Animal Farm - how the seven commandments are adapted.

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RHIANNON, MIKEY, TAMARA, ELIOR, MELISSA

One of the Obvious factors of how the old majors speech has changed was the adaptation of the seven commandments, here is how they have changed:

1. Whatever goes on two legs is an enemy

There were two major times of when this law changes firstly it was through the friendship that Napoleon has developed with Mr Pilkington as they were discussing a business deal. However along the story we see how Mr Pilkington and Napoleon gather around the dinner table and celebrate around the table like normal human beings with Mr Pilkington saying, “gentleman, I give you a toast: to prosperity of animal farm” this shows the support from a human being which shows how later on the law of ‘whatever goes on two legs is an enemy’ is not kept. Another, major default that was created by the pigs and Napoleon was an event of where all the other animals on animal farm were in shock “there is a pig walking on his own two legs” this totally dismisses the law and portrays the pigs as an enemy if the law was followed however the pigs changed this law to “four legs good, two legs better”.

2. Whatever goes on four legs, or has wings, is a friend

This law is dismissed at quite an early stage in the book when Napoleon and Snowball are fighting for power. We see how Snowball is made to be the hero in the battle of the cowshed, but Napoleon did not like the fact that he did better and made a story that Snowball was a villain and Napoleon gained power we see this here when Squealer promotes Napoleon by saying “Napoleon is always right” as well as making the animals call him Comrade Napoleon “do not imagine comrades, that leadership is a pleasure!”. These two quotes show how Napoleon took immediate power over the farm and betrayed Snowball. A link that is made to this is that in later chapters we see the animals confessing to Napoleon on supporting Snowball inside his betrayal on animal farm “I warn every animal on this farm to keep his eyes wide open. For we have reason to think that some of Snowball’s secret agents are lurking among us at this moment!” This shows now that in the reign of Napoleon no one with four legs, or has wings is a friend.

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3. No animals shall wear clothes.

"the pigs took Mr Jones's clothes out of the wardrobe and put them on Napoleon himself appearing in a black coat, rat-catcher features, and leather leggings" This quote shows how Napoleon came out wearing clothes as he felt like he owned the place and had a lot of power just like when Mr Jones was in charge. As the farm wasn’t equal anymore and the pigs and dogs had higher priority they wanted to show this by acting better and looking different showing how they are higher than them and dismissed the rule ...

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