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Animal Farm Torture

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Torture for Traitors and Prizes for Partisans
In the fable Animal Farm, George Orwell expresses a clear representation of the Russian Revolution in the form of animals on a farm rebelling against the leaders, pigs. Napoleon’s treatment of the animals is dependent on the way Napoleon perceives the animal’s dedication. If they accept his leadership they receive their basic needs; whereas, if they rebel against him, their basic needs are not met. This results in all the animals accepting Napoleon’s leadership in order to receive their fundamental needs. This is only possible if Napoleon has followers that will aggressively support him or even die in order for Napoleon to succeed. Through Old Benjamin, the hens and the pigs’ viewpoints on Napoleon’s tyranny, it is easily identified which animal supports Napoleon’s way of ruling the farm, which oppose him and which animal simply has no opinion.

The pigs on Animal farm are among the most loyal supporters of Napoleon’s tyranny, which provides them with their basic needs and more. The pigs have no reason to be afraid of Napoleon because since they are on his side, he will always treat the pigs well. This is exemplified when “…the milk and the windfall apples (and also the main crop of apples when they ripened) should be reserved for the pigs alone.” (Animal Farm, Page 26). Furthermore, the animals that support Napoleon are treated better and provided with more than their basic needs. This treatment shows the other animals that

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