Make a list of all the changes that occur in chapter 5. Describe how these changes create vivid evidence of the pigs' increasing power. How is this allegory that you are reading comparable to world events of the past or present? Why is a totalatarianism government successful or unsuccessful?
50 comments:
Some evidence that the pigs are increasing there power start with Napoleon. He is against all the new plans the other animals propose. The one time Snowball was going to win a majority vote, they ran her off the farm. They use physical power to get what they want now. This relates to previous wars, from the same type of thing. Basicaly WW2 was caused by people rising to power to get what they want. To bad it ends up back firing on them in the long run though. Totalatarianism government fails because of that. People will always try to raise and suit them instead of others.
Napolean is evidence that th pigs have more power. Napolean didnt like anyone elses ideas on the farm. When snowball almost won he got the dogs and ran her off the farm. He wanted power and would stop at nothing to achieve his power. Totalatarianism is unsuccessful. They wanted to much power and they always failed. People will always want power but most likely they will always fail.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
5th
The first change in chapter five is the season. The bitter cold January weather gives the animals extra time to plan what will happen next season. The arguments and disagreement between Snowball and Napoleon is one thing that does not change. However, the competition between them does. Napoleon begins to sabotage Snowball's campaign. Also, when election time came around, the biggest change of them all occurred. Napoleon forced Snowball out of power and put himself as the leader. This allegory is comparable to two events in past history. The first is the revolutionary war. When the animals force MR. Jones out of the farm, it is similar to when the colonist rebelled against the King and formed their new nation. The second is the rise of communism in Europe. Similar to Hitler, Napoleon is gaining power in the farm. He is using more force and gaining more control over the other animals. A totalitarianism government does not work in this situation, because some of the leaders want more power than the others. The initial reason for rebelling against Mr. Jones is so that all the animals would be equal. In this case, that is not happening.
Some evidnece that the pigs are increasing their power starts with napoleon. He never listens to any of the other ideas proposed by the other aninmals. He ran snowball off the farm with his 4 dogs he "trained". This happened becuase Snowball wanted to fix up the windmill, and when he was winning the vote the pigs decided to get rid of him. This allegory relates to such world events as, WW2 because people rising to power to get what they want when they want it. Totalataranism falls becuase of political upsets when it blows up in there faces.
John Mclean
6th hour
Mr. Kay,
Some of the changes listed in chapter five are; Mollie, as she became more troublesome. Snowball and Napoleon, as they fought over every little thing. Napoleon, as he became more satisfied with becoming a one man leader of the farm. These changes in the pigs characters show some of there increase in power because it shows, for example Napoleon, how far he will go to get what he wants. While Snowball decides to do the right thing and whatever happens happens. I believe that this allegory remindes me of past fued between us and Kuamme Kilpatric with the whole lying thing. He tried to give us a load of bull and hoped we would believe it. Totalitarianism government is unsuccessful because of the fact that they want to take over everything and have everything one way, or the highway. (Which so doesn't work).
Danielle Turner
In chapter 5, many changes occur- some more drastic than others. First, Mollie runs away from the farm because she did not like the new way of life they had made. She did not like how she had to listen to the new rules the pigs had established and how she could not wear ribbons. The weather changed to become bitterly cold, which led to more disputes between Napolean and Snowball. The biggest change of all came when Napolean brought out the dogs he had been teaching for so long and had them run Snowball off the farm. Napolean called him a criminal and said that it was for the best of the farm if he were gone. Finally, after a few weeks, Napolean decides to build the windmill after all. These events show how Napolean works his way to power. The pigs started off as the leaders, and Napolean is beginning to become the one leader of the group. I think that this relates to how Hitler slowly worked his way up to the one leader of the Nazis in Germany. I think that a totalatarian government is unsuccessful because when a small group of people are in power their power becomes corrupt. Eventually, somebody is going to stop it, because it cannot be allowed to go on for too long. Hitler was stopped, as was communism in Russia, as was the unfair way the king was treating the colonists before the American revolution. Most governments where power becomes corrupt tend to fail.
