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Animal Farm- Utopian or Dystopian
Quote
"Man is the only creature that
consumes without producing. He
does not give milk, he does not
lay eggs, he is too weak to pull
the plough, he cannot run fast
enough to catch rabbits. Yet he
is lord of all the animals. He sets
them to work, he gives back to
them the bare minimum that will
prevent them from starving, and
the rest he keeps for himself."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 1
"All men are enemies. All
animals are comrades."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 1
"THE SEVEN
COMMANDMENTS
1. Whatever goes upon two legs
is an enemy.
2. Whatever goes upon four legs,
or has wings, is a friend.
3. No animal shall wear clothes.
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5. No animal shall drink alcohol.
6. No animal shall kill any other
animal.
7. All animals are equal."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 2
Utopian/Dystopian
Dystopian
Why?
Man controls the animals in the
society described in this paragraph.
Man does not contribute to the greater
good and takes the majority for
himself. He is dependent on others
(animals) to produce what he needs.
"The animals were happy as they
had never conceived it possible
to be. Every mouthful of food
was an acute positive pleasure,
now that it was truly their own
food, produced by themselves
and for themselves, not doled out
to them by a grudging master."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 3
"'I have no wish to take life, not
even human life,' repeated
Boxer, and his eyes were full of
tears."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 4
"No one believes more firmly
than Comrade Napoleon that all
animals are equal. He would be
only too happy to let you make
your decisions for yourselves.
But sometimes you might make
the wrong decisions, comrades,
and then where should we be?"
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 5
"Napoleon is always right."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 5
"All that year the animals
worked like slaves. But they
were happy in their work; they
grudged no effort or sacrifice,
well aware that everything they
did was for the benefit of
themselves and those of their
kind who would come after
them, and not for a pack of idle,
thieving human beings."
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 6
"It had become usual to give
Napoleon the credit for every
successful achievement and
every stroke of good fortune.
You would often hear one hen
remark to another, 'Under the
guidance of our Leader,
Comrade Napoleon, I have laid
five eggs in six days'; or two
cows, enjoying a drink at the
pool, would exclaim, 'Thanks to
the leadership of Comrade
Napoleon, how excellent this
water tastes!'"
- George Orwell, Animal Farm,
Ch. 8