Animal Farm By George Orwell?

Question

One of the commandments is “All animals are equal.” What happens in the novel to show that the pigs do not believe this?

Plz answer this question I was reading the book thought this question just poped in my head so what do you think?

Answer 1

It's not so much the pigs didn't believe this, it's that they believed themselves to be MORE equal, this is one of the downfalls of Communism.

Answer 2

We can't exactly say that the PIGS don't believe this. You notice that when Snowball resides at the farm, debates are held regularly for animals to have their say (although they never come up with anything). However, they keep the milk and apples for themselves (it's most likely that Napoleon incised this, although we're not sure), and when Napoleon becomes ruler, the pigs start to sit in different, more 'honourable' positions, and all wear green ribbons, and have privileges and rights that no other animal has: getting up an hour later, drinking beer, sleeping in beds, the young pigs having a schoolhouse, no physical labour, animals giving way to them when they pass, residing in the farmhouse and with little contact with the other animals (especially the young pigs) and so on and so forth. And finally, they walk on two legs, demote the rest of the animals to "good" and themselves to "better", and change the commandment completely. All this is accepted because of Squealer, who twists the truth for the animals to hear.

If you need more details, read the book, because apparently this is just a question that you don't really need to have answered too thoroughly.

Answer 3

It's been like over fourteen years since I read the book, but were the animals originally not supposed to live in the farm house. I want to say it's something they agreed on after overturning the farmer because it was a symbol of his "rule" over the animals. Yet the pigs eventually moved into the house. Also, the pigs became the leaders of the farm yard and treated the other animals as their followers, not really sharing any power with them.

Answer 4

Simply, that they start behaving exactly like the humans they replaced. Thus showing that the real revolution is not changing who rules, but how they do so and their mentality; that the big downfall of communism was to believe too much in the possibility of changing human nature and to forget that once he is in power, an egalitarian becomes easily an elitist, a man a pig, and therefore a pig- in a revolution led by animals- might become the most similar to a man..

Answer 5

If I remember correctly, I think it was because while the pigs just sat around, the animals did all of the work, and the pigs felt they were above them or something. That's all I really remember.