Kaleigh Swanson
5th hour
One of the major changes in chapter 5 is the weather. It goes from fall to a cold winter. This allows the animals to have more time to talk about the issues. The weather also allows the animals to choose a leader. In this chapter we see how it is a dog-eat-dog world, literally. Snowball gets run off by the nine dogs revealing how powerful Napoleon is. Another example of this was Napoleon sabotaging Snowball's campaign showing how everyone will fight for power no matter what. Seeing Napoleon with these dogs really shows the other animals how powerful he is and how the pigs are continuing to increase in power. This allegory relates to the real world because people will nearly do anything for power today. Some people even kill and we see this in the book. No matter what, nobody will always be satisfied just like in the real world. A totalatarianism government does not work here because everybody wants to be in power as shown in the book. However, the original plan was to be equal and just get rights back to themselves and now everyone is struggling with the power issue.
William Schwartz
6th hr
Mr.Kay,
Throughout chapter five there were alot of significant changes on the Animal Farm. One of the big changes was the new government that had been created. I think no matter how hard the animals try to have a type of government where everybody is equal, it's not going to be possible. Everyone there has there own opinion on how the farm should be run and who is bad and who is good. I think the new government is directly related to the increase in power to the pigs. Napolean is now somewhat of the leader of the animal farm and also the pigs are said to be the smartest on the farm. In our own world i think animal farm is realted to communism and the red scare. So far at the farm we have a select few that are pretty much running it. Also i noticed the other animals seem to be catagorizing people into bad and crimals and then the good people. kind of like the red scare. i think totaltarianism isnt really a successful government for the simple fact that it leads to future problems between the people and the choosen leader.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
The pigs are increasing in power to start. To prove it they are getting more food and better places to sleep. Also when Snowball was going to win a vote Napoleon stopped it.I think it can be comparable to Iraq when Saddam lead them. He did it by killing people or whoever disagreed with him. A totalitarianism government wouldn't be successful in my opinion. The reason is you have people that you bribe or people you make fear you. So how would you be able to build a solid structure on that for a government.
kevin anderson
6th hour
Mr. Kay,
There is a couple changes I have noticed on the farm. One would be Mollie leaving the farm. She leaves pretty early on due to her lack of care on the farm. The pig take over would be the next thing I see. This is pretty obvious. The formation of a harsh government is probably the biggest change I see. The pigs are making rivalry's between each other and making harder rules. This brings the evidence that the pigs are increasing power because the pigs started out so little, and now they are making an uprising. They are getting much more powerful and reenacting events that would seem to be symbolic to that of a real corrupt government. It reminds me of something like Stalin and how his ways rule. Also, the Animal Farm is turning into a communist government, which Stalin ran. Or it can remind us about other dictators like Saddam who wanted power. I think that Totalitarian government systems would fail because they could become corrupt easy. Like in Animals, the people in the small group will start to have different views, which in turn, will split them up. This would just not make the system work if they are split. That is what I think of Communism, and Totalitarian governments in relation to Animal Farm.
Luke LaFountain
5th Hour
First there is Mollie. Then Clover,Napolean,Snowball, Napolean's dogs,Squealer,and Minimus. Well the pigs are allready the smartest. PLus the pigs have the intimidating dogs. So with being smart and being powerfull there is no stopping them. Well it is just like when Hitler gained power. He did it by putting fear into the people so he could rule. Well a totalatarianism government is unsuccessful cuz i dont even know what that is.
Zack Ruffin
The evidence that the pigs are taking over is Napolean. He only thinks his ideas are right and shuts down anyone with a different view. If you challenge him, you will be run off the farm like Snowball. This basically means that you muct listen to the pigs (mainly Napolean). This is like in WWII because Hitler took over the same way as Napolean. Even if someone knew what was happening was wrong, they didn't stand up due to fear. I think that totalatarianism doesn't succeed because eventually people always overthrow them.
Kristen Pauly
6th hr.
The first thing thing that changes in the 5th chapter is the season, 1it changes to winter. Then Mollie became more troublesome. Mollie starts to go see a man and lets him pet he snout. The pigs wanted to produce electricity using a new windmill. The main change in this chapter would have to be when Napoleon sent his dogs after snowball and gained control of the farm. This is similar to events happening around the world. It represents how a society can be corrupt when they are trying to create an equal place for everyone. When this happens their is bound to be people who take more than they should and end up becoming the leader. Then after a dominance is established it becomes a dictatorship. A totalitarianism government is successful when the people don't recognize that the government is taking more than they should. It isn't successful when the government gets to much or when the people revolt.
