Monday, October 27, 2008

Animal Farm Essay!

After you read this story you will understand. Even though you think it is only a book about old animals it is really based on a specific part in history. This story was written by George Orwell in 1945, based on the history in Russia and was turned into book. If you can get your way in life then you will survive, if you believe everything you hear, who knows what your fate will be. In Animal Farm, the way characters respond to the stories has a strong connection to their ability’s to survive.

In animal farm, one of the characters that got the good life was Squealer because he mastered the way to survive. First, one way was the problem with the beds. In one of the seven commandments it stated, “No Animal shall sleep in a bed.” The point was that they were not allowed. Squealer however convinced all the animals that they were allowed but you just couldn’t have any sheets. So the commandment was now” No animal shall sleep in bed with sheets.” Second, there was also the incident with the milk and the apples. The pigs stole the milk and the apples from all the other animals that need it as well. Squealer, with his excellent speaking, was able to convince the other animals to let the pigs have the milk and apples by” Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. We need the milk and apples to stay healthy for you. If we don’t drink the milk, and eat the apples, you don’t want Jones to come back?” Third, there was also the death of Boxer. Squealer told all the animals on the farm that he died peacefully in a hospital. He really got sold to a horse slaughterer. A lesson that was mostly picked up is that if you are like Squealer, then you will survive and you really picked up the game of life. As for Squealer he ended up rich and powerful and also a right hand man for everyone.

Another animal that had a strong connection to the story Animal Farm was Benjamin. He was in the middle of the entire process. When I said in the middle is that they understand but still need to put pieces together. Firstly, during the debate about the windmill or food, he never picked a side to go to. He is just an animal in the sidelines. He didn’t see the need for a windmill at all, but they needed the food as well. “Only old Benjamin refused to pick a side in the debate.” Second he saw the change in the seven commandments. He was the first to notice that something odd was going on in the farm. Since he couldn’t read as well he told Muriel to read them to him and then they finally found the change. However, if they talked out of Napoleon’s rules they will die. Third, Boxer death really hurt everyone. Benjamin said, ”Fools, do you not see what is written on the side of the van.” The van read” Alfred simmonds, horse slaughterer and glue boiler, willingdon” A lesson that was picked up for people like Benjamin in that you should be the way you are. You just need to be faster in figuring out what is really about to happen. As for Benjamin, he survived the game.

The last animal is Boxer. You do not want to be like boxer at all because for many reasons. First, to defend my reasoning he was a hard worker. He was the one that pulled the farm together and got the work done.” I will work harder” will always get him motivated to do something. During on of the battles on the farm Boxer got hurt. Since he is a loyal animal, he decided not to tell anyone and keep working. Until one day when he couldn’t stand the pain he told clover the truth. Another statement is he will always put the farm first instead of himself in most cases. As the windmill fell down for the second time around he never lost hope neither did clover so they didn’t mind repairing it yet again. In some days that there was a lot of work to do on the farm he will usually wake up earlier than the rest of the animals. That is a sign of loyalty and he takes pride in his work. Lastly, not everybody is good like Boxer. He was sold to a horse slaughterer. I think that they didn’t have a good enough reason to do that to a very good worker and he was always there for them through good and bad times. During the story a lesson that I thought that was important in back in the days was that good people would die because they were unable to understand what was going on and maybe they never will. As for Boxer, he ended up the worst of all the animals because he died a very horrible death.

In Animal Farm, the way that they here the story impacts their ability to survive in the world. Many animals are important to the story but there are three that really gets through the story. Squealer for instance was important because he did all the chaos in the story. Next, Benjamin was the one that realized all the lies that were told to every animal and he understood what he needed to do next. Finally, we have Boxer. He was a horse that believe everything that he would hear and they were all lies. The story animal farm shows that those people that can't figure out the truth in time, will soon realize their tragic fate.

1 comment:

Constitution Melville said...

Great start Stephanie! Your intro paragraph is great (but get rid of the first sentence). Your Squealer paragraph is excellent (especially the quotes). Your Benjamin paragraph is pretty good, but look at the third yellow. It shouldn't be "Boxer's death hurt everyone." It should be that "Benjamin didn't believe the story of Boxer's death." Your Boxer paragraph needs some work. You do a good job of describing Boxer, but what you need to prove is that Boxer believes everything he hears. You need to give some examples of that. Finally, your conclusion paragraph is great.