#meanwhile napoleon from animal farm is like

[sally-mun]

Okay guys I came on here to answer a few pieces of mail BUT FIRST I want to vent about a couple movies I watched today.

For SOME reason (read: the state of the world today) I’ve been thinking a lot about Animal Farm, and thinking that I’d like to read it again. I read it in high school, but not as assigned reading; I just checked it out of the library because my brother had read it and talked about it a few times. It’s one of the few classics I don’t own a copy of myself, and maybe that should change because I do really want to give it another read now that I have an incredibly depressing real-world lens to view it through. (And if any of you out there haven’t read it, please do so, it’s not a long book and it’s very poignant.)

Anyway, all this thinking back about it reminded me that shortly after I graduated high school, I happened to see on the TV guide one day that a movie of it was just going off. I checked it out anyway just to see what it looked like, and it was surprisingly well-done in terms of visuals; for the most part it’s a pretty seamless mix of real animals, animatronics, puppets, and (sparingly used) CG. The one scene I got to watch looked pretty accurate to what I knew of the same scene in the book, and I had always intended to find the movie and watch the whole thing. It’s been years, but I still wanted to see it, so I did a search and found it, along with an animated version from the 50′s.

I watched them both today, and first and foremost I’ll say they both have a lot of good merits. The live action one is much more accurate to the book, but the animated one still hits the major important bullet points, and has a very different storytelling style. I think both of them do the job they set out to do, but the live action one pulls it off better (hard to imagine in the age of Disney live action remakes, right?).

HOWEVER... both movies shared a detail that I find to be a huge disservice to the story. They each ended with an extra scene that’s supposed to at least imply a happy ending of sorts. I understand that there’s an expectation in most filmmaking that stories like this end with some degree of victory/comeuppance/resolution, but even so I want to grab the filmmakers and SHAKE THE SHIT OUT OF THEM while yelling “Did you even READ the book??” The lack of a happy ending is a big part of the point the story is making. The moral of the book is effectively, “Be on the lookout for the rise of despots and fascism, because a lot of people not only won’t see it but will be convinced to support it, and at that point you’re pretty much stuck with it.” (Which, WHADDAYAKNOW, that’s basically what’s been happening in our country over the last several years!)

But yeah, in the live action version, they do a time jump and note that Napoleon’s regime pretty much collapses on its own while the animals that escaped just kinda watch from the sidelines, and then a new family comes in to take over the farm (and they’re all white and blonde so I guess that means they’re very very nice) and hope is restored. I hate this because when you pair it with the story’s message, it more or less suggests that fascism will go away if you just wait it out long enough, and then the NEXT person to swoop in to seize control will surely be better.

The animated one, meanwhile, ends with the farm’s animals (along with a bunch of farm animals from neighboring farms, who got word and joined in) leading a second rebellion and fighting back against the pigs to retake the farm. I suppose this one’s at least better than the live action one, but it also misses something really important: That there are going to be folks in the population that have completely eaten up the propaganda and not only WON’T fight back against their oppressors, but may even fight to defend them (or at the very least, sabotage the efforts of the resistance). And no, the dogs don’t count. Napoleon raised the dogs from puppies to be his personal attack squad, with no outside influence from the rest of the farm. They’re not even close to counting in terms of just regular, uninvolved citizens siding with their oppressors.

I gueeeessss the animated movie gets a little more of a pass on changing the ending because I have no doubt it’s meant to be a kid’s movie; its animation and narrative style is very reminiscent of older Disney movies, and it glosses over a lot of the violence to keep things appropriate. That said, tho, being animated is not an excuse to pull punches in and of itself (I’m looking at you, Watership Down), but it was made in the 50′s so it could’ve just been film standards that they had to meet at the time, who knows.

The live action one, on the other hand, came out in the late 90′s/early 2000′s (I forget when exactly) and doesn’t seem at all to be a kid’s movie. Yes, it’s a movie about talking animals, but the storytelling isn’t watered down for the consumption of a younger audience; I daresay that kids would find it boring, honestly, because it’s SO focused on its politics and lines up so closely with the book. If kids end up watching it, I think it’d be in that way where they’re just in it for the animals and don’t really get what they’re looking at. The movie is clearly aimed at adults (teens at the youngest) who can comprehend what the story is actually about. There’s really NO reason for the extra scene at the end to soften the blow. I honestly would’ve called the movie as good of a representation of the book as we’re going to get, if it just didn’t have that ONE EXTRA SCENE. If they’d just ended things on the culmination of Napoleon’s scheme for power, I would’ve been completely content and given it an A++. But THAT ONE, FFFFFFFUCKING SCENE!! It was so close!!

Anyway, that’s on my mind today. Like I said in the beginning, if you haven’t read Animal Farm before, PLEASE do so. And if books aren’t your cup of tea, the live action movie IS a very good adaptation! Just please ignore the epilogue that’s tacked on at the end for no reason.

#Animal Farm #not that I think anyone on Tumblr's really searching for hot new Animal Farm content but whatever I'm tagging it

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The future of the farm with Snowball

What would have happened if the animals protected Snowball and expelled Napoleon and his dogs from The Animal Farm? Snowball, a misunderstood hero or a masked villain, was expelled from the farm after a "revolution" made by Napoleon. What would have happened if Snowball, with the help of the animals, stayed on the farm and continued in power, making decisions and creating innovative ideas? Would the dream of working 3 days a week and having plenty of food be a reality?  

Tomás Bouza and Diego Lenzi

It would just be another normal Sunday at Animal Farm. The animals were gathered in the barn listening to the ideas for building the WindMill that Snowball wisely told the animals after long readings of Mr. Jones' books.

At this, there was a baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him. The barn was silent, only to hear Snowball's desperate screams for the animals to stop. At this moment, a low voice was heard from the back of the barn: 

- We have to help our leader, don't we, Napoleon? - And Napoleon didn't answer. He just kept watching the chase with a subtle smile. At this moment, the pigs, who were spending most of their time with Snowball, understood what was happening, and screamed:

- These are the puppies that Napoleon said he would educate - they said , pawing the ground with all their might - He sent the dogs to attack our leader, we have to help him. - At this moment the strongest animals, led by the horses, began to run towards the field where Snowball was trying to escape with all his energy to save his life from a painful death. The dogs tried to bark as loudly as possible so that the dogs indoctrinated by Napoleon would stop acting in the name of a terrible pig. Meanwhile, weaker animals like sheep screamed and chased Napoleon.

Boxer is impressive. As soon as he reached the dogs he soon knocked down 2 of them and managed to kick 2 more, leaving only 5. Snowball understood the actions of the animals, who risked their lives to save him and stopped running unusually, turning against the dogs and started running towards him. This action distracts Napoleon's "puppies" who do not realize that the horses catch up and knock them down. Now there were only 3 more dogs left standing. When they saw the situation in which their brothers and their leader found themselves, they began to run beyond the field. Napoleon, upon seeing that his coup attempt had failed and his dog subordinates were unable to resist the dozens of animals that surrounded him, began to run.

Snowball returns to the barn where everyone celebrates around him, screaming "Snowball the Animal Hero first class" mixed with Beasts of England.

- Comrades - said Snowball - I wanted to thank all those who joined me in this attempted revolt. Napoleon always wanted to delay our development and even though many of us were hurt, this event made us learn - he said with a leadership voice - I would like to nominate Boxer, the newest member of Animal Hero First Class, and in addition, I would like to announce that I have already decided where we will make our windmill. While running from those hellish dogs, I found a plain in the west of the territory of Animal Farm, this will be the perfect place for construction. I know it will be difficult, we all must work twice as hard and food until we finish will be scarce, since our objective will be construction and not harvesting, but in the end, everything will pay off. The next day they started the construction

1 year has passed... 

The farm changed a lot that year. Its name is no longer Animal Farm, but Snowball's farm. According to Squealer, the name change was made in honor of the pig who saved all animals from the tyranny of Mr Jones. The Windmill was ready, and this quick construction was possible, because all the animals on the farm, even the pigeons, worked hard, in fact not all of them, Snowball just organized everything and everyone so that the work flowed. The Sunday meetings were managed by Squealer, who brought the most important topics to be discussed, where everyone would have the opportunity to speak, but the final vote was only allowed to animals that knew how to write, that is, chickens, sheep and other animals were left out of decisions.

It is a fact that you, dear reader, must be wondering, would the dream of working only 3 days a week have come true?

It's not what it looks like. The animals continued to work hard, every day of the week, but at least, when they arrived at their rooms, they had electricity to have fun and play games, among other things. Snowball was present, but he always had something more important to do when everyone was working.

The following Saturday, before the day on which the 2 years of rebellion would be celebrated, there was a buzz on the farm that Snowball was using the energy to make his food in his pigsty, so Squealer went from group to group of animals explaining that Snowball did use energy, like all other animals, to light up his rooms. The animals, although they tried not to believe it, ended up agreeing with Squealer's wise words.

The next day, Snowball did not appear to make the great announcement of 2 years of freedom for the animals, in this case, the 2 years of the rebellion. All the animals were already gathered in the barn, and Snowball didn't appear, it was then that one of the pigs gave Boxer the idea to go and call him. Boxer went to the pigsty and started screaming:

- Comrade Snowball, where are you - said the horse, opening the gate. And there was the image, which Boxer would have preferred never seen, his leader, with the light on, eating his food, not just any food, it wasn't a simple ration, but rather, some cooked food. Boxer just watched the pig eating. After that he ignored everything Snowball was saying to trying to convince him not to tell the other animals, and left in silence, heading back to the barn.

From that moment on, nothing was the same, Boxer, Snowball's hardest worker and supporter, stopped working so hard, stopped always being happy, giving his all. Consequently, the farm began to lose its effectiveness and productivity. Boxer didn't tell anyone, but everyone quickly discovered that Snowball used energy for human-like actions. Even faster, all the pigs started using energy to cook and other stuff. At the same time, the other animals had no idea how to cook and how to use energy besides lighting their room. The farm, which until then was very united, ended up separating, and its members no longer worked as they used to. This was not the end of Snowball's farm, but the end of one of the most beautiful achievement it had, the union of animals.