~Big Red
6th
In chapter five there is a lot of changes that occur. The first major change is when Napolean forced Snowball out of power, and made him the leader of the farm. Another change is when Mollie mysteriously disappears from the farm. Soon after, the animals figure out Mollie has betrayed them for a human. So all the animals agreed that they never speak of Mollies name again. These changes create vivid evidence of the pigs power. Mainly because it shows that Napolean didnt care about Snowball, he only cared about rising above and taking control. I can conpare this allegory to Hitler taking control of Germany. It started out as a big group of people. Then, Hitler decided he wanted all power to himself, so he slowly worked his way up, until he was the leader. In my opinion, i think totalatarianism is unsuccessful. This is because people start out as one big group, but as time goes on, someone will want complete control, because they think everyone else is less intelligent than they are. So when it all comes down, it just ends up being a dictatorship.
Clare Pathe
Well one big change is deffintly the weather. When it changes to winter the animals have more time to do other things. They can now talk about issues with each other more then ever. Plus they can decide and plan what they will do for the next season. Then the whole election thing went down. Napolean became the leader and snowball is kind of a "vice president" type thing to Napolean. This is like world events because its like Bennito Mussulini. He was at first like NApolean. A potential leader all the way and always wanted it. Then he just worked his way ver everyone and had followers like Snowball and the other pigs. It is successful because more then just one person has influences. Like i think that Snowball does have some vote into what they do but then again it might not be enough. So there is how it can be unsuccessful.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
Some of the changes in chapter 5 were Mollie not liking the way the pigs are running the farm decides to leave. She suddenly disappears and decides on a life where she could eat sugar and wear ribbons. Also, in this chapter the season changed and weather startd to get hard. The earth was getting hard so little could be done in the fields. Many meetings were being held in the barn. The feud between Napolean and Snowball was heating up. Snowball wanted to get the animals to accept his plan for the windmall, and when it seemed that he was going to vote, Napoleon had the dogs he trained attack Snowball and run him off the farm. I think this act showed the other animals how much power Napoleon had and this troubled some of the other animals. This allegory could be compared to Hitler and his rise in Germany. A totalatarianism government is not successful because no society wants one government controlling its economic, political and daily lifes of its citizens.
Ah yes, the flaws of communism come, when the leaders grab more than they should. Here are the fighting of Napoleon and snowball, fighting for whatever reason that comes up. No matter what each one and another said one would disagree nonetheless! This sounds familiar...should it? It sounds like something congress would do, Democrats and Republicans ect ect. Such mindless and useless bickering puts a bad taste in my mount. Totalitarianism is a very unfamiliar gov't to me. Today is the first time I've heard of it. It has it's strengths(Hitler fixed the economy, if he didn't do the holocaust he would've been awesome X2), and has weaknesses, like the gov't having issues with other nations *COUGH-COUGH* WWI & WWII. I'd have to say most gov'ts fall because of bad leaders, not of bad systems.
Mr. Kay, if we need computers can you get a cart? All the computers that was suppose to be for art classes have been taken up by Literature classes. We(My visual communications class) did get a cart but those computers lacked the artsy programs needed.
All in all it's very frustrating.
Derek GUckian
5th hour
There are many little changes in chapter 5, but the major one is Napolean gaining power. He ends Snowballs campaign and uses force to gain power by using the vicious dogs. This sounds a lot like Hitler and his use of the Nazi's to gain power. He put fear in the people just as Napolean did to the rest of the animals. Napolean ended Snowballs campaign because he had plans of his own. Snowball and him never agreed no matter what the situation was. Totalatarianism is clearly not working on the farm. The animals forced Mr. Jones out so that they could share the power among themselves and all be equal. So far it doesn't seem to be going that way because the pigs are gaining power.
Cody Kabisa
5th hour
Make a list of all the changes that occur in chapter 5. Describe how these changes create vivid evidence of the pigs' increasing power. How is this allegory that you are reading comparable to world events of the past or present? Why is a totalatarianism government successful or unsuccessful?
