Animal Farm
23.10.08
In the story Animal Farm, the animals believe Napoleon's and the pig's lies because they are forced to. Firstly, they were very afraid of him because he had dogs and of what he did to Snowball. When Squealer presented his speech he had three dogs sitting around him that scared the animals because in the story it says that the dogs "glowed up threateningly that they excepted his explanation without further questions." Also, when Napoleon and Snowball had the debate on which they should worry about first, the animal's health or the windmill,Napoleon made the dogs attack Snowball because he knew that they would vote on his idea. When the dogs chased Snowball out of the farm, the animals followed and watched then slowly crept back into the barn. Secondly, the animals were persuaded with nonsense because they had no other choice than to believe what Napoleon and Squealer said. If they would've questioned Napoleon, they would've been slaughtered! For example, when Squealer persuaded the animals into believing that the pig's larger ration of apples and milk were for the good of the farm because they contained a substance that helped them do brain work, which stopped Jones from coming back. Also, they were persuaded to work on Sundays. When Napoleon announced that the work would be voluntary but any animal who chose not to do the work would have their rations reduced by half. Lastly, the animals didn't want the Animal Farm to be a failure and risk the chances of Jones coming back. For example, when Squealer stated that "loyalty and obedience are more important," the animals actually started believing what he said because animals, such as Boxer, started working by the slogans, "Napoleon is always right" and " I will work harder." Also, when Napoleon said "Surely comrades, you don't want Jones to come back." This scared the animals more, which made them more obedient of Napoleon and the other pigs, even if it meant believing everything Napoleon said, even if they were lies! Although, the animals had a choice to what they believed, they clearly allowed Napoleon and Squealer to put whatever nonsense they said, in their head.
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Great paragraph. Your first and third yellows are strong, and your conclusion is excellent.
Your second yellow seems to overlap a bit with your first, and each red seems to go in a different direction. All good reds, but maybe a better yellow for them would have been that the animals believe because Squealer is so persuasive.
November 2, 2008 at 2:15 PM