[fanfic-g1-2022]

Napoleon and his army of subordinates

Bruna Cobra e Luiza Cavalante 9C

bThe day started at Manor Farm. It was a sunny, hot, typical day, and all the animals were doing tasks and working on the farm. From early on, the dogs were working in the garden, the horses harvesting the apples and meanwhile, Napoleon was teaching the puppies about how to behave in the environment they lived in.

- Puppies, pay attention in my class! I am the authority, which means that you must believe in everything I say and follow my rules. But continuing, in our first class we are learning about my 3 new commandments, because the other one I don't like the anymore, so I decided to create a new one! - said, Napoleon

-The first: “ I am the big leader, which means, you must follow everything I say because I am always right.”

-The second: “ Anyone that does not obey my rules, should get some kind of punishment.  If someone had already disobeyed me, this person would not have seen the light of day again. So, if you see someone who doesn't follow the rules you should tell me and I will know how to punish them.”

-The third rule: “You and your parents are all inferior to me, that means, I have more power and you all worked for me”.

- But, if I didn't agree with some rules? - said a puppy

-If you had known me when I commanded the Big Animal Revolution, you wouldn't have asked this…

The class continued, but nobody else asked Napoleon. The puppy that asked Napoleon the question, called Nath, was punished by sitting facing the wall until the end of the class because Napoleon believed that the only way to learn was by being punished.

Some hours later the puppies go back home and his parents asked about the class, the puppies stay in silence and the parents insist on the question. 

-It was good, but Napoleon scared me. - said, Nath

-Why?? - Nath’s mom said, she was very concerned with her babies.

-Napoleon is not a good animal, he punished me just because I contradicted him. Then, he said that he was who commanded the Big Animal Revolution, is that true mommy?- said, Nath 

--WHAT?? I can’t believe that he said that to you!!!! He can’t treat my little daughter like this. And who fucking said that Napoleon commanded the Revolution?? Everyone was there, fighting for a better life, he was just another one there. Me and your mom were also there fighting against the humans. - said Nath's dad  

--Exactly! If it had been just Napoleon in the Revolution, he wouldn’t have won, because the humans were more powerful than him! We must summon up all the animals for a meeting to discuss Napoleon's behavior. - said Nath’s mom

They told the big gossip to everyone on the farm, except for Napoleon. So, the meeting happened on the same night, all the animals gathered in the barn to discuss what the old pig said. Everyone was outraged. 

--I can’t believe what Napoleon said to these little puppies. He is indoctrinating lies to the puppies - said Nath's dad. 

--Yup! We all should take satisfaction in him. If not, Napoleon will continue telling lies to our sons! - Said the other parents. 

At midnight, all the animals went to Napoleon’s house to take satisfaction in him.

--KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. - the animals knocked on Napoleon's door

--Napoleon opened this door!!! If you don’t we are going to break down your door. - Said Nath's dad. 

--What do you want here at this hour? I was sleeping! - Said Napoleon angrily. 

--We want to know why are you teaching crazy things to the puppies? And why did you say that you had commanded the Animal Revolution? This is the biggest lie ever! - Said Nath's dad. He was infuriated by the nonsense he heard from his children.

--Don’t antagonize your leader. I was the one who commanded the Revolution, you may have been miserable helpers!! - it was time for Napoleon to strike back.

--Nooo! You were not. I was there with everyone and we all were part of the Revolution. If we hadn't been there, you wouldn’t have won the fight, the humans have guns and you didn’t have anything! - Said some animals, they were all very angry. 

--If you contradict me again your family will suffer the consequences! And this is not a threat. I can kill any of your beloved puppies if you just give me a reason to. - Said Napoleon finishing the meeting. 

Even though all the animals were angry they didn't take the risk of Napoleon hurting their families. They knew that Napoleon had much more power than they did… So they returned home and started to become afraid of everything they said or imagined and what Napoleon could do with it. If they hadn't followed what Napoleon said, it's not known what would have happened to the animals' families. 

[pan-fried-autism]

english class be like: ¨so in this documentary, you have learned about how Kim Jong-un is a brutal dictator who rules over his people with an iron fist. anyway heres why napoleon from animl farm is like donald trump¨

#my painful screaming #english class is gonna drive me fucking insane #the teacher is like #look at how evil trump is #hes going on a twitter rant!!!!! #meanwhile napoleon from animal farm is like #murdering his citizens and taking away all their freedom #jesus christ shut the fuck up #listen correct me if im wrong because im canadian #(and i hear more american news than canadian news) #but donald trump isnt a fucking dictator shut the fuck up hes not even president anymore #the teacher says he wants to be a dictator #but he reall isnt? #political discourse #animal farm #george orwell #tw politics #tw political discourse

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In Search of the Reddish Sky

Juliana Pires n22 e Maria Luiza Thuler n25

Synopsis: 

What would happen if Napoleon's faithful squire gave up? Animals are working harder and harder. The cold weather made his bones shake and the crops were getting scarcer. Boxer is the strongest, but hope is at stake. Will he make it? Maybe there will be a war, the ground will be stained with blood, maybe some will be forced to do things they don't want to. You'll find out by reading this new version of the Animal Farm book.

Fanfic:

It was another ordinary day on the farm, light rain was falling on the barn, Boxer stretched tiredly, he had slept badly last night, the cold would not let him rest.

At breakfast the food was scarce, but he was motivated to go to work. He repeated in his mind several times to motivate himself the phrase "I will work even harder"

The construction of the windmill was practically finished, but there was a lot of work ahead. The wheelbarrow that was carrying the stones to the construction area was very heavy, but Boxer was going slowly and steadily.

 After a long and exhausting day of work, Squealer announced that that night, Napoleon would have a very important announcement to make and anyone who did not attend would be considered a traitor. Boxer was exhausted, he had been working without rest for many days now, but he remembered that Napoleon was always right, so he was excited to attend.

- Thank you for everyone's presence, today is not an ordinary day, today is an important day for the history of animalism, however, comrades, don't get excited, we're not here for a good reason!

Meanwhile, Napoleon was after Squealer with his dogs, and the animals watched, but now, apprehensive.

- There are many things we don't tell you to preserve you, be thankful for that, many of you may think Snowball is far away, but I can bet you know how close it is, hen Matilde, step forward.

- Matilde trembled all its feathers, its beak almost withered.

- Yyyesss sir Squealer. - said Matilde stammering

- Matilde, can you confirm that you had relations with Snowball after his escape?

- No, Mr Squealer.

- Oh, really? And would you confirm this answer even after seeing this document here where it is written that you met on Wednesday last week?

- But Mr. Squealer, I can't even read!! - said desperate Matilde

- Are you by any chance questioning me?

- Never Mr Sque... - before Matilde can finish justifying herself, Squealer motions for the dogs to attack her. Soon, Matilde becomes a pile of feathers and blood, surrounded by the hatched animals.

That had happened to other animals besides Matilde, dear friends of Boxer who would become traitors according to Squealer and Napoleon, the horse did not know that there were so many traitors among them. Between one execution and another, Squealer began to speak, saying that snowball had been against Napoleon since the beginning of the revolution, Boxer then could not contain himself, in a neigh he said:

- That's not really true, snowball was on our side in the first battle, he fought us! He wasn't a traitor at first.

- By chance is vice opposing official documents?

- But I don't have a clear memory of your bravery during the battle!

At that moment, without Boxer noticing, Napoleon sends a signal to the dogs to attack Boxer. The horse is startled at first, but because it is too strong it ends up overpowering the dogs, was about to crush one of them with one of its heavy and strong hooves, when he looked at Napoleon asking for his approval. The pig signals him to let the dog go, and like a good follower, Boxer obeys him.

With the end of the executions, everyone went to sleep, they were emotionally tired, some even thought about the commandment that said that one animal did not kill the other, but soon put the thought away, after all, they deserved it, they were traitors. Boxer was almost asleep when he heard a noise: 

- pissuu

- Benjamin was calling him.

- Hey boxer, meet me in the pasture.

- Boxer nods and goes to the pasture.

- Boxer, I need you to know that Napoleon sent the dogs to kill you, just as he ordered the other animals to be killed.

- But what are you talking about, Benjamin? I'm loyal to Napoleon, I would never do anything to harm him.

- That's not what he thinks, you were supposed to be one of the animals that night, he's suspicious of your loyalty, your time is running out if we don't do anything. We have two options, either we run away as soon as possible, or you'll end up dead, I'm your friend, I want your best, please believe me.

Time goes by and Boxer doesn't say anything, he was shocked by the situation, it was hard to believe, but Benjamin was his best friend, he really wanted his best. Boxer trusted him a lot, so he was convinced.

- Want to know something? I’m exhausted, both physically and mentally. I don't want to hear about revolution anymore, yesterday's killing was all it took for me to explode, let's leave at dawn, I want peace.

- That's right Boxer, let's go to a better place, to be happy together, without having someone bossing us around, from the time we wake up until the end of the day. I don't like Jones or Napoleon, let's go in search of freedom.

And so Benjamin and Boxer follow in the red sky at dawn, in search of freedom and a better life.

[2021animalfarmfanficg2]

Animal War

João Pedro Tamer and Rodrigo Catap

Fanfiction Synopsis:

After getting control of the Animal Farm and settling there, the pigs and the other animals, led by comrades Snowball and Napoleon, started to think about expanding their territory and taking control of England. With the same objective, they dominated Pinchfield Farm and declared war on the human beings. This act is the beginning of a national Revolution, a war between the animals and the human, between capitalism and animalism. There will be kings or beasts of England?

What if the pigs wanted to take control of all England instead of just staying in the Animal Farm?

