"All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.."
Did you get what is that mean? Where the words came out from?
Actually they came from the movie of Animal Farm by George Orwell. The movie at first was a novel that have being adapt into a movie.
Animal Farm is quite interesting story whereby the author using the animals as the main characters. Based on the reality, the author is trying to tell the world about the real politic problem among politician in the United State of America.
The main character in this movie are Napoleon the pig, Squealer as a mouthpiece, Snowball, Mr. Jones, Frederick, the equines, Boxer, Mollie, Jessie, so on and so fall.
Here some short sample of the story of Animal Farm..
Animal Farm Summary
Chapter I
As Animal Farm opens, Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is drunkenly heading to bed. The animals gather in the barn as Old Major, the prize boar, tells them that he has thought about the brutal lives that the farm animals lead under human bondage and is convinced that a rebellion must come soon, in which the animals throw off the tyranny of their human oppressors and come to live in perfect freedom and equality. Major teaches the animals "Beasts of England," a song which will become their revolutionary anthem.
Chapter II
A few days later, Major dies. The animals, under the leadership of the pigs, begin to prepare for the Rebellion. Two of the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, elaborate Major's ideas into a complete system of thought known as Animal-ism. The Rebellion comes much sooner than anyone thought, and the animals break free of Jones tyranny and drive the humans from the farm. Snowball and Napoleon paint over the name "Manor Farm" on the gate, replacing it with "Animal Farm ." They also paint the basic principles of Animal-ism on the wall of the barn:
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.
Chapter III
The farm passes through an idyllic time in which the animals work joyously together and make a great success of the harvest. The animals all attend weekly planning meetings at which the decisions for the future of the farm are made. After realiz
ing that some of the other animals cannot read or remember the Seven Commandments, Snowball boils these commandments down to a single maxim: "Four legs good, two legs bad." But all of the milk and apples on the farm, it seems, are n
ow to be reserved for the pigs alone.
Chapter IV
News of the Rebellion at Animal Farm begins to spread, and animals across the countryside are singing "Beasts of England." The neighboring farmers, led by Mr. Pilkington of Fox wood and Mr. Frederick of Pinch field Farm, attempt to retake Animal Farm by force. The animals, led by Snowball, successfully fight off the invaders in what comes to be k
nown as the Battle of the Cowshed. Snowball is decorated as an Animal Hero, F
irst Class.
In my personal opinion, this is one of the way for the writer to show the world the real conflict among them as they cannot speak directly to the government about their opinion. This is the best medium to interpret the feeling. As for me, by using animals its okay as long as to show the feeling cynically.
agree with u! using animals as a character make the storyline become interesting although its very cynical to the human =D there are a lot of moral values from this movies.. ;)
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