Name: Prevail, Kennedy, CJ, Raheem
Period 7th
Animal Farm Seven Commandments Log
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
6. No animal shall kill any other animal.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
7. All animals are equal.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
Directions: Keep a detailed log of each specific example from chapters 2-10 where the Seven Commandments of Animalism are broken. This
will reveal the gradual change of those in power becoming the very thing they once fought against.
Set up your paper as follows:
Chp./pg.
Example
Inference
Chap. 2/
pg 22
The pigs start sleeping in beds, which directly breaks one of the commandments.
At first, it’s obvious to the other animals that this is wrong, but the pigs rewrite
the rule to say, “no sleeping in beds with sheets.”
This is one of the first times the pigs straightup bend a rule and that small change shows
how those in charge will twist rules to protect
their comfort, disregarding anything else.
Chap. 3/
pg 35-36
The pigs take extra food and justify it when the animals find out by saying they
need it for “brain work,” which breaks the idea of “All animals are equal,” which
is one of the main commandments.
They take more food, taking advantage of
their less educated peers, twisting the rules to
get what they want.
Chap. 5/
pg. 45-47
Mollie is discovered hiding sugar and luxuries associated with humans. She is
then seen later on the other side of Willingdon, interacting with a human who
strokes her nose, and she later abandons Animal Farm entirely to live a
comfortable life among humans.
They’re stepping into the role of the humans
they once overthrew, and nobody calls it out
because the other animals are too trusting of
the pigs.
Chap. 5/
pg. 53-54
Napoleon seizes power by using the dogs to violently expel Snowball from the
farm. Immediately after, he announces that all future decisions will be made by a
committee of pigs, with no input from the rest of the animals. The commandment
“All animals are equal” is still written on the barn wall, although it's no longer
being upheld in practice.
Napoleon's power grab reveals how easily the
illusion of equality can be maintained on the
surface to the uneducated while being
completely undermined by those in power.
Chap. 6/
pg. 63
The pigs begin trading with humans. That directly goes against “Whatever goes
upon two legs is an enemy,” one of the first commandments.
At this point, the pigs are doing everything
they used to hate. They’re working with
humans now, which means they’ve totally
flipped their beliefs.
Chap. 7/
pg. 84
Napolean is now more than ever enforcing rules to ensure everybody’s minds go
his way. His use of persuading his “comrades” that Snowball is the opposition
here is growing stronger to the point where supporting the latter is punishable by
death. Anybody who confessed to helping Snowball on the farm was executed by
his dogs, giving even more of a reason not to mess with the smart ones.
Rule 6 is such a moral rule that it feels
unnecessary for farm animals, yet it is trying
to showcase how strong manipulation can be
when used on the ignorant.
Chap. 8/
pg. 107
Napoleon gets drunk, even though the commandment says, “No animal shall drink Since the others are so overworked, the pigs
alcohol.” Squealer lied to the others that Napolean was ill, trying to portray him as use this as an advantage to be hidden within
just a pig who caught a disease rather than him breaking a rule.
working society to do what they desire. Now
that they have good trust in almost every
animal on the farm, they can break more rules
now as they can get away with their actions.
Chap. 9/
pg. 41
The pigs see that Boxer is slowly dying and send him off to be slaughtered by the
humans.
Napoleon utilizes his guard dogs to intimidate
and execute animals who are perceived as
threats or who oppose his authority.
Chap. 10/
pg. 132
In the very last chapter of the book, the animals found the pigs walking on their
hind legs, completely breaking “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.”
The pigs have officially become the thing
they claimed to hate, and no one questions
anything anymore.
Chap. 10/
pg. 134
The pigs took over the farm and established themselves as the ruling class/owners
of the farm by removing all the other commandments and changing the last
commandment to say, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal
than others.” That obviously contradicts the original commandment; “All animals
are equal.”
The pigs rewrote the revolution into a
hierarchy where they sit at the top by keeping
the words but flipping the meaning to justify
their power.