Story:

“That’s it, comrades! We won the battle and we finally are free from Mr. Jones. I declare this farm, formerly known as the Manor Farm, the only place in England which isn’t controlled by humans. This farm, from now, is called the Animal Farm!” - With these words, Snowball showed the other animals that they were in command now.”

They weren’t slaves anymore. Their liberty was conquered. After this day, the animals would never be treated in the same way they used to be. 

From that day on, Snowball was seen as a leader, who was always making convincing speeches and having a lot of good ideas, like the construction of a windmill. Napoleon was more like a strategic and military leader. He wasn’t so good with his words, but this wasn’t a problem because his cleverness and his decisions were helping the farm to thrive and prosper. And finally Squealer, who wasn’t so strong as the others, but had the ability of convincing and persuading the others as nowone. His accurate words were like magic. He could easily change an animal's opinions, making someone that was firmly against a decision suddenly agreeing with what was said by Squealer.

With those three leaders, Animalism was implemented, the Seven Commandments were written, the animals had equal rights and peace was established. That could be a happy end to this story, isn’t it? But the pigs wanted more! They wanted to conquer the human’s neighbors farms, Pinchfield and Foxwood, who decided to attack the Animal Farm, just because they didn’t accept a farm controlled by animals instead of humans, which could turn into something bad for them. 

Napoleon was the responsable to preventing the invasions that were currently happening. After seeing a lot of human attacks and realizing that the Animal Farm was in trouble, he presented an idea to the Farm’s council: 

“Comrades, I have to say something... As you all know, our farm is being oftenly attacked by humans, with the objective to destroy us completely. With this fact, I realized some days ago that our defense isn’t impregnable, so we should improve it to not be attacked anymore. If we don’t change it, in a few weeks, we will have already been dominated by them. So, I offer you something. To scare them and prove we are stronger than them, besides improving our defense, we have to counter-attack them! We have enough military power, so we are capable of taking control of both of these farms!” 

The animals were shocked. None of them had some similar idea before. But that was true, the farm was constantly being in trouble, so something needed to be done. Probably, their best option would be counter attacking. This speech made a lot of animals start to sing their song: “Beasts of England”. 

Due to his strategic abilities, Napoleon was capable of planning and executing a big counter attack to beat the Pinchfield and the Foxwood Farm. After nearly a month, Snowball and Napoleon took control of both farms. The plan was a big success. Now, they were in control of the whole county. 

The battles against humans were now comun because a lot of farmers saw the Animal Farm as a threat to their business, having in mind their own animals started to think about adhering to the Animalism system. A lot of them stopped to work hard or even ran away trying to find the Animal Farm. 

With the Pinchfield and the Foxwood battle, even the parliament was seeing the pigs as a real danger, because their territory and their influence was increasing everyday. The farmers from all the country were desperate, trying to warn the Queen about this possible war that could happen between the animals and humans. 

Squealer was always converting the animals from all different territories that were conquered by the pigs, due to his convincing speeches, criticising the humans and their system and presenting Animalism as a solution and as the best system possible. 

The parliament was gathered to discuss this issue. They concluded that the best power in the pig’s hands was Squealer and his speeches, capable of convincing every animal living in England. Without him, Animalism could lose influence and power. As an answer to this increase of the pig’s power, they decided to eliminate him, sending some pilots with the mission of overflying the farm and throwing a big bomb, able to kill every animal in the place. 

Their first step was to find where Squealer was. This could be something very difficult to know, because there was very little information about what was happening in the animal’s territory. Then, the Queen told everyone that their first job was to overfly all the territory conquered by the pigs until they could find Squealer. After that, they would throw the bomb to the place where he was located. 

After three days, the attack was done. The pilots did what they were supposed to do and they could find their target in less than an hour. He was staying in the old Pinchfield Farm, which was named by the pigs as “The Beast Farm”. Their plan was a success. The bomb was thrown and it detonated exactly where they wanted. After some minutes, the pilots verified the situation and confirmed that Squealer, their target, was dead. 

This was seen as a victory to the humans, but the pigs weren’t over. The Squealer’s death impacted the animals, who quickly organized a funeral for him. Snowball and Napoleon both were very sad about what happened, but they were now mad with the humans. At this point, the pigs had conquered almost 10 counties in England and they had almost conquered the whole North region. 

Now, both of them had a new reason to fight against the humans. They had killed one of their best friends. When Snowball and Napoleon met each other again, they decided to declare war against England. From this time on, their objective was to take control of London, the country’s capital, consequently ruling the parliament too. 

For the parliament, who was celebrating a lot after their apparent victory, this declaration was a huge surprise. They were all shocked when the messenger entered Buckingham Palace with this news. Without thinking, the Queen said that they had to be prepared for what was coming, so a lot of troops should be in charge of protecting the city from the animal’s attacks. 

Napoleon had a strategic way of attacking the city of London that he had thought through many days. He and Snowball organized a council meeting to show their plan to the other animals, such as the dogs, who were always near from Napoleon, the hens, who were always against what was said by the pigs, the horses, who usually agreed with Snowball’s plans and projects, and the sheeps, who liked a lot to sing their rebellion song: “Beasts of England”. 

“Comrades, the humans declared war on us when they killed our comrade Squealer. We all know that they won’t stop. If they did it to him, they could throw a bomb to kill everyone here, so we are in real danger. Our only chance is to counter attack them. And we need to attack a specific place, where all the power in England is. This place is known as The Buckingham Palace and it is located in the city of London. The only way of invading Buckingham Palace is causing a distraction. You, my comrades, have the honour to make this plan work, because you, commanded by me, will start a battle in London against their army. Meanwhile, a group of animals will have the job of going in secret to the palace, where the Queen of England is. Snowball, I give you the honour of making part of this plan by having the mission of killing the Queen of England. Do you accept it?”

Snowball looked his friend with a lot of determination in his eyes and he replied:

“Yes, I do. I will do it for the Animal Farm! Let’s go, Beasts of England!”

From that day forward the animals, under the leadership of Napoleon and Snowball, began to follow the strategic route traced by the two leaders. They passed through several small cities, killing all the humans they found and releasing all the animals that had been imprisoned by them, all in complete secrecy, so that the Queen would not know that their plan was in place, and that they were increasing their army every time. to be prepared for the final battle.

Their troops grew, their territory increased, and the road to London was almost at an end, when they finally took over the farm closest to the capital, where they would establish themselves there to carry out the attack, which as planned, would take place in the following week. 

To finally invade and take full possession of parliament, thus controlling London completely, it would be necessary to take possession of most of the arms depots, which were scattered throughout the city. As they were a great threat to parliament, and in London, security was reinforced to the maximum, and to enter the capital would be a difficult task, if not the most difficult of all up to that time. After much thought, the two leaders came to a single possible solution: They would have to dress up to behave like humans. When they told their idea to the other animals, everyone was extremely upset, as they refused to imitate and act like their biggest enemy, the humans. But it was the only way, it would have to be done.

They spent approximately 3 days working for 24 hours making the costumes, so that they were immaculate, and that their presence could not be identified even by the English authorities. The end of the week had arrived, the costumes were ready, the plan was already made and the animals were more prepared than ever, they were ready to take over London and the English parliament completely. 

When the expected day finally arrived, all the animals, being pigs, horses, sheeps, hens or dogs, were costumed until they arrived in the city of London. Then, they were divided into two different groups. One of them was commanded by comrade Napoleon and the other was led by comrade Snowball. Snowball was leading only the most clever animals, like the dogs and the pigs, who could understand the plan better. Now, Napoleon’s group didn’t need anymore to be costumed, since they would start a huge battle against the humans, where they didn’t need to be furtive. 

After they were divided, Napoleon started the war when he and his soldiers appeared in the center of a pram and they started singing the “Beasts of England” song. Besides that, their leader started to make a speech to everyone who was present:

“Hello, everyone. I think you British already know me, but if you don’t, I'm Napoleon, the leader of the Animal Farm. Your plan to kill one of our leaders was a big success, and our plan will be as good as yours to kill your main leader, the Queen!!! So, let me introduce you to my power” - when he said that, thousands of pigs, dogs, hens, horses and sheeps increased their tone of voice and now they were shouting out. - “We won't let go of what you did to our leader, and we'll do the same with yours!!! That’s it, comrades! Let 's go! Let 's win this war!”

The battle started and it lasted more or less three hours. Napoleon stayed outside in the streets to hold and kill as many soldiers as possible, while Snowball and the dogs stormed the parliament to brutally execute the queen. A lot of deaths happened on both sides. The fight was nearly in the end, but some soldiers were still in the battle. One of them was Napoleon, who had killed a lot of British soldiers and was now surrounded by 20 enemies. At this time, he stopped fighting and made another speech, maybe his last one:

“Fight for our Farm! I can go away, but our cause isn’t death and never will be! Let’s go, Animal Farm. I trust in every animal…” - while he was saying that, a soldier shot him in the chest and he was bleeding a lot. Napoleon noticed that his life was fading away, but he finished his speech with a final sentence - “Beasts of England! Beasts of Ireland! Beasts of land…” - then, a shot was heard and all the animals saw the life of their leader ending in front of them. Another leader was gone. First, Squealer, and now Napoleon. The only thing they could think of was Snowball’s situation.

Meanwhile, the dogs' group, leadered by Snowball, entered Buckingham Palace with some explosives. Their attack was fast and effective. They invaded the Queen’s room and quickly did their job. A single shot was enough to kill her. All of them were celebrating after accomplishing their job, but when they arrived in the center of the city to tell the other that the Queen was dead, they saw Napoleon lying on the ground and a lot of animals crying around him. They had won the war, but they lost one of their leaders. That was the price to be paid. 

With Napoleon's death, a funeral was made in his honneur, and a statue was built on top of his body, as a tribute to his person, for being the greatest military leader in Animalism history.

Snowball was in control now, and following his and Napoleon's ideias, 3 months after the war, the Animalism had already spread out through hole England, being the main system there. 

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Pigs, Politicians, and a Ton of Hypocrisy!

