The quotation above shows the pigs giving out orders to the other animals, similar to Mr. Jones but more well-mannered and friendly. The use of the word ‘comrades’ shows that Snowball is referring to all of the animals, not just a particular kind, making all the animals look equal. The use of the adjective ‘long’ shows that Snowball wants the animals to work for a whole day. Furthermore, the animals begin to trust the pigs more and more, allowing the pigs to give out instructions and the animals following blindly. This already breaks the seventh commandment which is ‘All animals are equal.’
However, even though the pigs seem to be taking charge of the animals, the animals don’t seem to care because they are all united.
“And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle.”
The quotation above shows that Old Major wants all animals to be in ‘perfect unity’ and ‘perfect comradeship’. The use of the adjective ‘perfect’ shows that all animals should not only be in unity and to have comradeship but to have flawless unity and comradeship.
On the other hand, since all the animals are working for themselves, the food is not being given to any of the humans, they get more food but they also have to do less work. This gives them a big motivation to succeed.
“…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.”
The quotation above states that human is the ‘lord of all the animals’. The quotation above aids the point I have stated. He, the humans, only gives the animals the ‘bare minimum’ to eat. The use of the adjective ‘bare’ is used to emphasize how little the humans give the animals just to prevent them from starving. The humans are very evil and selfish as they keep everything for themselves. Without enough food, the animals won’t be able to work their hardest.
In contrast, during Old Major’s speech, Old Major said that the milk the cows produce has gone down the throat of our enemies. This is because the milk is needed for the cows to feed their calves.
“And what has happened to that milk which should have been breeding up sturdy calves? Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies.”
However, the milk was drunk by Napoleon which implies the meaning that Napoleon might be an enemy.
“Never mind the milk, comrades! cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets.”
“… when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk has disappeared.”
The two quotes are linked together as Napoleon was standing in front of the buckets and asking the animals to go ahead while he drank the milk. This then goes back to the point the Old Major said. If the animals believe what Old Major said about drinking milk, then Napoleon must be an enemy.
However, the animals are 100% focused on wanting to change, that is they want the rebellion to happen. If this wasn’t the case, then the rebellion would have gone all wrong. Even if there are animals like Napoleon that might be on the humans’ side, the animals don’t care because they hate anything Mr. Jones more than anything.
In conclusion, I think that the animals were wrong to rebel. This is mainly because there are many more points that are against the rebellion. I feel that there were many back-stabbers, Napoleon and Snowball. Although the animals wanted to change a lot, I think they would have been better of with Mr. Jones. With Mr. Jones, there wouldn’t be wars and many of the animals would not have to die.