... individual, selfish goals emphasized with in a democratic system of government. The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a satire portraying the dangers of any totalitarian government. It seeks to show how a society where all people live completely equal has not been, and cannot ever be achieved. Orwell is successful in establishing that any totalitarian system of government is equally as bad as ... the seven commandments of Animal Farm, the commandments that were created by Snowball and Napoleon, many times. He was constantly "amending" the commandments on his own, very late at night...

• Word Count: 1710
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... shot in public for their opposition for the government. This was the way of controlling the public, by scaring them; no one dared to speak out against the government and the leaders. Animal Farm is about communism. While reading this book I asked myself many times why George Orwell has a dislike for communism, or better yet the communist interpretation of socialist ideas, he does favour ... ideas of equality and compassion. If he were not in favour of these ideas then the treatment of the animal by the pigs and dogs would have ... taking advantage of the other animals. Their greediness...

• Word Count: 2085
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School