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a timeless tale of animals rebelling against their master so that they can take over, and create an environment where all animals are free and equal. However, the farm ends up in a state worse than ever and the animal’s efforts and sacrifices are wasted, all thanks to the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon. Even though Orwell wrote Animal Farm to criticize Soviet Russia, the allegorical novel can still apply to modern politics. One can compare and say that the hypocrisy of the pigs is very similar to the hypocrisy of many modern politicians. 

Hypocrisy, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not” (Merriam Webster, n.d.). However, one should remember that an inconsistency between a person’s words and deeds does not automatically make them a hypocrite. A hypocrite does not truly value morality, and they only do it to help themselves gain advantages/benefits or to excuse themselves (Rossi, 2020). 

A similarity between the hypocrisy of the  pigs and modern politicians is that they both set rules, but do not follow it themselves. There are many situations where the pigs find their way around the 7 Commandments of Animalism. One example is when the pigs slept on beds in the farmhouse, which violates the 4th Commandment which says that “No animal shall sleep in a bed” (Orwell, 1946, pg. 33). However, someone changed the rule to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”, and Squealer -- a pig who was said to be a brilliant talker -- justified their actions by explaining that a bed was simply “a place to sleep in” and the rule was against sheets, which was a human invention, so the pigs removed the sheets from the beds (Orwell, 1946, p. 70). Similarly, the Philippines also has cases of politicians violating policies. For example the cases of PNP Chief Debold Sinas and Senator Koko Pimentel; who both violated quarantine protocols. Sinas had a birthday celebration on May 8th with dozens of fellow policemen in Camp Bagong Diwa without practicing any physical distancing; even though the PNP Chief claims otherwise (Baizas, 2020). Senator Koko Pimentel accompanied his pregnant wife to Makati Med, despite the fact that he tested positive for the coronavirus (Buan, 2020). Even though both politicians violated quarantine protocols, they were not given any due punishment (and just made more excuses to justify their actions). 

Next, both the pigs and politicians do not support and oppose the actions and initiatives of other figures if they cannot gain anything from it. In Animal Farm, a pig named Snowball proposed that they should build a windmill to lessen the workload of the animals and make their lives easier. Napoleon went against this proposition and said that they should focus on doing other things (Orwell, 1946, pg. 54). Why did Napoleon go against Snowball’s suggestion? Like a traditional politician, he did not support it because he would not gain any benefits or credit from the idea. A recent scenario where someone opposed a fellow politician was when President Duterte made threats against Vice-President Robredo over her response to the typhoon victims. The entire issue started with their responses to Typhoon Rolly.  When Typhoon Rolly was approaching Luzon, Duterte was in Davao and was absent in two meetings about the government response to the typhoon. The hashtag “#NasaanAngPangulo” became a trending topic on Twitter -- criticizing the president being absent during the typhoon -- by Sunday evening. Meanwhile, after 1:00pm on Monday, Leni Robredo arrived in Camarines Sur to assist the victims. Senator Bong Go told reporters that, while Robredo was in Camarines Sur, he and the president went to Albay instead (Patag, 2020). This issue between President Duterte and Vice-president Robredo carried over to the next response efforts, for Typhoon Ulysses. “#NasaanAngPangulo” became trending again during the days that Ulysses hit the islands. Duterte called Robredo “dishonest” for supposedly claiming that he did not do anything in helping the typhoon victims. The vice-president, on the other hand, never even said anything about the president. Duterte even made his own claims that Robredo did not even help in any of the typhoon response efforts. He warned her and said that “This is not a contest” (Ranada, 2020). In this situation, Duterte made threats against Robredo and opposed her because he was being outshined by her in the typhoon response efforts. 

The last similarity between the pigs and some modern politicians is that both have had cases of graft and corruption. Corruption covers various acts of abuses, while graft is a form of corruption wherein government officials use public funds and resources for their own personal benefits (Angevine, 2018). Both the pigs and modern politicians are leaders that should be prioritizing the welfare of their people and yet, they use their power and authority for their own personal gain. Towards the end of Chapter 3, we see the pigs claiming more milk and apples for themselves. They tell the other animals that it is necessary for their health, because they spend their energy on using their brains and watching over the other animals (Orwell, 1946, pg. 42). Another case was when the pigs sold Boxer to a horse slaughterer for money, and used the money to buy more whiskey--for themselves, of course (Orwell, 1946, pg. 113-116). The Philippines has many cases of corruption among politicians. One of the most  famous cases of corruption in the Philippines is that of ex-President Joseph Estrada. Estrada was found guilty on four counts of corruption; he received money from illegal gambling and taking commissions in the sale of shares of government pension funds. They cleared the other two charges of him using a bank account under a false name and of using tobacco taxes for himself (Mogato, 2007). An even larger case of graft in the Philippines is Senator Bong Revilla’s pork barrel scam. According to Rappler, the senator was “accused of funneling his pork barrel through bogus non-governmental organizations... allegedly earning P224.5 million in kickbacks (Evangelista, 2018). 

The pigs in Animal Farm and modern politicians are very similar to each other because they both have had instances where they show acts of political hypocrisy. People value honesty and integrity from their leaders, and do not like hypocrisy. Modern leaders should prioritize the welfare and safety of their people, before their own personal agendas -- so that their people will not experience the same ordeals that the animals had to go through.

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Hypocrisy. (n.d.). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved from:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrisy 

Rossi, B. (27 August 2020). The Uses and Abuses of Political Hypocrisy. The Prindle Post. Retrieved from: https://www.prindlepost.org/2020/08/the-uses-and-abuses-of-political-hypocrisy/

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Buan, L. (16 July 2020). Pimentel to DOJ: I Was Not a PUI When I Went to Makati Med. Rappler. Retrieved from: https://www.rappler.com/nation/pimentel-says-he-was-not-pui-when-he-went-makati-medical-center?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1594898706 

Ranada, P. (18 November 2020). Duterte Spews Lies, Threats Against Robredo Over Typhoon Response. Rappler. Retrieved from: https://www.rappler.com/nation/duterte-spews-lies-threats-against-leni-robredo-november-17-2020 

Mogato, M. (12 September 2007). Philippines’ Estrada Guilty of Plunder, Gets Life. Reuters. Retrieved from: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-estrada-idUSMAN8545820070912 

Evangelista, A. (07 December 2018). TIMELINE: Bong Revilla’s Plunder Case and the Pork Barrel Scam. Rappler. Retrieved from: https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/timeline-bong-revilla-plunder-case-pork-barrel-scam 

Angevine, E. (19 December 2018). What is the Meaning of Graft and Corruption. Legal Beagle. Retrieved from: https://legalbeagle.com/6635615-meaning-graft-corruption.html 

Patag, K. (02 November 2020). Duterte, Robredo Make Separate Visits to Cyclone Rolly-Hit Areas in Bicol Region. Philippine Star. Retrieved from: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/11/02/2054087/duterte-robredo-make-separate-visits-cyclone-rolly-hit-areas-bicol-region 

Orwell, G. (1946). Animal Farm. (American Edition). Harcourt, Brace and Co.

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English Essay Blog

Main Theme: Locations and Ideas compared and contrasted

 Chanco’s Essay:

  The Heavens

        Many people believe in heaven as a place where people go when we die and the idea originated from the religion christianity around 30 to 35 AD. The farm animals believe that there is a place similar to the paradise of Christianity in some cases called Sugarcandy mountain. Much like other religions Christianity believes in a God that lives in heaven whereas the animals from the farm don’t follow a specific religion and do not have a certain being of power in Sugarcandy mountain.

          Most of the knowledge of Heaven comes from the passages of the Bible, a book which talks about practices of Christianity, while Sugarcandy Mountain comes from a bird named Moses, a tamed raven that spreads stories about their paradise. The Bible talks about how people will be happy or content with their situation in Heaven which is also the case with Sugarcandy mountain as it has many properties that favor the animals. Though these places are told by different people, the places themselves may or may not even exist in their universes.

          In Orwell’s depiction of Heaven, Sugarcandy mountain has sugar treats growing on their hedges alongside the season always being the season of clover whereas Heaven may or may not even have these things due to nothing of the sort being stated in the Bible. Both depictions of after-death paradise are said to be in the skies or the “heavens” as some may say.

         Though rather obvious, Sugarcandy mountain in Orwell’s book is said to be the paradise for the animals to subside, while in real life, the Bible states that humans may go to heaven when they pass away. In Orwell’s book, there was no stated opposite to paradise other than it being possibly their mortal lives while the Bible talks of a place called “Hell” which is a place you go to when one suffers for the sins they have committed in their lives.

        In Orwell’s book, Moses would say these tales of Sugarcandy Mountain but the pigs would try to persuade the animals that there is no such place that exists but instead is nothing but a fairy tale. The Communist party writings from Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin  say that the idea of religion is “the opiate of the people” and they decided to ban the religion and persecute anyone that  practices said religion.

       In conclusion, both humans and animals in each universe have a place that they can call paradise when they die.

Mariano’s Essay:

 The Windmill

In Animal farm pigs are the leaders of the farm. The pigs have full control of all the animals and are the leaders. One pig, Napoleon, did a lot of bad things that would lead to the downfall of Animal Farm.

           Animal farm’s leader is Napoleon and he is equivalent to Stalin in the USSR. The two characters are both corrupt and manipulate their community in very bad ways. The two are much alike.

           In the farm, there was a windmill. The windmill was made because it promised the farm animals that they would have to only work for 3 days a week once it gets finished. The plan was originally by Snowball, another pig.

           The windmill symbolizes the manipulation done by the pigs for their own benefit. Napoleon was the one who added corruption when getting the windmill built.

           The windmill is very similar to slavery centuries ago. In Africa, a lot of black people were enslaved and were forced to make work for landlords with back-breaking work and abuse them.                  

