George Orwell s Animal Farm - 973 Words

George Orwell didn’t make this book for people just to read it. He wrote this book with a great purpose for his readers. When I first read Animal Farm, I didn’t really get the point of it. And then I realized, he wanted us to do many things with this book. There are many purposes of this book, but there was one that really stuck out to me. George Orwell wanted me to stick to what I originally believe in and not change it based on the circumstances of the situation. As many people know, Napoleon was the leader of Animal Farm for the majority of the story. He was a very smart pig and made many of the precise decisions for the farm. In the beginning of the story, the three pigs, Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball, made seven commandments†¦show more content†¦After Snowball left, Napoleon took control of the farm and became their new leader. When Napoleon first became the leader he stuck to the things Snowball did. He did everything right and treated everybody equally and they all had a say in the things they were doing. Until, the farm started slowly dying down. None of the animals had anything to eat. Napoleon then started throwing new rules out left and right. He made the chickens lay more eggs than they normally do, he made everybody work their hardest with no reward whatsoever. And then it came to the point where Napoleon, the dogs and Squealer just weren t being fair to the other animals. Eventually, they changed one of the mo st significant commandments they had. They changed, â€Å"All animals are equal† to, â€Å"All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others†. These animals that were more equal than others were the pigs and the dogs. They got all of the food because they were, â€Å"More important†. When Napoleon and the dogs started changing all of the commandments the farm quickly went downhill. One animal, Boxer had died, and many chickens had died. This proves that Napoleon changed his original beliefs to what the circumstances of the farm had been, and by doing this he eventually failed to do what he wanted to accomplish in the first place. On Animal Farm, there was a very strong horse that worked his very hardest. His name was Boxer. Boxer had one very strong belief, and it was to