The first change we see is the power. Now the majority is with the pigs. Since they have taken "control" other things have gone down hill. Mollie is now falling from this society. Secondly, we see a fight for power. In my eyes, i think that now napoleoon and snowball are ruining the society even more. I thought it was totalitaren when the pigs had the power, but now its more of a dictatorship or fascist with napoleon and his people in charge. I tihnk that this is comparable to some of the revolutions in europe. They thought everything was goping to be great but then someone got too much power and now they arent happy. I think that a totalitarean government is successful when they have the power more spread out, but when they focus on one persons ideas it falter.
Taylor Dieck
6th hr.
Evidence of the pigs increasing power as is following. First when the cows are milked the milk soon goes missing but everyone knows that it had to be the pigs. The pigs have control of the farm and every aspect of it. They control the food supply, who gets what and basically the animals life. This is comparable to how Mr. Jones was running the farm. He controlled every aspect of the animals life also. The animals worked to overthrow him so they could stop all of that. Now the same things is happening just with the pigs in charge. I think Totalitarianism government is unsuccessful. I think this because they try to suck up or intimidate you to get your support. It is not really what everyone wants, they try to make you agree with them. To believe what they believe, they make up you mind for you.
Evidence of the pigs increasing power as is following. First when the cows are milked the milk soon goes missing but everyone knows that it had to be the pigs. The pigs have control of the farm and every aspect of it. They control the food supply, who gets what and basically the animals life. This is comparable to how Mr. Jones was running the farm. He controlled every aspect of the animals life also. The animals worked to overthrow him so they could stop all of that. Now the same things is happening just with the pigs in charge. I think Totalitarianism government is unsuccessful. I think this because they try to suck up or intimidate you to get your support. It is not really what everyone wants, they try to make you agree with them. To believe what they believe, they make up you mind for you.
Some evidence that the pigs are increasing there power start with Napoleon. Napolean didnt like anyone elses ideas on the farm unless they were his own. He ran snowball off the farm with his 4 dogs. He did this becuase Snowball wanted to fix up the windmill, and when he was winning the vote the pigs decided to get rid of him. Another example of this was Napoleon sabotaging Snowball's campaign showing how everyone will fight for power no matter what. This allegory was like when hittler was alive. The totalatarianism government is not successful because no society wants one government controlling its economic, political and daily lifes of its citizens.
Some things that change in chapter 5 is that Neopllitan is getting meaner. He wants the power. Another change is that some animals told Mollie to leave the farm. Napolean wants the pigs to have all the power. This is similar to when Hitler wanted the Nazi party to have all the power in Germany. Which they did for a little while. In a way we have a toltalarianin goverment. After elections are finish one political party is in charge. Like right now the democratic party is in charge of our country. So I think that a tol. goverment is a successful goverment to have.
1.Mollie's objection to the new rules, and later, her leaving the farm to be a carriage horse. She left because of the restrictions and to feel like someone cared for her, since Mr and Mrs Jones cared for her.
2.The 'elections' for the leader of Animal Farm. Involves creation of the Commandments, the making of the Flag, and the Battle of Cowshed.
3.Napoleon's takeover of Animal Farm, consisting of his banishment of Snowball. He abused his leadership and forced the animals to bend to his will. :C
4.The building of the windmill, further encouraged by Napoleon.(i believe this was chapter 5)
5.The overpowering rules and lies going in one ear and out the other of the lesser animals. :C
It's obvious that the pigs are not only lying and cheating their way to the top, they're using the other animals in the process.
I think that it resembles the Stalin Era before WWII. Most of the 'evil' characters represent the people on Stalin's side, as well as Hitler and his Nazis.
A totalatarianism government is unsuccessful when they try to "mold the private life, soul, and morals of citizens to a dominant ideology"(Wikipedia on 'totalatarianism'). Obviously, this is wrong in any society, seeing as how it's a 'to each his own' world as well as 'a dog eats dog' world. No one should have their personal lives ruled by the government. That's what we parted from England for. To get away from all of that, right?