           George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as a cautionary fable to expose the dangers posed by Stalin and the totalitarian government. The government tried to do something about this because they don’t want Orwell to expose the truths of the totalitarian government. The totalitarian government wasn’t successful in stopping Orwell as Orwell denied the claims. Orwell’s main message in the book is that if you have power, you will eventually become corrupt at some point.

           The small things in Animal Farm can relate to real life issues. I think Orwell did a good job at writing the book and I think it’s pretty good. Slavery and corruption is bad and harmful for the society.

Sarmiento’s Essay:

 Sugarcandy mountain and Heaven

What is Sugarcandy Mountain and heaven, Sugarcandy Mountain is told to be a paradise where animals go to after death. Heaven is told to be a different realm in which dead people go to, it is also a place that has a ruler called God. A big similarity Heaven and Sugarcandy Mountain have is they are both a paradise to which the dead go to. 

The Differences that Heaven has from Sugarcandy Mountain is Heaven has a ruler, other known as a supreme being, This supreme being is the creator of all and the ruler of heaven. He is the person that you have to worship in order to pass through the gates of heaven. Heaven also has a counterpart which is called hell. Another difference that Heaven has is you must not be a sinner, in other words you must not be a person who does bad things.

Meanwhile the difference that Sugarcandy Mountain has from Heaven is Sugarcandy Mountain does not have a ruler, meaning that Sugarcandy Mountain is a free land where all is allowed to enter without worshipping a certain being. While Heaven has a counterpart which is called hell, Sugarcandy Mountain does not have one.Sugarcandy mountain also does not have any requirements at all in entering, unlike heaven which has a lot of requirements. 

The similarities between Sugarcandy Mountain and Heaven is both Heaven and Sugarcandy Mountain is a place where the dead go to, they are also both called paradise. Both Sugarcandy Mountain and heaven are said to be found above the clouds, but Sugarcandy Mountain is said to be a “mysterious country” while heaven is a “different realm”.

In conclusion, Sugarcandy Mountain and Heaven may have their similarities and differences but at the end of the day, they are both places in which are called paradise and also a place the dead goes to. A personal opinion that I have is both Heaven and Sugarcandy Mountain are wonderful places in which the people/animals will look forward to after death.

Angeles’ Essay:

Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution

Animal Farm is similar to the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm was written by George Orwell during World War II back in 1945. George wrote this book to expose the Soviet Union by writing it in a way the more people would understand. The characters' personalities and identities were made similar to the people George Orwell wanted to make fun of.

The Animal farm is similar to the Russian Revolution. When it was the tie of the Russian Revolution, people believed in heaven but before that, Karl Marx said that religion was something created to brainwash people or was created so people could be productive. This is similar to Animal Farm because people during the Russian revolution believed in heaven, just like the animals believed in Sugarcandy Mountain. It is also similar because in Animal Farm, Moses was talking about being in a better place, he’d tell the animals that if they worked hard, they would go to a better place similar to what Karl Marx did.

Animal Farm is just like the Russian Revolution because of both their perspective. Both of them has something to do with Communism which is called Animalism in Animal Farm. Animalism is acting like an animal physically and mentally. Another reason why Anime Farm and the Russian revolution was similar is because of Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon. They are the leaders of the Animal Farm, In the Russian Revolution, there is Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky and Joseph stalin. All of them are very similar. Old Major and Karl Marx taught Animalism and Communism which is similar. They both died when the revolution took place.

Snowball is intelligent, a good speaker, and is young. Snowball was chased into exile by Napoleon’s dogs. Just like Leon Trotsky, he was one of the leaders of the revolution, he wanted to improve the lives of the people in Russia, and was chased away by Lenin’s guards which is very similar to Snowball being chased away by Napoleon’s dogs. Napoleon and Joseph Stallin were not good speakers and they both aren’t the smartest leaders either. They both didn’t follow other leaders ideas and was only in it for the power. They both also killed their opponents, used their guards which is also Napoleon’s dogs.

Sevilla’s Essay:

Among Farms and Civilization

Manor Farm and Russia are alike because of their similarities. Animal Farm, known at the beginning and the end of the novel as the Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule.  Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.

Manor farm and Russia both had poor leaders, in Manor farm Mr. Jones was cruel and brutal to the animals and was often drunk. In Russia Czar Nicholas II was cruel and brutal to the opponents.

In the Manor Farm they had animalism where they believed that animals should be treated equally. Moses was the one who spreads stories about the Sugarcandy Mountain, it is a place where dead animals go.  In Russia they believed in communism. Russian Orthodoxy was the religion Russia believed in.

In the Manor Farm, Mr. Jones neglects the animals, he does not feed the animals and is usually drinking. Czar Nicholas II was a weak and indecisive leader, during his reign the Russian people experienced poverty.

In conclusion the Manor farm and Russia may have similarities and differences but they both had bad leaders who did not know how to properly lead a community.

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Fan fiction- Animal Farm

Arthur Morales 03_Eduardo Arruda Villaça 08_9°D

Synopsis - We all know the original story of Animal Farm, that the Major, the pig who was the leader of the animals in Animal Farm, dies and leaves a legacy for the other animals to take their place and make a revolution against humans. That one pig named Snowball wanted the farm to prosper, while the other Napoleon pig just wanted to take advantage of its benefits. We also know that Napoleon kills Snowball to fulfill his goal of dictatorship and lies about what Snowball really wanted. But what if during the invasion of humans in the Animal Farm, Snowball comes back and helps the animals to defend themselves?  And if Napoleon came out of power?

  Fan fiction - During the invasion of humans in the Animal Farm, Snowball comes back and helps the animals to defend themselves from Mr. Jones and the others. Because of his help, the structure that generates energy was not knocked over, saving a lot of work time. Nobody expected Snowball to return since he has been expelled although some of them have thought: “If Snowball were the leader, the animals would be happier”.

            So Napoleon says that he was a traitor and that no action would make the animals trust Snowball again and then called the dogs. Napoleon's "guards' ' were chasing Snowball, who in turn said that Napoleon was actually the traitor and expelled him from the farm so he could rule all animals and that Napoleon was making them like slaves. The animals understood the truth and started to get angry with Napoleon, who realized this and locked himself in Mr. Jones' house with his dogs. If someone tried to come in, he would undoubtedly have the animal killed or hurt because every animal there knew it that If the animals don't obey Napoleon's orders, the dogs would chase them.

            In the barn with the other animals, Snowball tells the then that Mr. Jones had been expelled from the farm, but another one came to power, Napoleon, who sleeps in the humans 'bed, eats the humans' food, doesn't work at all, tells the others to work, doesn't care about the other animals, drink the forbidden drink that drives humans crazy and does business with other humans, he also said that this a complete violation of the rules.

            As the days went by, Snowball was devising a strategy to enter the human house that Napoleon was locked in and kill him. He was talking to all the animals on the farm about his strategy, which looked like it would work. Meanwhile, Napoleon was trying to contact other humans to ask for help and to survive. In addition, Napoleon found a gun with bullets in the house and devised a strategy as well. A fight was coming over.

             It would not be long before the day of the rebellion happened, and when it arrived it was a catastrophe, because Napoleon got the help of the humans, who came with firearms, but on the other hand, Snowball got the help of all the animals of all the nearby farms including the Animal Farm. When it started, the animals at Animal Farm attacked the house with all their might. Benjamin was shot in the leg but continued his attack, the animals were very determined. Napoleon managed to hit several animals that were mostly large. Only small animals, such as birds, chickens, etc., were left, which managed to distract the dogs and caused Napoleon to hit them with shots trying to hit the animals. The rebellion continued and Snowball managed to kill Napoleon, but in the process he was shot and was badly injured. Soon the animals thought they had won, but the unexpected happened, the humans arrived at the farm and all the animals were injured, clearly they were going to lose the battle, but at the last second, the animals from the other farms arrived from behind. The bull killed one human, the horse another, and so almost all the humans died and the remaining ones wounded, subdued or had fled. Finally, the war was over, the animals had won.

             In the end, the animals succeed, and Snowball started to lead them again, better than ever. However, unlike Napoleon, the animals were happy and eating at will. Snowball rewrites the seven rules again but this time adding more rules to prevent another catastrophe like this one so that all the animals are satisfied. Animals from other farms started to make an alliance and followed the example of Animal Farm. So, Snowball continues to do his projects to facilitate the comrades' work, and for the Animal farm get better and better. The Animal Farm has never been so prosperous.

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The Second Revolution

VALENTINE STÁVALE AND FERNANDA LORENZINI

SYNOPSIS:

When Snowball was banned from the Animal Farm, things started to change. Napoleon started to be authoritarian and dictatorial and suddenly, the rules that were established at the beginning of the Rebellion were no longer valid for him. Animals were eating less and working harder, questioning themselves if things were actually better from Mr. Jones times from now. Napoleon sent Boxer, who was sick, to the “‘Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied", where he was taken away and probably killed. But what happened to Snowball through all this time? What if Boxer wasn't killed? If Snowball and Boxer reunited, could they start a new Rebellion against Napoleon's dictatorship? 

FANFICTION:

Boxer was never seen again.

Or almost…

When Boxer entered the van, the person driving turned around and it turns out…

“Snowball! What are you doing here?” Boxer screamed enthusiastic. 

“We don’t have time for questions”. Said Snowball anxiously. “We need to start working”.

“Working for what?”, questioned Boxer.

“On our new Rebellion”.

Snowball drove to a little small wooden house in the middle of the road. When he was banned from the farm, he did a long, frustrating and angry walking until finally found this abandoned house, where he stayed during all these months. Boxer was pity about Snowball’s situation but soon he remembered that his were not much better at the farm.

“So how are things going with the Animal Farm? How's Napoleon’s dictatorial government?”, asked Snowball with a quiet laugh. “Despite the hunger, hours of hard work and no time for rest, we are doing great…” , answered Boxer ironically. 

