What Is The Only Things That The Animals Fell Proud Of In Animal Farm

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A theme is an idea that runs throughout a text. In Animal Farm, the themes of class, equality and inequality, and power and command are explored.

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Power and control in Creature Farm

Still of Farmer Jones with a gun, from the 1954 film

Farmer Jones tried to go along the animals under control

Ability and command is one of the most important themes in Animal Subcontract . Orwell explores political power - Mr Jones owns the subcontract and the animals and uses his men and whips to keep them under command and maintain his power.

Orwell shows that the animals have the power to challenge Mr Jones' control and take over the subcontract - using power in a positive mode. He and so explores how the pigs use rhetoric and propaganda to establish themselves in power and accept command of the farm. It is interesting that the working animals, peculiarly Boxer the horse, take not bad physical power but they don't use it to break free from the control of the pigs.

Old Major is partly based on Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. Karl Marx, was a German philosopher who lived during the 19th-century. His ideas formed the ground of communism - his ideas are collectively known every bit 'Marxism', like 'Animalism' in the novel. He developed theories on how power structures in society go on people nether command. Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary who established a form of 'Marxism' in Russia in the early 20th-century.

Orwell explores the idea of power leading to corruption. Many of the characters in the novel are somewhen corrupted by the ability they accept, specially the pigs, as they dispense their position of leadership to exploit other animals.

How is the theme of ability and control shown in the novel?

In Animal Farm , Orwell explores ability and control through:

Mr Jones exploiting his power and treating the animals badly
the rebellion and how the animals employ their power to take over the farm
the pigs and how they cleverly control the other animals

	How does Orwell show this?	Bear witness	Analysis
Mr Jones	Old Major teaches the animals a song called Beasts of England in response to Mr Jones treating them badly. The song is about animals overthrowing man and being costless.	Chip and spur shall rust forever, Cruel whips no more than shall cleft .	The animals sing about the devices Mr Jones uses to keep his power . The 'bit and spur' and 'whips' are used to cruelly keep the animals under control.
The rebellion	The animals fight dorsum against the men and take control of the farm.	...this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them near out of their wits .	The animals surprise the men with their 'sudden' modify in behaviour - information technology frightens the men to meet the animals using their ability .
The pigs taking control	The pigs take charge and begin to control the other animals. Napoleon uses Squealer and the dogs to end the animals' questions most the windmill.	Pig spoke then persuasively, and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled then threateningly, that they accepted his explanation without further questions .	Between Squealer existence so 'persuasive' and the dogs so 'threatening' the pigs control the animals by preventing them questioning their decisions.

Analysing the evidence

Question

How does Orwell explore ability and control in Animate being Farm ?

Mr Jones uses his ability over the animals. It is suggested that Mr Jones uses physical violence to maintain command of the animals - they sing about the 'crack' of his whip in the song 'Beasts of England'.
The animals use their ain ability to take control of the farm. They gang up on Mr Jones and his men and physically kick them off the farm.
The pigs utilise the power of speech or rhetoric to maintain their control of the other animals.
Napoleon uses fear to command the farm.