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.