“I knew this was going to happen!”, affirmed Snowball angrily. “Napoleon was always so bossy and always wanted things in his ways. He never listened to me or to anyones opinion. He just thinks about himself and his needs. But now, we are going to change everything! We are getting you better from your illness and starting a new Rebellion!”. Snowball took one in several blue pill s hidden under a hay stack. “Take one of these pills a day and you’ll get better in three days. I stole them before Napoleon could ban me. They are the greatest medicine an animal can have. Meanwhile, I can teach you about my new Rebellion and so we can take an action as soon as possible! Are you in this with me?”

“Absolutely!”

The next day, Snowball explained the three parts of his plan: “Part one: summon the other animals. They need to be aware about whats going to happen so they can help us with the New Rebellion. For that, we’ll need to call a reunion at the big barn after Napoleon went to sleep just like Old Major used to do at Mr. Jones times. But I’ll need your help with that. At night, you will gallop to the farm and I’ll be on your back. When we arrive, you will stay close of the gates but always behind the walls. I’ll get inside and wake Mollie up, she’ll be the first one to know about our plan”. 

“Mollie? This seems stupid… she’s de dumbest animal at the farm”, interrupted Boxer.

“I know it sounds weird”, explained Snowball. “But she’ll let everyone know about the “gossip” really fast, if you know what I mean… In one day, everyone will know about our plan!”

“But what are you planning to tell Mollie?”, asked Boxer.

“The only thing they’ll need to know is that in two days from then they will need to be ready to fight against Napoleon for their liberty. And that she needs to tell all the animals in the farm that in the next night, they’ll have a reunion with us at the big barn. After I tell Mollie about the plan, I’ll run back to you and you will gallop back to here. Did you understand the first part?”

Boxer nodded is head.

“Great!”, said Snowball excitedly. “Part two: the reunion at the big barn. This is the most simple one, we will get to the Animal Farm in the same way we did the other day and we will explain how the New Rebellion is going to work. Then we go for the last and most difficult part… Part three: In the next day, the animals will need to quietly reunite themselves at the big barn again when the sun aligns with the highest point of the windmill. They’ll have with them all their anger from the past months where Napoleon betrayed us and will transform that in strength and thirst for revenge. We will already be inside of the big barn because we will go through the night there. Clover will need to lock its door after “Part two” with me and you inside of it so than we have no risk of Napoleon discovering us. We we are all ready, we will start fighting as hard as we can, and we cannot stop until we get what we want! Are you ready to start our plan?”

“You bet I am!!!”.

After Boxer took his days of rest, he was cured from his disease and they could start the New Rebellion. At night, Boxer galloped as fast as he could to get in the Animal Farm. When they arrived, Snowball noiselessly got into the farm and waked Mollie up:

“Mollie! Mollie! It’s me, Snowball!”

“Hum?”, said Mollie sleepily. “Hum? What?! Snowball! What are you doing here?”.

“Listen, I need to be fast!”, explained Snowball impatiently. “You’ll need to tell all the animals that I was here and that Boxer is alive! We have a plan to save the farm from Napoleon and we need everyone to be at the big barn tomorrow night after Napoleon went to sleep! Did you understand?”

Mollie nodded her head as she smiled, clearly excited to tell everyone about the “tea”. 

Part one went exactly as Snowball planned. By the morning, all the animals were ready to meet Boxer and Snowball at night”.

Part two was also a success. After Napoleon went to sleep at Mr. Jones old house, the animals ran to the barn and after a few minutes of waiting, Boxer and Snowball were there. All the animals celebrated when they arrived.

“Shhhh!”, screamed Boxer. “You’ll wake Napoleon up!”

“Thank you everyone for the good reception, but need to be fast here”, said Snowball. “During the time I was out, I was able to sleep at an abandoned wooden house during these days and think about a way to save you from Napoleon’s dictatorial government. We are now starting the New Revolution!”

The animals were shocked, but excited! Snowball explained all the plan: “When the sun aligns with the highest point of the windmill, you’ll quietly reunite yourselves here. we’ll sleep here today so when you get here tomorrow we’ll already be here. Clover will lock the big barns door when you go back to sleep so there is no rink Napoleon could discover us. When you arrive here tomorrow, I want you guys with all the anger you have inside of you. I want to see fire in your eyes and the revenge in your minds. We will not stop fighting until we get what we want: justice and equality!”

The animals immediately agreed with the plan. Even thought it was a last minute plan, the New Revolution were the animals hope. Even Mollie was excited to fight.

As they planned, Boxer and Snowball stayed inside of the big barn and Clover locked the door. None of them could sleep well as the anxiety took care of their bodies. The next day, they have never been so nervous although so vindictive in their entire lives.

As it was planned, when the sun aligned with the highest point of the windmill, the animals entered in the big barn one on one. The first one was Clover, who had the keys. Each of them entered and the last one was Mollie.

Napoleon couldn’t understand. Walking with only two feet, he and his men, who were now his allies, wouldn’t stop questioning themselves where were all the animals? Soon all the animals ran out of the big barn and the New Rebellion started. All the animals fighter as hard as they could. Boxer kicked the Mr. Jones houses door and the animals started to destroying all the symbol of power Napoleon could possible have. Snowball and Clover could capture Napoleon while Moses peck his chest. The rest of the animals, with kicks, peckings and bites, could beat all of Napoleons men. At the end, they won the fight.

“This is our land!”, screamed Snowball. “And we equally decide to kick Napoleon out of his leader post and ban him and all of those who he is allied with from the Animal Farm”.

The animals screamed of glory. Napoleon was banned from the farm and never seen again. The Animal Farm have never been more feared than now. 

“Now,” screamed Snowball to all the animals as an announcement, “We are now a democracy. We all the right of freedom. Our voice can be heard  and our opinions can be expressed.”

The animals cheered.

“I propose that we elect a leader each year. thus, everyone will have the chance to apply and choose the one that best represents their ideas. Raise your hand if you agree”.

All the animals raised their hands and went to the big barn to elect the leader. As you can imagine, Snowball was nominated, and each year they would elect a different animal. The farm had never worked better and the animals could finally get their justice and freedom.

THE END. 

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The Lady Eve’s Reel Life and Silver Screen Modes are hosting the Vive la France! Blogathon. As my contribution I’ve chosen a film that takes us from French high society through the beautiful countryside and into Paris’ red light district. This is an adventure featuring fetching French felines from all walks of life in the final film green-lighted by Walt Disney and the company’s first feature-length animated film completed without him. I introduce you to The Aristocats directed by Wolfgang Reitherman based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe.

Original reviews for The Aristocats in 1970 were great and the movie was a financial success, but since then it has lost some of that appeal for many. I dispute naysayers wholeheartedly with this entry as I deem The Aristocats one of the good ones, a leisurely 78 minutes of pure charm, good enough indeed to earn reissues in 1980 and 1987. The Aristocats offers a simple story that’s full of heart and touches upon such lofty ideas as the meaning of family, companionship, greed, betrayal, and the hero. The film also offers fantastic music and is characterized by an impressive list of voice actors led by Phil Harris and Eva Gabor, who are terrific. You’ll no doubt recognize many of the voices as they come straight out of many beloved classic TV shows.

Our story takes place in Paris in the early 1900s when we are invited into the home of the affluent Madame Adelaide Bonfamille (Hermione Baddeley.) Madame Adelaide lives with her cat family, Duchess (Gabor) and her three kittens, Toulouse, Marie, and Berlioz (Gary Dubin, Liz English, Dean Clark). The Madame’s butler Edgar (Roddy Maude-Roxby) also lives in the mansion. Straight off we know the Bonfamille home is a happy one with Adelaide enamored of Duchess and her brood. This is such, in fact, that Madame calls for her old, eccentric lawyer Georges Hautecourt (Charles Lane) to bequeath her vast fortune to Duchess and the kittens, leaving Edgar as the second place recipient should anything happen to the cat family.

As is always the case, someone has to spoil things and in the case of The Aristocats the butler does. You see, Edgar is not too happy that Madame Adelaide is leaving her fortune to cats and soon comes up with a plan to get rid of them. The plan is simple and sure to work – put sleeping pills in their food and take them far into the countryside. As you can imagine, Duchess and her kittens are ill-equipped for the wilderness having been pampered with unconditional love all of their lives. They are accustomed to canopied beds, the best food in Paris on the best china, and painting and music lessons. In fact, all three kittens exhibit quite a bit of talent. Marie takes after her mother with high society sensitivities and a lovely singing voice. Toulouse is a talented painter when he is not trying to imitate tough alley cats. And Berlioz is aces on the piano. All of this makes Edgar’s plans that much more sinister. And of course Madame Adelaide and their friends Roquefort the mouse (Sterling Holloway) and Frou-Frou the Horse (Nancy Kulp) are fraught with worry when they realize Duchess and the kittens are gone. None of them, especially Edgar, could ever have imagined that Duchess, Marie, Toulouse, and Berlioz were in for the adventure of a lifetime.

  When Duchess and the kittens wake up after being dumped by Edgar they are initially startled by their surroundings but that doesn’t last long at all. From around the bend comes a ruggedly handsome, singing alley cat named Thomas O’Malley (Harris). Confirmed bachelor O’Malley can’t help but fall in love with Duchess and he soon becomes a father figure to the kittens after vowing to help them get back to the Bonfamille home in Paris.

Misadventures follow as Duchess’ family and O’Malley trek toward Paris. They meet up with two English geese, Amelia and Abigail Gabble, after O’Malley is rescued from a river. Their voices immediately recognizable, the Gabble sisters are portrayed by Monica Evans and Carole Shelley who played the Pigeon Sisters in The Odd Couple (1968) movie, TV series and the original Broadway production.

Meanwhile, Edgar is forced to return to the countryside to retrieve evidence he’d left behind, evidence now being utilized by stray hounds Napoleon and Lafayette (Blood and Bassett respectively). The two canine characters are portrayed by classic TV staples, Pat Buttram and George Lindsey. Their schtick, which centers on Napoleon’s insistence that he’s the leader while Lafayette has all the good ideas, is supremely entertaining.

