How does Napoleon use his power to control the animals?
During chapter VI in the book Animal Farm, Napoleon, one of the main characters is forced to use his power to have a total control over the animals. This power is used in three main ways: Propaganda, Intimidation and lies with intelligence. In order to convince the animals to follow the structure of the farm, Napoleon uses propaganda by manipulating the laws and changing the way that the farm works and this follows the purpose of covering the failure of the windmill . "Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money" (Orwell,1945, p47) These three laws are broken by Napoleon because as the windmill is not in a good state, he changes those basic 3 rules to be in contact with a human who will support the building of the windmill and will prevent the revelation of a possible failure of it to the animals. Intimidation is also used to convince deeply the animals that Napoleons ideals are right and to avoid the emergence of oppositions. "but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs" (Orwell,1945, p47) As we can see, Napoleon uses intimidation through his loyal dogs who silent the protests of the young pigs that were against his ideals. So as a result he gets the attention of all the animals that think he is right. Finally, Lies are used to have the control of the animals with the superior intelligence of Napoleon. He changed some laws and sends Squealer to convince the animals and say that those laws were already there. "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets" (Orwell, 1945, p50) Here there is a clear evidence of a false statement introduced in the basic law of the animals that told that no animal shall sleep in a bed but Squealer sent by Napoleon`s orders, lies to Clover and Muriel by telling them that this law was already there without changes and the reason to this is that sheets are an invention of human so they are bad.
Bibliography:
Orwell, G. (1945). Chapter VI , Animal Farm, p 47-50.
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A tremendous and memorable victory was achieved by our heroes guided by Snowball. During the counterattack of humans, the animals fought bravely and they succeeded in taking the enemy away from their farm. This battle took place in the animal farm that now is the new home for the animals of Mr. Jones’ farm. It was called the battle of cowshed and happened by the late summer according to the information that our messengers, the pigeons, collected.
The battle of cowshed consisted in a confrontation between the animals of the new farm and the awful humans that tried to cancel the peace of the farm because Mr. Jones wanted back “his” farm. The animals succeeded by the well planning of their leader, Snowball, who organized effectively the attack of the animals basing in a Julio Cesar strategy book but as there were triumphs, there were losses. A sheep was killed but the great horse Boxer could also kill a human and who is now feeling bad, here is an interview with our main hero in this epic battle and another eye witness who is called “The Old Benjamin”:
Joaquin: Boxer, How do you feel about what you have done?
Boxer: I feel terrible, wheeeeeee, I did not meant to kill him, brrrruuufff , I just wanted to defend our home and now the guilty is consuming me.
Joaquin: I understand but you also need to understand that this was necessary for the farm.
Boxer: Brrruuuff, yes, I understand but I will remember that man until the end of my days.
Joaquin: Don’t worry Boxer, you have been a true defender and that is what matters now.
Benjamin, please tell me what you think about this battle.
Benjamin: Bah, despite I don’t mind about the work in this farm I recognize that Snowball’s planning was excellent. It was one of the things that this donkey has most enjoyed in decades!
Joaquin: Great Benjamin, how are you feeling now?
Benjamin: It’s all the same to me if we won or not but I feel like normal, I do not care too much about the deaths during the battle like Boxer does.
And now, here is the opinion of our expert account, Coronel David Peterson, a British veteran pilot who was flying with his plane above the battle and is an expert in battle tactics and techniques.
Joaquin: Coronel Peterson, could you tell us how effective was Snowball’s maneuvers?
Coronel: Well, it has been one of the most effective tactics I have ever seen in my military life. I could see the effectiveness of each wave of well organized animals that Snowball sent.
Joaquin: That is good to hear and what do you think about humans?
Coronel: I recognize their effort but if could describe them in one word is: “pathetic”, they had more sophisticated weapons, even a gun! And they were humiliated by these animals. It was a bad organization from Mr. Jones and a shame for all of the other farmers.
As our witnesses and our expert account say, animals made a superb defense against humans in their own territory.
Bibliography:
Image 1 : Animals in charge blog(2012) Animals in charge. Retrieved from http://animalfarm411.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post_04.html
Image 2 : Animalfarm (2011) Benjamin, Animal farm. Retrieved from http://likeanimalfarm.weebly.com/horses.html
Image 3: Fellers.E (2011) Wings of freedom bringing vintage planes to airport, Lewiston Auburn .Retrieved from http://www.sunjournal.com/city/story/1088997
I liked your work!The tone was very appropiate, and when all of you guys did it unanimously it really emphasized the text, which gave it a lot of power especially since the words in this poem are deep.
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Some nice work here. Some more inventive mixing of voices might have added greater depth and excitement to the meaning of the poem, but I agree with the above comment; the way you used choral speaking to emphasize the dramatic ending was powerful. Well done.
ResponderEliminarGood introduction to your favourite character, and a good choice. Well done for correctly using a short quote to enhance your description of Boxer, this really improves the quality of your work.
ResponderEliminarLanguage note: always check your spelling and word order before you publish a post. There are a couple of careless mistakes in your blog that would be easily avoided if you did a full check.
This is a really good analysis of Old Major's uses of rhetorical devices, well done. The analysis in your first paragraph is too general and focuses on the device rather than his specific words, but in your third paragraph you offer a good analysis of your specific example. Your conclusion is excellent. Keep working to this high standard.
ResponderEliminarLanguage note: there is an unforgivable spelling error in your second body paragraph! Check your blog posts carefully.
You have risen to the challenge of a news article very well. Your images are very well-chosen. Your headline makes great use of alliteration and also clearly shows your 'side' of the story. Your interview subjects are cleverly used to support your chosen bias. The Colonel makes some very good points in favour of the animals. Use of expressions common to the characters in their interviews are excellent for setting the scene.
ResponderEliminarLanguage notes: There is some excellent use of punctuation, good work. However, you must proof read your work before you publish it. There are some spelling mistakes which you would have seen if you had read through it more carefully. Likewise, check each sentence to make sure the subject and predicate are clear and not confusing.
More good work, well done. Your analysis is focused and your ideas are well explained with good examples.
ResponderEliminarYou could divide your work into smaller paragraphs to make it clearer to see where one point ends and the next begins. A long paragraph on one main idea is very suitable for an academic essay, but writing conventions on the internet call for shorter, punchier paragraphs.