soon they were running out of food. The pigs on the farm were beginning to get most of the food and they even started to live indoors, which went against the Seven Commandments that everyone was supposed to follow. Overtime more of the “leaders” started breaking the commandments as the other animals just watched on. Napoleon uses his attack dogs to kill some animals and scare the others, because he thought that they were betraying the farm.
As Napoleon showed that he was in control of the animal farm, he had some of the commandments changed, so they could fit the way he where running things. There were many killings, animals sleeping in beds, drinking alcohol, and becoming more like humans than acting like animals. As the readers finished the last chapter, they realize that the Animals changed into humans. They wear their clothing and they became everything that they were fighting against. The animals were walking on two legs, instead of four and that was one of the things that they hated the most about humans
*Summarized pages 74-128


Quote: “All Animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 123).

Reaction: My reaction this quote is that Napoleon and the pigs were seen as better than the rest of the animals. They were the leaders, so they didn’t have to follow commandments and they were able to change them, whenever they choose. The leaders like the pigs made the important decisions and with all of the power that they gained, they became exactly like the humans that they hated.