Pigs

Author's Note: this kept going on and on, and I'm sorry that most people won't want to read it because of it's length, but I tried to touch on all of the points that I wanted to make.

The pigs and their roles in the Book Animal Farm have changed significantly since the beginning of the book. At the beginning of the book, none of the animals stood out as any different than the others. They were all mistreated, and imprisoned on Manor Farm. The three main pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, are all living life at it's lowest along with  all of the other animals. Eventually, the animals overthrow their master, Mr. Jones, and start a new government of animalism (which is pretty much communism with a different name). Although this promises equal rights, some of the rules are broken.

Most of the animals on the farm, such as the horses, the cows, the dogs, and the chickens, all do their share of the work, and, as promised, get their equal share of the food. But eventually, the pigs start to do less work, and the cows' milk starts to randomly disappear. It is later discovered mixed in with the pigs' share of food, and the other animals think this is unfair. The pigs cover this up with a few excuses, and say that they need the milk or the farm would fall apart without them being able to think. Once apple season comes, the same thing happens. One again, the pigs use some excuses and the animals accept it. Although it may sound like the pigs started to take over, and become more like the cruel farmer, there was one pig who was still fair with the animals. His name was Snowball.
 

Although he still lead the farm to some degree, Snowball was very considerate of the other animals. He held little classes to help them learn to read and write, and tried to make things fair for everyone. Napoleon, another pig, was slightly crueler than Snowball. While Snowball taught lessons to animals, Napoleon insisted that there was no point in educating adults, because they could no longer learn anymore, and that education shouldn't be wasted on adults, but on the youth. He stood up to his word, and when the dogs had puppies, he took them away to a private spot, to teach them by himself. What nobody knew, is that he was secretly training them to be assassins.

Who might he want to assassinate? Why, Snowball of course. What he wanted more than anything was control. And in his eyes, the only thing standing in-between him and control was Snowball. If he could get rid of snowball, he could gain total control. As you can guess, that's exactly what he did. Well, kind-of. One day, when Snowball was about to cast a vote in order to decide whether-or-not to build a windmill, Napoleon made a weird grunting noise, and the dogs rushed in. They chased Snowball around, until eventually he escaped into a hedge. The dogs retreated back to their master, Napoleon. With Snowball gone, that left Napoleon in complete control.

Napoleon got worse everyday. One day he was giving the pigs even more rights, while making the other animals seem less equal. Soon enough, the pigs were barely doing anything at all, while the other animals did all of the work. Yet, the pigs still get most of the food. Whenever the animals argued, the pigs used excuse after excuse, and lie after lie. The pigs would come up with lies such as, "If we don't get more food, Mr. Jones will come back." The other animals believed this, and would keep quiet for awhile. This continues to go on, and soon, the whole farm is going o be back where they started, with a cruel master towering over them. But this time, the master is going to be Napoleon.

As you can see, although the idea of animalism may have sounded like equal opportunities for everyone, it later developed into a system where the pigs prevail, and the other animals suffered. The pigs have sure been taking advantage of their persuasive powers, and also the other animals' fear of the farm falling apart, to help themselves live the life of luxury, and to bend the rules to their liking. They really need to remember what it was like at the beginning of the book, and put themselves in the other animals' place.