Animal Farm letter Revise

Dear Animal Farm,

                              With great pleasure I commend you for taking a stand against the wrong doing of Mr. Jones. I also commend you for a successful turn out from the rebellion but I do not commend you for the failure of the revolution. Everyone that took part in rebuilding Animal Farm is to blame, but my biggest finger points towards Napoleon. Napoleon was the key factor to the disgusting failure of the revolution with all his manipulation, lies, deception, subterfuge and selfish ways. Instead of becoming a good leader, he became one who contradicts himself by going against his own words in the beginning to gain human advantages. Also the change of the commandments and the fact that Napoleon allowed other animals to remain uneducated was another reason why the revolution was a failure.
                          Napoleon you were very wise and clever but your cleverness did not get you far in making the revolution successful, instead your cleverness made the revolution a failure. You and the other pigs spent three month learning how to read and write using old spelling books which belonged to Mr. Jones children (Orwell 23). You took advantage of the other animals like the dogs and caused them to cling to you. You manipulated the dogs into becoming your body guards and had them follow you everywhere you went. With that advantage all the manipulation began. In training the dogs you were using tactics of terrorism. Getting rid of snowball for you was to secure your own power and with snowball gone you were able to get the other animal to be on your side. With many decisions you made like the decision to make the windmill, you made it seem at first like you were against that idea but in actuality you were absolutely for it. You knew that Snowball was more likable and more of a debater and because you couldn’t stand that Snowball was receiving more votes from the animals, you just had  to get rid of him in order for you to gain power and take control.

                    Most of the animals weren’t as educated as the pigs and due to that it was another reason the revolution failed. The other animals were easy to fool and easy to convince and you saw that as a door to many opportunities. Because you allowed the other animals to believe that Snowball wasn’t a good leader and that he was always against them, it cause them to really believe the Snowball was no good and he was against them from the beginning of the rebellion with Mr. Jones. You found a way to make the animal think it was okay to interact with the humans. Another thing that you maliciously was able to do was convince the animals that it was okay for the pigs to sleep in the farm house because it was a quiet place for pigs to work and because it was more suited for the dignity of a leader to live in a house than a mere sty (Orwell 66). You were able to pass on your manipulation skill to Squealer and you allowed Squealer to take your filthy lies and spread them to all the other animals. As time progressed the other animals have noticed a change in your rules but never really question him. Shortly after the building of the windmill it was destroyed and the first person you blamed was Snowball and you got all the other animals to believe you without any proof. I must say you are very convincing but the way you convince people isn’t the right way. If only the other animals were wise and educated they would have realize how corrupt you really are and how corrupt you made Animal Farm out to be. The other animals limit themselves by not learning how to read and write.

                  The change in the commandments was another caused to the failure of the revolution. It was very clever of you I must admit but it was another way for Animal Farm to downfall. For example the fourth commandment stated “No animals shall sleep in a bed” (Orwell 24) then it further changes to “No animal shall sleep in bed WITH SHEETS” (Orwell 67). Commandment five states “No animal shall drink alcohol” (Orwell 25) but was then later change to “No animal shall drink alcohol TO EXCESS” (Orwell 109).  Also in commandment ten it states that “All animals are equal” (Orwell 25) now its “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 134). All seven commandments eventually emerge to something different and because the other animals were unable to read they couldn't do or say much. This shows how important education is and why we should take advantage of education while it's there.

                   The urge to be more human was in full force. Sleeping in the farmhouse, negotiating with humans, wearing human clothes, playing cards with humans and the walking on two legs all were a part of the human lifestyle. The saying “four legs good, two legs bad” suddenly became “four legs good, two legs betters”. I mean, do you see how much Animal Farm change all because of the corruption of yourself? You now walks around the farm with a pipe in your mouth and appear in things such as a black coat, ratcatcher breeches and leather leggings (Orwell 135). You allowed squealer and the other pigs to walk on their hind legs. Finally Napoleon, you engaged yourself in meetings with the humans drinking, toasting and cheering with them, you announced that the name “Animal Farm” has been abolished and is now known as “The manor Farm” which was the original name of the farm (Orwell 140). How could you let things slip so far away? where is your morals and virtues? It was also stated that “the creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which (Orwell 141). This shows how much you've change from the beginning of the revolution to the end, your basically human now, its hard to tell the difference.

                   The revolution was a terrible failure all because of the manipulation, lies, deception, subterfuge and selfish ways of Napoleon. The lack of education for the other animals and the desire for you to want to live like a human was also a path to destruction. If only the animals could read and write they could of help bring a positive outcome to the revolution. Also if the animals were more unify and if all the animals were able to speak up more and not allow you to classify them. Giving all circumstances Animal Farm could have been a successful farm with these few changes.

                                                                            Sincerely,
                                                                                         Renetta Layne