Revolutions change the very nature of societies. How true is this for Animal Farm? Do you agree?
Date: 15/03/2011
By: Rose Rizk
Subject: Discussion Forum - Response
After reading the novel Animal Farm, I do believe that revolutions change the nature of societies. In the beginning of the novel, it was stated by Major that life was miserable, laborious and short but also that no animal in England is free. Major also made it clear that the life of an animal is misery and slavery. From there the idea of rebellion was suggested by Major in order to create a better life for the animals. Besides this, commandments were put into place however they were changed at different stages of the novel in order to suit the needs of the animals. This is evident when a bottle of whisky is found by Napoleon’s bedside. After this was discovered, Napoleon who was the leader at the time changed Commandment 5 “No animal shall drink alcohol” to suit his needs.
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Date: 14/03/2011
By: Mary Giurgius
Subject: Revolutions- Nature of societies-Animal Farm
I believe that revolutions do change the nature of society to a certain extent. As they transform into a new regime with a new leader, new ideas and a different vision for the future they alter the current features of society for both better and worse. As for animal farm which has undergone the process of a revolution, I agree that the revolution changed the nature of their society but only for some time, until it returns back to what it was before. The animals experience a harsh ruling under Mr. Jones and after they kick him out, he is replaced with an even worse leader…a dictator…Napoleon, who makes life even more miserable.
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Date: 13/03/2011
By: Karah Anderson
Subject: Response to Discussion Forum
In Animal Farm it is very clear that "revolutions change the very nature of societies", on many different occasions. Mainly, it is evident that the revolution was originally for the better of all animal's quality of life, but once Napoleon took on a leadership role, the nature of their society changed dramatically. Rules were changed, animals were killed and the intentions of the revolution were in favour of Napoleon and pigs only. In this instance, I agree completely that "revolutions change the very nature of society". However if the other animals were more confident and stood up for what they believed in, the Revolution wouldn't have change the nature of their society. I think that this statement is somewhat circumstantial.
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Date: 13/03/2011
By: Sarah Kennedy
Subject: Animal Farm
I agree that "revolutions change the very nature of societies" and I believe that it is very true for "Animal Farm". We can see that the Revolution in "Animal Farm" was at first for the animals to have a better quality of life but the nature of the society started to change when Napoleon took over. The nature of the society on the farm went from all animals being equal and any labour the animals do is for themselves to having to work for Napoleon and obey his orders. This made the animals work in conditions worse than when Jones was in charge and that is how Orwell has shown that "revolutions change the nature of societies".
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