Steffeny Apollo
5th hour
Throughout chapter five there were alot of significant changes on the Animal Farm. One of the big changes was the new government that had been created. But the major one is Napolean gaining power. He ends Snowballs campaign and uses force to gain power by using the vicious dogs. Ends up running her off the farm.The anaimals get what they want now. This relates to previous wars, from the same type of thing. Basicaly WW2 was caused by people rising to power to get what they want. The totalatarianism was not successful
Throughtout chapter 5 there is many signs that the pigs are increasing in power. mainly napolean with the power hunger i feel. 1 idea is that napolean didnt like anyone elses ideas unless they were his own or the ohter pigs ideas. When snowball was going to win a vote napolean ran her off the farm eith the dogs he trained. These events look like a war that could be coming in the book like a big rebellion. Maybe a insurgency coming to. A totalatarianism is unsucessful because many things people dont have choices in. That being many people with feel that they have no say in anything that goes on in life. so i feel many would rebel in that type of government. Mainly because noone would have a say or could do anything for there own life. everything is planned for them
There is many changes that the pigs make in chapter 5 that show that they are increasing in power. One of the changes is the Napoleon throws out Snowball, the one person that keep himw in check and made sure that he didnt get too power. But with him gone there is no one to watch him and disagree with him. Some other things that happened is there is no more meetings on to discuss problems. The pigs now make all thos discions and then tell everyone what THEY decided was BEST for everyone. These changes are evidence that the pigs are getting more power beacause now they can not express their options and no longer get to vote. This is comparable to events such as all the leaders in World War Two, like China, Japen , Russia, Germany. A totalatarianism goverment is not very successful beacause there is no limit of power. But besides no limit to power many totalatarianism goverments will do just fine during their early phases.
Shaun Gerber
the chapter starts off with bad bitter weather in january. this lets the pigs napolean and snowball to have time to think about what happens when the weather gets better. the two are very competitive, so that has not changed. then napolean starts to backstabb snowball and over throws him. then napolean gains all the power like a dictator. this allegory is comparable by 9/11 because we were attacked from out of the blue. mr.jones really did not know he had this coming, then boom hes out of his own farm. this brought us to war. then like hitler he started to believe he was the arian race, like napolean he believes he is the main race.
Totalatarianism would fail because many animals are different and they want power, some want it equal this wont have it.
steffie
John Kent
5th Hour
The changes that occurred in chapter 5 is that Napoleon has taken over the farm after running Snowball out. Mollie went back to working for the humans, so she could have what she wants. The change in government on the farm is changing into a more of a dictatorship. The pigs seem to be in power because they are the smartest and cleverest. An example of the events in this allegory is what happened before WWII when Hitler took control over the Nazi government and became the ruler of Germany and made it a dictatorship. A totalitarianism government is successful because it creates peace and equality. It is unsuccessful because it leads to a dictatorship.
Evidence is that Napoleon trains the dogs for his use. He uses them to run out Snowball. Another is that the pigs are going against the original 7 comandments and getting away with it with the use of squealer. The pigs are getting more food, living in houses, sleeping in beds, which was all against the 7 comandments. Like we talked aoubt in class, its a totaltarian state. The pigs are a group that has power over the other animals. The pigs are more intelligent, and they use this to their advantage. A totalatarian state can be successful if the group who is running the whole thing is fair to the rest of society. it can be unsuccessful if the gruop in charge gets greedy and uses the lower class as slaves and doesnt consider their needs.
deeeeeeeetts
Megan Fraser 5th hour
Some changes that occur in Chapter 5 are napoleon using the dogs power against snowball, having no more group meetings, snowball being chased off the farm, and the pigs fighting constantly over wind mill plans. The other animals are being pressured into things and there is an ongoing argument where the pigs are being really manipulative. It shows the pigs increasing power because they are being really greedy and not listening to anyone else's opinion and making choices for the group (ex. no more meetings). This is comparable to events in the past like when communism, fascism, and totalitarian governments took control. They started out with good intentions and then got power hungry and very controlling. Totalitarian governments don't usually work out in the end. People are accepting of it at fist but then the leader or leaders get out of control and end up turning evil. So that doesn't work out usually.