Duchess, her kids, and O’Malley make it back to Paris, but not before running into a swingin’ group of musician cats led by Scat Cat (Scatman Crothers) who introduces the group to the wonders of jazz. This scene is one example of what makes The Aristocats such an entertaining endeavor – the music. Several of the songs are rip-roaring fun. Standouts are “Ev’rybody Wants to Be a Cat” words and music by Floyd Huddleston and Al Rinker, “Scales and Arpeggios” words and music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman and the title song “The Aristocats” also by the Sherman brothers, who wrote music for over 30 Disney pictures. The Aristocats was the last Disney animated feature the Shermans worked on as staff writers. Maurice Chevalier came out of retirement to sing the title song in the movie, which kicks things off with classic French flavor. This was Chevalier’s final work before his death in 1972.

More nods to France come courtesy of the various locations featured in The Aristocats. For instance, the film illustrates what an Alley Cat apartment looks like. The French countryside, which plays a prominent role, is as beautiful as you’d imagine and the farm where Napoleon and Lafayette hang out is reminiscent of scenes in many French-themed classic movies. Also, the legendary Eiffel Tower makes numerous background appearances as does Paris throughout. We are privileged to be allowed inside high society as well the Red Light district when all sorts of colorful characters reside. Viva La France! indeed.

    Perhaps most lovely in the journey of our characters is the love that surfaces between Thomas O’Malley and Duchess. He falls head over heels, but she’s conflicted. Not about her love for him, but because she worries for Madame Adelaide who has always said that Duchess and her babies are her greatest gift. Duchess’ loyalty for Adelaide is sweet, heartfelt and touches me deeply as I think about the cat that lives in my own home and wonder if she’d run at the first sign of true love. It’s a warm and fuzzy feeling when Duchess’ loyalty to Adelaide wins and she decides to go home again. Unfortunately, there to meet her with evil intentions is Edgar who immediately traps Duchess and the kittens in a sack to ship them to Timbuktu. Before that happens, however, the feline family gets word to Roquefort the mouse to find O’Malley who is headed back to the countryside. O’Malley in turn gathers Scat Cat and his troupe to save the day. O’Malley joins Duchess, her family, and Madame Adelaide in the mansion where love and acceptance abound.

The ending of The Aristocats is a touching reminder that sometimes we don’t have to choose between loyalty and love. Sometimes the two go hand-in-hand for lucky cats and the people who love them. That’s true from New York, New York to Paris, France and everywhere in between.

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Disney’s THE ARISTOCATS (1970) The Lady Eve’s Reel Life and Silver Screen Modes are hosting the Vive la France! Blogathon. As my contribution I’ve chosen a film that takes us from French high society through the beautiful countryside and into Paris’ red light district.

#Disney&039;s The Aristocats #Eva Gabor #Maureice Chevalier #Phil Harris #The Aristocats #Wolfgang Reitherman

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The Animal Farm Song Rebellion of 2016

When I was in seventh grade, we read Animal Farm in Humanities class.

Sometimes we read for homework, other times we read in class. When it was in class, the teacher would read aloud from his copy while we followed along in our own copies that’d been given to us.

During one of those sessions, we came to the part where not long after running Snowball out and taking charge of Animal Farm himself, Napoleon decides that singing Beasts of England (i.e., the inspirational anthem for animals that had begun the revolution in the first place) was now forbidden and replaced it with a new anthem for Animal Farm that was a lot shorter, not nearly as good, and lost the actual message.

The thing is, right after this announcement in the story...our teacher paused to tell all of us that none of US were allowed to sing Beasts of England anymore EITHER because of that.

Now, maybe it was that we knew somehow that this new development was a bad sign for where the story of Animal Farm was headed, or maybe it was just that we were kids and we love to do anything we know we’re not supposed to...but a whole bunch of kids in my class, including me, immediately flipped many pages back to where the lyrics to Beasts of England were and started singing. “Beasts of England, Beast of Ireland, beasts of EEEEEVery land and cliiime / Harken tooo my joyful tiidings of the gooolden future tiiime / Soon or late, the day is coming. Tyrant MAAAAAN shall be o’erthrowwwn / And the fruitful fields of England shall be trod by beasts alooone...” (that’s only the first verse and there are four others after it but it’s too long to include in full right here)

From the first line our teacher quickly started snapping at us to stop singing it. We didn’t stop singing it. More and more of us started singing Beasts of England. Within the next minute or two it might’ve gotten to be half the class, or it might’ve been more than half. The teacher was still telling us that Beasts of England was banned and we couldn’t sing it, sort of taking on the dictator or “Napoleon” role himself for our class.

THEN he started writing names on the board, saying the kids singing Beasts of England would get lunch detention and extra homework.

Now THAT got people’s attention. A lot of kids stopped singing it. I think a few might’ve started singing the new Animal Farm anthem.

I, on the other hand, kept right on singing Beasts of England over and over.

I don’t remember exactly, but I think the teacher offered to take kids’ names OFF the board if they sang the new Animal Farm anthem, and maybe some other reward for that as well. More and more kids started singing the new anthem, until EVERY kid in the whole classroom was shout-singing it super super loud over and over and over. “ANIMAL FAAARM! ANIMAL FAAARM! NEVER THROUGH ME SHALT THOUGH COME TO HAAARM! ANIMAL FAAARM! ANIMAL FAAARM! NEVER THROUGH ME SHALT THOUGH COME TO HAAARM!”

Meanwhile, I was still singing Beast of England, singing louder and higher trying to be heard over them all. What can I say, I am very very stubborn and I stick to my principles no matter what.

There was like twenty-six thirteen-year-olds in the room singing the new Animal Farm anthem over and over in an incredibly loud chorus and one thirteen-year-old belting out Beasts of England from beginning to end over and over at the top of her lungs.

My teacher came right up and asked me if I really wanted to get extra homework just for the freedom to sing a song.

...Yyyyeeeaaaaaaaaaahhhh, this was around December 2016 perhaps barely over a month after Trolls came out and I was knee-deep in its teachings, so that was probably the absolute worst thing he could’ve said to me to help his case.

I sang louder.

I heard another girl all the way across the room begin singing Beasts of England too, and that gave me a spark of hope. Maybe we could get the rest of the class to turn back around if we kept this up!

Unfortunately, class time ended before we could do that.

That teacher sent an email to my parents about what had happened. Apparently the whole dictator-ish stance he’d taken was roleplay (honestly I’d expected as much) and he was actually quite proud of me.

The extra homework for the two of us who were the last rebels standing (well, singing, anyway; we were both still sitting down) was to research the topic of peer pressure and report what we found out to the class the next day. I did the assignment, but just barely, and the other girl presented before me and had done much better so when asked I denied having done it at all.

In any case, I walked in the classroom door the day after the rebellion singing Beasts of England loud and proud.

There were other situations like this during the Animal farm unit, though none that I can fully remember and none where the whole class got involved like this. And of course I was fighting strong for the rebel forces each time. It was a very interesting six months or so. XD

#stuff that happened #stuff i did #animal farm #school #long live the revolution! ...or something! #.txt

[kingedmundsroyalmurder]

Brickclub: 1.5.3

If we thought we had Bishop parallels last chapter, we have even more this chapter. But, unlike the Bishop, who does his good deeds with radiant serenity, confident in himself and his work, Valjean, as we’ll see eventually, is constantly wracked with the thought that it’s not enough. The difference between Myriel and Valjean isn’t, at this point, so much how they act as how they believe, and a lot of that comes from their respective backgrounds. Myriel was appointed Bishop by Napoleon and sent to Digne. He has every right in the world to be there and to do pretty much whatever he wants, within the bounds of his position. Valjean, meanwhile, is literally hiding his identity and lying about 20 years of his life to be where he is now. Of course one of them’s going to be on shakier ground than the other, in terms of peace of mind.

That doesn’t stop him from mimicking Myriel’s actions as best he understands them, including sharing parables and garden metaphors. I don’t know if it’s significant that Myriel’s are about gardeners and his is about a farmer though. I feel like there’s a difference there (a callback to the class difference between the two men? something to do with leisurely hobby gardening vs. farming as a livelihood?) but I don’t know enough of the context of the time to know what it might be.

And then breaking into people’s houses and leaving them money. Putting them convict skills to good use, I guess? It’s always such a hilarious image to me, and I have to wonder how Javert feels about the whole business. I bet he hates it.

Does Hugo personally just not like the aesthetic of mahogany, or is that a Thing? @pilferingapples, any idea?

We also get another reinforcement of the idea that it doesn’t matter what’s actually true, so much as what people believe to be true. We -- and the townspeople -- get empirical proof that his room is just an ordinary room, and yet still the rumors about it fly. Once again, “what is said” matters far more than “what is true,” which, now that I think about it, was probably Hugo being bitter about his political situation in the exact same way I was just about to be bitter about mine...

He also gets called a bear, which is both an instance of Animal Symbolism, and also one of those times when the combination of translation and language marching on gives the word a wholly different connotation than Hugo intended. I don’t hang out much in Javert/JVJ circles, but I hope that they have taken full advantage of this description.

#brickclub #1.5.3 #this fcking book though

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What If Cristiano Ronaldo was in animal farm?

  Synopsis 

  When men attack the animals, they manage to handle it. But what if they didn’t. Out of nowhere a soccer ball would have flown across the sky hitting humans in the head, making them pass out. After this event Napoleon uses this ball as a symbol of something special, sacred. The pig would have taken advantage of this and would have manipulated the animals into believing that he would have created this ball, that he saved the animals. But one day the owner of the ball would have come to get it, but he was an unexpected and very important person. This would have made Napoleon conflicts with all the animals.

