Here's your prompt for Chapter 6. Remember, this isn't due until Friday (but feel free to do it as soon as you can).
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1. "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man a more clever devil." -C.S. Lewis
-How does this quote apply to Napoleon?
2. Pick an uneducated character in the novel. How has their lack of intelligence been a hindrance to them? What could they do if they were more intelligent?
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Napoleon takes advantage of the intelligence levels of the other animals by creating new rules underneath them. Some of the animals begin to question some of the rules they think were changed and Napoleon uses Squealer to convince them that the commandments were always that way. He also uses dogs that he trained himself to prevent any of the animals from arguing with his ideas. He also uses the dogs to kill the animals that were in allegience with Snowball to make Animal Farm a "better society".
ReplyDeleteIn the story, Clover, a horse, is not the most intelligent animal. When she hears that the pigs have decided to sleep in the beds provided in the farmhouse, she suddenly remembers one of the Seven Commandments banning the animals from sleeping in these beds. Squealer explains to her that the Fourth Commandment states they cannot sleep in a bed with sheets. This is lie, but because Clover does not know any better, she believes him and puts the whole thing behind her. Because most of the animals on Animal Farm lack intelligence, they are unable to see Napoleon and the other pigs’ true ambitions and motives. Anything that Napoleon says, the animals agree with thinking that he must be right since he is in charge. The animals view the pigs as their leaders because they claim to be the smartest. If the other animals were more intelligent, they would have noticed from the start that the pigs were only being selfish.
ReplyDeleteNapoleon uses his knowledge to take advantage of the other animals. He uses his knowledge to trcik the other animals into doing whatever he wants. He also likes to change the rules on the other animals, for example he changed the rule about being allowed to sleep in beds like the humans do. His superiority has caused him to also convince everyone else to go against Snowball, and the people that do not do what he says gets in trouble. Another thing that he used his power to do was the windmill. Even though it got knocked down after the storm, he still wanted everyone to work hard and rebuild it. The other thing he did was hire Mr. Whymper to do some trading for the farm even though it clearly states that anything with two legs is bad. He is changing rules without the consent of others, and that mentally is making him se his powers in bad ways. I believe that little by little Napoleon is becoming a dictator. If the other animals do not do anything about it soon they are going to have some problems.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter six, we finally see how much Boxer is willing to do for Animal Farm. During harvest and the production of the mill, Boxer does everything he can possibly do. This includes waking up early and working a few hours in the night. Since he lacks the intelligence Boxer does not seem to realize that he is working harder than all the other animals on the farm to no advantage. He does not receive more rations, he is not allowed to sleep extra. Since he lacks intelligence, Boxer puts forth his best effort without any help or consideration.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, Boxer, the carthorse, overworks himself. He is constantly bringing boulders to the top of the hill by himself and doing extra work that would easily be done with help. He even gets up earlier to get to work before everyone else. He also spent is spare moments, which were few and far between lately, at the quarry collecting stones. When Clover warns him not to overstrain himself he simply says one of the slogans that have been drilled into his head. He either says, "I will work harder" or "Napoleon is always right." If Boxer was brighter he would realize that he doesn’t need to do so much work and that he is getting nothing from all of this work he's been doing. Also if he was smarter he would realize that the pig’s ultimate plan is to make all of the animals do everything and sit back and watch as the windmill is built.
ReplyDeleteThis quote relates to napoleon because he gives orders to the other animals and whatever he says, they do because since he is in charge they think he must be right. An uneducated animal on the farm is clover because she is unable to read except individual letters and can't figure out the seven commandments relating to a ruling against beds. If they were more intelligent they wouldn't have to go to other animals on the farm to figure out the ruling on the commandments.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 6, it becomes more apparent how manipulative Napoleon is towards his comrades. He blames the windmill incident on Snowball, who is no longer even around. The animals find it hard to believe that Snowball would ever do that, however, Napoleon convinces them it was Snowball. Napoleon is becoming more powerful over the animals, he is taking advantage of them. Again, they start to construct the windmill which had taken them almost a year to almost half of it. The pigs start to sleep in the bedroom of the farmhouse, arguing that the Commandments say sheets are not allowed on the bed, therefore it is okay to sleep on the beds. The animals start to negotiate with a human in town, Mr. Whymper. He helps the animals trade goods on their farm for goods in town to be used for the windmill.
ReplyDeletethe quote applies to napoleon in many ways. First of all, napoleon uses his intelligence to out wit the other animals on the farm so that they will believe him. he also makes up his own different rules as he goes. also, napoleon is very convincing because he tricked everyone into believing that snowball knocked over the windmill. Napoleon uses his intelligence to get what he wants and the people who do not obey him will face the consequences. one character who is very uneducated is boxer, the cart horse. because he is not the sharpest tool in the shed, he is overworked and he would do anything someone tells him to do. he is always doing what napoleon tells him to do because napoleon convinced him that he is always right. if boxer was a little bit more educated, he would realize that he strains himself too much, and that he could help everyone to overthrow napoleon
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