Chapter 5 starts off with Mollie running away from the farm. She ran away because she didn't like listening to the pigs and not being able to wear ribbons and that she could get her sugar cube. The weather got bitterly cold and so the animals began to plan their next farming season. But Napoleon brought out the dogs and had them chase snowball off the farm. This allegory is like past events because when the animals ran Mr. Jones off the farm was like when the colonists rebelled against Britain. Another example is when the animals had their secret meetings, colonists back in colonial days had to have secret meetings weather it was about the rebellion or religion they had to hide it. The totalitarianism government doesn't work in this case because the power isn't spread out equally. The pigs have more power than other animals. The initial plan was to have all the animals equal but as the story goes on the 7th commandment of Animal Farm begins to fade.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
There are multiple changes in chapter five. One of the first changes I have noticed was the season. Since it is not cooler, they have plenty of time to make a plan for the upcoming summer. Napoleon and Snowball seem to be fighting for the same thing. They both want to be the leader of all the farm animals. Yes, they still constantly argue, but that's just part of life, it happens where ever you go. However, when the elections came around the corner, the pigs really rolled around in the mud, as you could say. Napoleon actually ran Snowball out with his dogs, so he could have all the power to himself. Another change I noticed that had occurred was that Mollie ran away. Mollie did not like that the pigs ran the farm, and that their wasn't anyone stroking her nose, or changing her ribbons, she liked having all that attention. Mollie started showing up for work later and later, and leaving earlier, and earlier. Soon, she stopped coming at all, and she left, and no one saw her again. One day, a bird saw her at a farm, and someone was stroking her nose, no one ever spoke of Mollie again. I believe that this allegory relates to the real world, because now a days, people are selfish. They will do whatever it takes so they can be the center of attention or other known as, having all the power. No one will ever really be happy with what they have, they will always want more. I do not believe that a totalitarianism government would not work. Every one of the pigs wants to have full power. Napoleon and Snowball actually fought for the power. At first, it started off where everyone was going to be equal, but now it looks like some animals want to be more than the others.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I think one of the major changes in chapter 5 is when Napoleon uses force to be in control. It's like Napoleon has his own small military to support him, that way no one could really go against him. the other big change that came in this chapter was that the pigs decided that the sunday meeting were no longer useful. they decided that the pigs were the only animals that were smart enough to make the decisions and that they would and orders would be given out every sunday. This allegory reminds me of the french revolution. Like that event the civilians didn't like what their government was doing so they overthrew it. Totalatarianism i believe is an unsuccessful government. Because not everyone is equal and any government that takes rights away from people wont work. and will eventually be overthrown.
Some evidance that shows the rise of the pigs are there actions torward the others. One thing that shows this is the pigs being able to drink the milk and eat the other food but the others cant. This shows that the pigs do not care for the others but keep them in enough health to keep the others working. Anoter is Neapoleans beliefs in the plans. He diagrees and is trying to convince everyone that this is not how it shall work. All of the other animals are confused by this because they thought that they were going to follow old major's plans. This shows examples of past world experiance because in the past with all of the dictatorships it was based on one certain person or group. Such as hitler, germany rose in the world wars beacause of the stupid beliefs of one person so all of the counry thought that they must follow and that, that person was right. I feel that the totalatarianism government is mostly unsuccessful for the same reason. THe person or group is more about themselves and not about the others around them. trying to say is that the leader(s) dont really give a rats ass about the others in the community.
conman
Napoleon likes his ideas, and his alone. Hes the one thats wants to rule. Napoleon disagreed with everyone elses views and wouldnt accept them. This novella can be copared to the spread of cummunism in eastern europe. Eventually i believe, there will become too much power in one specific person (napoleon). In europe, the soviets tried to get as many counries to be communist as they could. Also, the cold war relates to this. There was competition and rivalry between nuclear weapons, and who could have better ones. I could see the rivalry and competition between snowball and napoleon. Napoleon wants to be the best, and won accept anything less. that government is unsuccessful because eventually, one part of he government will gain too much power, and the people will revolt.
amy urbanik
5th hour
I think chapter 5 is showing the fight for power between Napoleon and Snowball. We already know that because off there intelligence the pig is treated more favorably then the other animals. Napoleon and Snowball are like party leaders like in the presidential election. Napoleon wants to teach children and that is what he is bringing to the farm. Snowball wants to build a windmill for the farm. This is alot like elections because they are persuading the farm animals to follow there ways. I think this is like any presidential election past or present. I don't feel this type of government will work because i feel the pigs will become to powerful and it will become a form of dictatorship.
Taylor Wattles
5th
Mr. Kay,
One major change were the pigs. They were wanting more and more power on the farm. They saw Snowball was going to win the one cote, they ran her off the farm. They dont like losing to anybody and want all the power. This is just like our govt. Lately, the govt. is starting to take over the car industries and making it more complicated than it needs to be. Totalitarian is unsucessful because ht people get sick of being treated badly.
