Wrong Ideas

A response to Animal Farm

The government seems to be ruining all aspects of daily life, or so you think. Ideas and solutions promised to be changed for the better untouched. You are beginning to understand the outcome of your decisions may not be as you originally wanted. You think that the only thing that might affect everyone’s lifestyles is if the person or anima,l in this case that is in charge had a better knowledge of the life that everyone affected by these important decisions were living. When power is given to those not yet ready but have good intentions, nothing going as planned.

This series of events is similar to the Russian Revolution where Czar Nicholas II was this treacherous leader. Animal Farm also has a terrible leader also who follows the same pattern of sorts that Czar did. Both of these leaders brought in people to help them; Rasputin in the Revolution and the workers in Animal Farm. Believing that they could do better without these important figures the villagers and animals abolish their control. Leaving a new trio in charge of running life. This trio originally had many incredible ideas that would help the people for the better.

With these new leaders troubles are encountered. Through the difficulty of not having any assistance from an already knowledgeable leader, crashing and burning is always an option. Complete power is given to three pigs, that do in fact have good intentions, but do not seem ready for absolute power. Simple rules are put into play in order to keep brouhahas to a minimum. Although some believe that they are above the rules and go against them anyway, modifying them just enough to slip by without consequences. Letting all the others seem as though they a less needed and important when the opposite is true.

The people who understand these rules begin to attempt to rebel, but instead are just banished or ruthlessly killed. Snowball begins to confront “outsiders” then before anyone realizes it he is gone. Similar circumstances arise with Mollie and other animals. Before the two standing leaders can do anything other animals begin to notice these absences and become more timid with their actions. Slowly, the absolute control over the farm slips to only a thread as more animal start to second guess and the neighboring farmers decide to do something.

Life has failed. You changed the way that everything was run to make it more accommodating for everybody, but did not think the power given to this person would completely corrupt the person within them. Now life has come close to the point where this utopia has become a disaster. Not a single soul knowing what is the truth and what is a fable, never will this simple subject be recognized again.