The Seven Commandments were made to give the animals rules they should obey.With this seven important points the life of the animals should be arranged,but also a little bit controlled,so that they are prevented from doing things that could destroy their community.
The most important point is the friendship they should perceive for other beings that go upon four legs or that have wings But also it’s said that man must be seen as an enemy and that his danger must NOT be underestimated.To follow this commandments the animals have to learn them by heart,but some of them aren’t able to do this because of their stupidity.After thinking much about that fact they decide to reduce the Seven Commandments to a „single maxim“.With declaring this reduction they,that means especially the pigs,hope they can suggest this maxim to the other animals.The single rule was:“Four legs good,two legs bad“.It represents the animal’s way of thinking about human beings and it also contains the principle of „Animalism“.This phrase is written on the wall of the barn above the Seven Commandments,so that everybody can see it from everywhere.This short sentence gives also the stupid animals the possibilty to get the ideal of animalism by heart.Now in every situation they all start bleating it up and down for hours on end.The pigs have achieved their goal to make them spiritualize the maxim and to make them act according to it.The base is given to create a perfect way of living together.