In Chapter 5 napolean seems to become the main leader of the farm. Mollie runs away because she is unsatisfied and dramatic. The weather gets colder which forces the animals to sit around nd talk. Finnaly napolean forced snowball out of power. Napolean is a force leader that defends the pigs so it seems the pigs will take power. He doesnt care much for everyone else. This allegory reminds me a little bit of the rise of hitler in germany. Not so much for the disrimination hitler had but because he cared solely about the nazi power. This is similar to napolean and the pigs. I think a totaltateianism government is sometimes succesful. You have to have a leader somehow and i think if you have the right one it can work. I don;t think napolean is going to be a good leader though.
Blanz
6th
A few changes that occur in this chapter are the seasons, and the rising hostility between the pigs. Another thing that changes is the fact that the pigs are increasing power. This is shown vividly by these changes. For example, the pigs take all the milk for themselves and make all the decisions for the whole farm. This is because the other animals are too dumb to think that stuff up forthemselves. It is for this reason thatthe pigs gain so much power. However this is not good enough for Napoleon because he quickly gets rid of snowball. These events are similar to many events in history. One of which is the revolutionary war because they were both rebelling to form an equal government at first. The other one is the red scare where communism was hreatening the united states. This is similar because Napoleon is taking away equality and it taking power. A totalatarianism government is successful when it is run correctly where every ruler has equal power. However, when one ruler tries to take more control it falls apart into a dictatorship.
Make a list of all the changes that occur in chapter 5. Describe how these changes create vivid evidence of the pigs' increasing power. How is this allegory that you are reading comparable to world events of the past or present? Why is a totalatarianism government successful or unsuccessful?
Napolean is evidence that the pigs have more power. Napolean didnt like anyone elses ideas on the farm, And he clearly stole the milk. When snowball almost won he got the dogs and ran her off the farm. He wanted power and would stop at nothing to achieve his power. Totalatarianism is unsuccessful. Power goes straight to the head. It messes with your mind. Telling you that you need more or that its not good enough. They wanted to much power and they always failed. People will always want power but most likely they will always fail.
Alex Martin
One of the first changes in chapter 5 is Mollie acting suspicous and not working. The next one is the weather. Another one is Snowball and Napoleon arguing over disputes. A fourth one is the pigs taking over becasue they are smarter. The pigs should decide on all questions of farm policy and the decisions were ratified by majority vote. This material we are reading now can relate to the whole communism era back then. All the communism countries were trying to get all the other noncommunist countries to become communist. While they were doing that they werent worrying about their own country. I would have to say totalatarianism is unsuccessful because of the same reason. They are worried about other things rather than their own.
Troy W. 5th hr
I thiink that the changes napolean will be making, the animals will start to soon start to notice. Napolean will gain power and the animals will think that napolean has to much power. The pigs had increasing power and they counitued to gain power. Once snowball was gaining to much, napolean wanted to cut him down. This Allegory compairs to the real world because it portrays diffenent types of governments. In the past communisum was strong in a few countys. Some are still strong today. Comunisim is a bit like what napolean was doing. He trys to gain power and tell everyone that they are all equal. I think that a tolalatarianism would fail. It is a goverment based on equality when no one is really equal. In every government you have to have some sort of a leader.
Chris Reid
6th hoour
now that they have been with out humans the animals are all supposed to be equal. they are all are supposed to get the same amount of food but then the pigs start saying that only they need apples and milk. they say they need them and is essential for a pig because they are smart. they are kind of saying that they are better than the others.this could be comparable to the past because people have tried to just have everything equal but it doesn't work. someone always steps up and takes on a leadership role. a totaltarianism goverment wouldn't be successful because someone will always want more power.
snowball is run out.
Napoleon cuts town meetings.
makes things a lot tougher.
decides to build to windmill anyway.
