Chapter 10

As years past, same as Chapter 10 begins, we can see a totally difference. First the farm is now is in charge of animals, to be clear of: PIGS; there is no more Mr. Jones. So we ca see how pigs had consolidate their power on all the farm, making animals obbey with their implemented rules (Communism).

We can see on this chapter how pigs are more like humans, they now appear to walk on two legs! 

Chapter 9

Chapter 9:

Is in this chapter that the character of Boxer comes of great importance. Maybe it was the main intention if the author to highlight in this chapter the presence of Boxer, how he interacts and the consequences to him on the farm. It was done maybe to establish a comparison with reality, with the government of Stalin (Napoleon). As said before, Boxer represented the hard-working village people. His hard work one day need to come to an end, and so it did. So we can see a confrontation between the destiny Boxer deserved with the one that Napoleon decided for him. Although we can see that Napoleon and the pigs gave speeches to honour Boxer, but still I personally think that this was to create  a good impression to the animals on the farm. Because they had in a great place the image of Boxer, he was the one that gave them strenght to keep them working. But i really don`t think Napoleon had a feeling of sorry for what happened.

Comment: Chapter 8

Animals start to doubt, especially Muriel and Clover that suspect of corruption, in a way compared to history. But they try to forget it in order to believe in a good government, that and the fact that if they oppose they would run the destiny of death. Each time, Napoleon rule´s where looking similar to the ones applied by Mr. Jones. Perhaps the animals’ don´t realize this or maybe they don’t want to. They are scared; the fear imposed by Napoleon is predominant on animals. We can see that Napoleon changes the concept of Animalism: one of the commandments passes from being “No animal shall kill any other animal” to “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause". Later on, we can see how animals’ don´t demonstrate care about their rights and how they are being exploited. 

We are witnesses of the luxuries and benefits Napoleon and pigs have, Orwell wants to highlight these by making us see the injustices there are committed on Animal Farm by the main leader of the Rebellion that proposed a change to Mr. Jones system. This clearly makes a contrast to the government ruled by Stalin, where he apart from counting with a great back up (guards) counted with many luxuries and only few could enjoy of it. The problems with the neighbour farms are tried to be solved as quickly as possible by Napoleon, applying any measurement that will be needed. Snowball and Frederick are pointed out, implicated and named as traitors. As a strong measurement Napoleon orders the sentence of death of Frederick, here there wasn´t any compassion. And Orweel wants us to assimiliate that to the system applied by Stalin. 

By the attack of Frederick, Napoleon tries to get to the most briefly a plan and the proper measurements, but not everthing got as expected. The windmill was exploted, by the dynamite men put around it. The reaction of the animals was unexpected, all their hard work: banished; they went to attack directly to men and the went out running. The only labour of piigs after this, was to cheer animals, and bring a possitive perspective out of these. That day was commemorated as the "Battle of the Windmill", and I am completely sure there is on Russian History a similar battle that is represented by Animal Farm. 

Comment: Chapter 7

We can see that the chapter begins with some difficulties to the animals, having to affront to the lack of food. So we would see if animals are able to get together as a farm and affront the difficult times. "It was a bitter winter (...) followed (...) by a hard frost..." pg.54 Is with this weather that they need to rebuild the windmill, due to its destruction. Is here, were we can see how Napoleon tries to motivate the animal on the farm to get them to work, with the help of Squealer. As we mentioned before Squealer was like a media of propaganda, where he made conforting speeches for them.The character of Boxer´s is now when it counts with more importance. Animals take his example as inspiration to continue the hard-labour. 

We can observe the strategy by Naopleon, of trying to fool humans, not making them know the bad situation Animal Farm is passing through. Then, things don´t figured out in a way that was planned, so we can see the action Napoleon takes. He abolished with the rebelion from hens though tough teachniques: Stops the hens rations and makes feeding a hen is punished by death. Later, we have nince hens death of "coccidiosis" and the rebel hens gave up. Compared to history, Stalin made opression on his governement por people to obey the system and anyone that showed to be against the government would be strictly punished and declared as traitor. So in both cases we can see an abuse of power, the ambition of controlling eveyrhing is what may blind them and make them use the vioence, force as unique solution. 

Orwell may want to represent in Animal Farm, when he talks about Napoleon begining to stay rather at the house-farm and be reaguarded by the dogs, letting them and Squealer do the hard (dirty) work; to the time where Stalin gave orders and the secret police-gestapo (dogs) and the propagandists (Squealer) where in charge of taking them out together with the cruelty punishments. The "negociations" with Pilinkington and Frederick is reflected to the deals Stalin was taking through with foreign contries. 
"Stalin vastly increased the scope and power of the state's secret police and intelligence agencies. Under his guiding hand, Soviet intelligence forces began to set up intelligence networks in most of the major nations of the world, including Germany (the famous Rote Kappelle spy ring), Great Britain, France, Japan, and the United States. Stalin made considerable use of the Communist International movement in order to infiltrate agents and to ensure that foreign Communist parties remained pro-Soviet and pro-Stalin."
Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Changes_to_Soviet_society.2C_1927.E2.80.931939
Date: 17/9/12. Wikipedia. "Bolstering Soviet secret service and intelligence"

Comment on Chapter 5

This chapter starts with the scene, where Mollie shows as a traidor to the concept of Animalism: she hasn´t worked as a team on respect of the work on the farm and it was found that she had been accepting ribbons and sugar from one of the men on the farm nextdoor. This was seen as treason. Compare with the real world, it could have symbolize, wheather the ones that didn´t agreed with the system applied or prefered going back to the old system. In other words the deserters/defectors (the ones who left war)

It returns to the conflict of power, in here is presented between Napoleon and Snowball. The ambition for preserving it and being the one at the power makes them enter in constant argues. As saw on class, we distinguished that they represented to Stalin and Trotsky, respectively. According to Animal Farm, on one hand Napoleon presents a more focus view in what his plans are, he is centered. In the other hand, Snowball thinks on a  bigger scale, his plan of building the windmill will take more time and effort, but it would give a great product. 

Napoleon by his desire of ambition, uses not clean techniques to beat his opponent by bunished him away. He uses the dogs he took away from chapters before, now they give fruits by using them as killing weapons against his enemies or obstacles to get the power. Is then where the figure of Squealers comes out. What he does, as he did before is to manipulate things, using propanganda, to achieve his purpose: mantain the pigs as the superior animals. He converts the action of Napoleon of getting rid of Snowball in an act of sacrifice to himself. Squealer uses the revolutionary spirit to join once again the animals, he emphasizes how cruel was the life with Mr. Jones and now everything is like it is beacuse of pigs. On the russian revolution there where the (gestapo?) like a police who where in charge of the deserters, here on Animal Farm can be allegorize with the prescence of the dogs, that Napoleon is in charge of.