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When the men were attacking the animals, the animals couldn't handle it, they were losing forces but somehow in the farm something unusual happened, a football came from the skies at a very high speed and opened a hole in the ground, the men frightened with the phenomenon ran away, but it was too late, the hole on the ground made all of the man attacking the farm fell in it and had a sudden death,as usual, napoleon mind was already filled with ideas to use that as something for his favor. After the long war on the farm, the animals declared victory against the humans. Napoleon used the ball which killed the humans like a talisman and something above them. He said that he created this miracle ball, but Snowball did not agree with Napoleon’s theory and claimed he was lying, but no one listened to him and believed in Napoleon’s history. Some days had passed since Napoleon lied to every animal, all of them were praying to Napoleon, he was having the best days of his life, the pig was having more food that he was having before, he was having special treatments and the animals believed that Napoleon was like a god and a king. 

Then someday, a tall, strong man in a portugal shirt enters the farm looking lost. He was the real owner of the ball that had saved the animals' lives. He was looking for his ball, but when he tried to find her all the animals were scared, so they asked who he was. When they realized he was the one they idolized, the animals discovered that everything Napoleon was saying was a lie. With that, all the animals start to confront the pig. They have realized that Snowball was telling the truth all along. 

Eventually Snowball gains the animals' trust and becomes the leader of the farm. Meanwhile, the owner of the ball was actually Cristiano Ronaldo, he came to pick up his ball that he had kicked too far in a practice, Napoleon was banned of the farm and everything was great.

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As Mollie

What if the story “Animal Farm” was in Mollie’s perspective and her own experience, as if Mollie was the principal character.

Written by: Ana Laura Armada, Giovana Mazzer and Sofia Fonseca.

As Mollie – chapter 2

Three nights later, I was sad to know that old Major had die. He was buried at the foot of the orchard and I cried a lot. I didn´t want to see him go.

This was in early March, my favorite time of the year. Winter is coming to an end and flowers are starting to bloom up. During the next three months there was much secret activity. I didn’t understand much of those, but Napoleon told me that everything was fine, and that I wasn’t supposed to care about it.

Old major's speech had given to the more intelligent animals on the farm a completely new outlook on life. They did not know when the Rebellion predicted by Major would take place, they had no reason for thinking that it would be within their own lifetime, but they saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for it. The work of teaching and organizing the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals.

We have three pigs in the farm. They are nice, but kind of show-of, I don't really know how I feel about them, because they are against my ribbons, which I truly love... Well, these three pigs had elaborated old Major's teachings into a complete system of thought, which they gave the name of Animalism. Several nights a week, after that monster called Mr. Jones – the owner of our farm - was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others, I wasn't paying much attention, but I knew that Animalism was the great chance of us getting the freedom we deserved.

At the beginning we met with much stupidity and apathy. Some of us talked of the duty of loyalty to Mr. Jones - witch I thought it was completely stupid, he gave us nothing but ribbons and food - , whom they referred to as "Master," or made elementary remarks such as "Mr. Jones feeds us. If he were gone, we should starve to death." Others asked such questions as "Why should we care what happens after we are dead?" or "If this Rebellion is to happen anyway, what difference does it make whether we work for it or not?", and the pigs had great difficulty in making them see that this was contrary to the spirit of Animalism. The stupidest questions of all were asked by Mollie, the white mare. The very first question she asked Snowball was: "Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion? "

"No," said one of the pigs, being a complete jerk. "We have no means of making sugar on this farm. Besides, you do not need sugar. You will have all the oats and hay you want."

That was absurd. Who do they think they are?

"And shall I still be allowed to wear ribbons in my mane?" I asked almost crying.

"Comrade," said the pig, "those ribbons that you are so devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?"

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. They wanted to get over with my ribbons! I wonder what my life would be like for now on...

Now, as it turned out, the Rebellion was achieved much earlier and more easily than we had expected. In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a good farmer, but after some years he had fallen on evil days. He had become much disheartened after losing money in a lawsuit and had taken to drinking more than was good for him. For whole days at a time he would lounge in his Windsor chair in the kitchen, reading the newspapers, drinking, and occasionally feeding Moses on crusts of bread soaked in beer. His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.

When Mr. Jones got back, he immediately went to sleep on the drawing−room sofa with the News of the World over his face, so that when evening came, we were still unfed. At last we could stand it no longer. One of the cows broke the door of the store−shed with her horn and we began to help ourselves from the bins. It was just then that Mr. Jones woke up. The next moment he and his four men were in the store−shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions. They had never seen us behave like this before, and this sudden our uprising was used to thrash and maltreat us, I don’t know why, but my friends and I were frightened. After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels. A minute later all five of them were in full flight down the cart−track that led to the main road, with us pursuing them in triumph.

Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and ran away from the farm by another way. Moses sprang off his perch and flapped after her, croaking loudly. Meanwhile we had chased Jones and his men out on to the road and hit the five−barred gate behind them. And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs. It was a moment of an unforgettable victory.

For the first few minutes my comrades and I could hardly believe in their good fortune. Our first act was to gallop in a body right round the farm’s limits, to make quite sure that no human was there hiding themselves there; then we ran back to the farm buildings to wipe out the last traces of Jones's hated reign. The harness−room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits, the nose−rings, the dog−chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate some of us, were all flung down the well. All his torture objects were thrown into the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. So were the whips. We capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. Snowball also threw on to the fire the ribbons with which the horses' manes and tails had usually been decorated on market days.

"Ribbons," someone said, "should be considered as clothes, which are the mark of a human being. All animals should go naked."

After a very little while we had destroyed everything that reminded us of Mr. Jones. Napoleon then led us back to the store−shed and served out a double ration of corn to everybody, with two biscuits for each dog. Then we sang our hymn, Beasts of England, from the beginning to end seven times running, as an act of happiness and freedom! No human was taking care of us in anymore!! After that we settled down for the night and slept as we had never slept before.

After some time, all the comrades woke up, with no worries. We ran around the farm, filled back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse. That was theirs too, but they were frightened to go inside. After a moment, however, Snowball and Napoleon butted the door open with their shoulders and we entered in single file, walking with the utmost care for fear of disturbing anything. We went room to room kind of quietly, afraid to speak above a whisper and gazing with a kind of awe at the unbelievable luxury, at the beds with their feather mattresses, the looking−glasses, the horsehair sofa, the Brussels carpet, the lithograph of Queen Victoria over the drawing−room mantelpiece. We were lust coming down the stairs when I was discovered to be missing. Going back, the others found that she had remained behind in the best bedroom. I had taken a piece of blue ribbon from Mrs. Jones's dressing−table and was holding it against my shoulder and admiring myself and my beauty in the glass in a very foolish manner. The others reproached my sharply, and we went outside. Some hams hanging in the kitchen were taken out for burial, and the barrel of beer in the scullery was stove in with a kick from Boxer's hoof, −otherwise nothing in the house was touched. A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. All were agreed that none of us must ever live there.

We had our breakfast, and then Snowball and Napoleon called them together again.

"Comrades," said Snowball, "it is half−past six and we have a long day before us. Today we begin the hay harvest. But there is another matter that must be attended to first."

After this we went back to the farm buildings, where Snowball the pigs sent for a ladder which they caused to be set against the end wall of the big barn. They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments, that was unfair, because they did it all by their own, without consulting the rest of the animals. These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all of us on Animal Farm must live for ever after. With some difficulty (for it is not easy for a pig to balance himself on a ladder) Snowball climbed up and set to work, with Squealer a few rungs below him holding the paint−pot. The Commandments were written on the tarred wall in great white letters that could be read thirty yards away. They ran thus:

THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6. No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

"Now, comrades," cried Snowball, throwing down the paint − brush, "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honor to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do."

[2021animalfarmfanficg2]

A new ending

Synopsis:

After Snowball went hiding from Napoleon, who was threatening his life, he had to find another way to communicate with Squealer, so that they could plan their revenge against Napoleon, by killing him and taking over the Animal Farm. For that, Snowball decided to use the pigeons to contact Squealer, who was deciding between being on Napoleon’s side or Snowball’s side, knowing that, even though he was helping Napoleon from the beginning, he thought about switching to Snowball’s side because he didn’t agree with all Napoleon’s decisions. 

Fanfiction: 

At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after him. Too amazed and frightened to speak, all the animals crowded through the door to watch the chase. Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road. He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Suddenly he slipped and it seemed certain that they had him. Then he was up again, running faster than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again. One of them all but closed his jaws on Snowball’s tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in time. Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more. 

Even though nobody saw him, he still knew everything that was happening in the farm. With that knowledge, and the need for revenge, he started to plan his attack to take over Napoleon's land. However, he needed allies inside the farm so that he could be ahead of Napoleon and catch him off guard. Snowball decided to use the pigeons to contact Squealer, who was already questioning Napoleon’s decisions. At first, Squealer didn’t care, but, after finding out that Napoleon talked to a human, he contacted Snowball so that they could start their plans. They kept on communicating through the pigeons and decided that more allies were needed, due to their lack of physical strength. However they couldn’t tell the other animals that the plan was Snowball’s, since they couldn’t risk Napoleon discovering he was still around the farm. 

They thought it would be hard, but, since Napoleon’s way of government was already bothering the animals, they liked Squealer’s idea of ending that dictatorship. A week later they already had enough allies to begin the attack. They started by taking over the stall, while Squealer distracted Napoleon’s guard dogs by telling them Napoleon was calling for them because he was in danger. Therefore Squealer trapped the dogs so that they wouldn’t know about the attack. After that Squealer contacted the others in the stall so that they could continue the plan. 

Meanwhile, Snowball waited for Napoleon to be alone so then he could get his revenge. When he was finally alone Snowball didn't hesitate and went straight towards him. What he didn’t expect was that the Boxer was going to show up and protect Napoleon at all costs. They fought willingly using all their strength knowing that the future of the farm was at stake. As the battle continued, Snowball immobilized Boxer, who was left powerless, needing Napoleon’s help. Instead of helping him, Napoleon ran away. However, Clover was just waiting for him to fall into their trap, and finally get what he deserved. From now on, they could have a better life.  

Sofia Sampaio and Sophia Olivieri 9E