Napoleon makes himself the dictator. essentially.
as we can see, the pigs are gaining power exponentially, and they are misusing. or at least they will soon enough. but they are also restricting somewhat of what the others can do. i mean, they give them their free day a week, but, surely that will end soon. its blatant that the pigs are the only ones who can get power now, and they are seriously misinterpreting their wants and needs.
they are turning into the villain they sent away, and they are no better than them.
to me, reading a lot of this book so far, it seems like they are speedily going through the world history, gaining power, and knowledge, and trying to put it to good use. of course they aren't. they are going past biblical times, where things were easy, to times where they wanted just a bit more. and then they run out people, who were beneficial to them. i have seen that in more way than i can explain, or probably am aloud to say, aloud. but, in essence, they are going through our history books, and representing the human race, throughout a lot of what had been written in books, and scrolls.
totalitarian governments, are not very successful in and of themselves, but when evolving into dictatorships, they become super effective. because things get done. they just get done, and, people don't complain, well, they might, but no one who can do anything, will hear them. they arent successful, because they try to restrict to much, and they try to do what they think is best, but, when really, no one knows what is best.
no im not condoning the bad side of dictatorships, but, they are the most effective, because it is pretty much one man, with an iron fist, who has a list of things that need to get done, and they happen. no need to vote, no need to find people. you just get people to get things done. it doesn’t make for a happy camper, not by a long shot, but still, you can accomplish your goals.
Hitler got a lot of shit done when he was leader. but he made a big mistake when he started killing his own, because that’s the point of no return, where, you are forever infamous.
so really, totalitarianism governments can be effective, under the right power, and the right rules, but in the case of animal farm, it has gone hay wire, and it has gone past the point of no return. "They may pray for the best, but they need to expect the worst"
Napolean despises any other animal proposing a new idea or thought. He thinks that he is the only one that should be coming up with ideas. He also gets rid of the town meetings to discuss the problems that may be going on. Also he is using violence to get his point accross. This reminds me of past events like Hitler in Nazi Germany. He was the only one that wanted to make the rules and everyone listened to him. This type of government is successful because if everyone follows it, then it may run smoothly. This is unsuccessful because not everyone is going to want to listen to the pigs. People have their own ideas that they want to express.
Mollie was detected contacting with humans, and under her straw, sugar and ribbons were found. Snowball insists the construction of Windmill, but Napoleon opposes. All the sudden, when Snowball's convincing speech almost persuade the other animals, a bunch of dogs leap into the farm and scares him away. Then Napoleon says Snowball was a betrayer. Three weeks after that, Napoleon claims that they need windmill which causes the ironic feeling among the animals. Also pigs are set in the front of the seats, which is raised platform. This self-evidently shows you that the pigs are gaining the power all over the farm through the process of Napoleon and Squealer gain supports at the beginning using dogs and the supposition of Mr. Jones' coming back , and threatening the animals. This allegory directly shows all sides of totalitarianism countries during world wars, such as Italy, which also tried to get people's support at first and gradually turned out to taking over the coutry with army. Totalitarianism countries are very hard to be succesful. Once a person tastes the "power", he doesn't get to want to lose it, which keeps him make excuses to hold on to the coutry. Besides, even if the leader is an honest and good-willing man, there are still some people who want liberty and freedom rather than a little bit more amount of prosperity.
Remember Mr. Kay that I was not able to do this blog due to the storm knocking the pine trees down at my house and the power going out. Thank you.
Well, first off, the weather changes to bitter cold. And the ccompetition between Snowball and Napolean changes. Napolean hates the plans that Snowball has come up with. For example: the windmill. Also, after a little, Napolean kicks Snowball out of power and takes control. In the past we have had similarevents that occurred which are like when the animals kicked Mr. Jones out of power. When the colonists left the king and started their own thing in the 13 colonies for example. Totalatarianism is unsuccesful in this case because they wanted everyone to be equal and that didn't lastfor long. The pigs started becoming power hungry and thought they were better than everyone else.
James Richardson
5th hour
In chapter 5 some of the changes that occured was the season,Mollie getting into trouble. Also, Snowball and Napoleon running a campaign against each other. These changes create increasing power for the pigs because Napoleon had a lot of ideas for the farm. Also, Napoleon got Squealer to ruin Snowballs campaign. The allegory is comparable to the Cold war when they try to get commmunism out. I think a totalatarianism government is unsuccessful. It is unsuccessful because they rate a group of people with something in common.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
This is when I didn't have no power.
The pigs seem to be getting smarter and stronger. Napolean didnt like anyone elses ideas on the farm. Snowball at one poin almast one the vote but they ran her off of the farm. I would have to go wit hunter on this one and relate this to ww2.
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