HOMEWORK

HOMEWORK
The animals ask a number of questions about the possibility of rebellion - what are they and how do they connect to real life revolutions?
In a world of oppression and poverty it is hard to imagine anything else. This novel is a metaphor for the Russian revolution, the questions are used to show the thoughts that were going through the peoples heads when they had just started to explore the idea of a rebellion. 'why should we care what happens after we are dead' this question is brought up after the death of the major and ti represents the same questions that men, woman and children would have asked in any revolution 'why should we strive for something that will never happen in our lifetimes'. It is the fear of being punished or killed that kept so many people in all rebellions quite fear of the powerful. Fear is a human condition a feeling that everyone feels, but where would we be if no one stood up for the future generations? these questions and attitudes brought forward by the animals on animal farm are nothing new they have been asked in any rebellion whether it succeeded or not.

Look at the 7 commandments - where do they come from? do you think they will be effective in ensuring old majors vision - why or why not?
down somewhere or its just not acceptable to do so in that community no matter what it is there are All communities however big or small need a basis of rules. every community has rules whether there writtenstill rules that you live by. its no different in animal farm they need the 7 commandments to guide them and something that they all live by. the animals take the 7 commandments from what they were rebelling against - Mr Jones. ' what ever goes upon two legs is an enemy' Mr Jones was a human and walked on two legs therefor it was bad or evil to do so. 'no animals shall wear clothes' 'no animals shall sleep in a bed' 'no animals shall drink alcohol' these commandments are all directly related to Mr Jones. he wore clothes, he slept in a bad and he was an alcoholic the animals thought that Mr Jones was evil therefor in their minds everything he did was evil. the 7 commandments were not particularly effective because in rebbeling to one extreme they became the other extreme and that doesnt work because you end up becoming the same thing.