After the second windmill is fully built, Frederick attacks Animal Farm and takes down the structure with blasting powder. Undeterred, the animals begin rebuilding the windmill the next day. Over time, Napoleon changes all of the Seven Commandments, which were created to keep the animals humble and on equal footing, to allow the pigs to enjoy prohibited privileges and comforts.
Ironically, this fate is what Old Major predicted for Boxer under Mr. A persuasive speaker, Squealer uses language to make the other animals disbelieve what they have seen with their own eyes and to believe the lies he tells them. Squealer explains why actions that appear to benefit the pigs actually help all the animals. Ace your assignments with our guide to Animal Farm!
SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Pilkington Benjamin. Why is Animal Farm an allegory? What is Animalism? How does Napoleon seize power? What does Boxer represent? How does Mr. Frederick trick Napoleon?
Why does Mollie leave Animal Farm? Why does Snowball want to build a windmill? Why do the animals confess to being traitors? Why does Napoleon order that the hens' eggs be sold? He says the hens eggs be sold in order to feed the animals. How does Napoleon react when the hens' rebel against his orders?
He reacts by cutting their rations completely. Why does Napoleon revive the threat of the farm being sabotaged by Snowball? He brings it up again because the animals heard Snowball had been coming back and sabotaging all the work they had been doing and destroying it. Explain why the animals confessed to being traitors? Or is there any explanation? Why does Napoleon order the animals to stop singing Beasts of England? Jones gives up his attempts at retaking his farm and moves to another part of the county.
The pigs move into the farmhouse and begin sleeping in beds, which Squealer excuses on the grounds that the pigs need their rest after the daily strain of running the farm. That November, a storm topples the half-finished windmill. Napoleon tells the animals that Snowball is responsible for its ruin and offers a reward to any animal who kills Snowball or brings him back alive. Napoleon then declares that they will begin rebuilding the windmill that very morning.
With the passing of a year, all of the animals save Benjamin have wholly swallowed Napoleon's propaganda: Despite their working like "slaves," the animals believe that "everything they did was for the benefit of themselves" and "not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings.
Thus, Napoleon is able to foster a sense of unity where animals "volunteer" using the threat of hunger. This transformation of obvious dictatorial practices forced labor into seemingly benevolent social programs volunteering is another of Napoleon's methods for keeping the animals working and docile.
The effect of Napoleon's propaganda is also seen in Boxer's unflagging devotion to the windmill. Even when warned by Clover about exerting himself, Boxer can only think, "I will work harder" and "Napoleon is always right. Slogans such as these are powerful weapons for leaders like Napoleon, who want to keep their followers devoted, docile, and dumb.
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