"Chapter 6 and 7 show us Napoleon's willingness to distort the truth, to lie and to kill in order to retain and increase his control of Animal Farm."
In the novel animal farm. Napoleon and his sub-leaders, the pigs try to sustain law and order on their farm. Even to the point were they have to change the laws and lie to the other animals. Using their intelligence to their advantage, the pigs can prove anything they want to the other animals since they don’t know any better. In chapter 6 and 7, major changes occur that put animal farm into a really awful situation. Almost to a point of calamity that would surely destroy animal farm.
The laws on animal farm begin to be broken. One particular law that forbids the contact with humans was broken by napoleon. He claims that dealing with the humans was for the good of animal farm. For food and for the good of the windmill. (pg. 44) the pigs broke the law of entering the cowshed. They claimed that they needed a quiet place to think and talk away from the other animals. The pigs also slept on human beds. This was forbidden since they were ‘made by humans’ and animals should not use human made items. These crimes were the beginning of the downfall of animal farm.
Napoleon would try anything to get more supporters on his side. Even if it meant lying to his fellow animals. One such lie is that snowball knocked down the windmill but the truth was that it was knocked down in a violent storm. The hens of animal farm began to rebel, so Napoleon ordered that the rations of the hens would stop and if anyone fed them a single grain would be punished by death. This rebellion was the first to occur since Mr. Jones was kicked out. This was the next step to the downfall of animal farm.
Napoleon is furious and calls for a meeting of all the inhabitants of animal farm. He is willing to break the commandments to bring law and order even if it means killing other animals. (“No animal shall kill any other animal”). He asks that all of the animals confess whether they committed any crimes, those who confessed where killed by the dogs.
“.. When they finished their confession the dogs promptly tore their throats out.. The three hens that had been ringleaders in the attempted rebellion over the eggs came forward… They too were slaughtered…”
(it is unsure whether most of the animals where telling the truth or just following their friends.) this event is known as the mass killing and gets animal farm into the next step to its downfall.
The animal farm’s song ‘beasts of England’, is eventually outlawed. This surprises many animals and they begin not to understand the leaders. It was banned because squealer stated that the rebellion is over, so there is no need for rebellious songs. But is the rebellion really over? Are all animals happy with there farm? Would they have preferred jones back?
In these two chapters, it is a sure fact that the pigs and napoleon do break the commandments and that they do lie and kill. All for the sake of having ultimate power over animal farm.
1 comment:
You have used some very clear examples and good quotes and references to connect your answer directly to the text. I think you make an excellent point in the introduction about how the pigs use their superior intelligence to manipulate the other animals - I think this is a point that could be drawn out more in the rest of your essay.
Its interesting that you talk about the calamity that faces Animal Farm - because you're quite correct that it is destroyed - though of course what is destroyed is not the farm itself but the ideals on which it was built - something made clear by the name change Napoleon announces in Chapter Ten.
In your first paragraph - small point - farmhouse not cowshed - but the point you are making is a good one - I think you need to draw it out further by being explicit that the pigs are becoming the thing they hate - humanity.
In your second paragraph I can see the point you are making but it looks on the surface like you are dealing with two seperate occurences - I think rather than suggesting this is about Napoleon seeking support you could show it is about him creating fear and suspicion.
I think your last paragraph works well and I like the rhetorical questions. I think you may need a final concluding sentence so that your reader is left in no doubt as to the point these devices are making.
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