Four legs good, two legs better! ” (92). The sheep are simply repeating what Squealer has told them to say. Another way to say that ignorance is bliss is “the lack of knowledge results in happiness”. This occurs frequently in Animal Farm. If the animals become suspicious and suspect something, Napoleon has Squealer go around and assure the animals that everything’s fine. The animals believe Squealer because they are stupid and ignorant. For example, Napoleon takes the milk, and Squealer explains that they need the milk for their brains to think. Also when they suspect that the pigs are breaking the rules they go check the commandments but they are changed, so they think they are wrong. A key point in the book occurs when all the commandments become one. “All animal are equal but some animals are more equal than others” becomes the single commandment (92). Also an example, “It did not seem strange when the next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters” (92). Another example, “It did not seem strange to learn that the pigs were arranging to install a telephone” (92). Over the course of the story the pigs are
Four legs good, two legs better! ” (92). The sheep are simply repeating what Squealer has told them to say. Another way to say that ignorance is bliss is “the lack of knowledge results in happiness”. This occurs frequently in Animal Farm. If the animals become suspicious and suspect something, Napoleon has Squealer go around and assure the animals that everything’s fine. The animals believe Squealer because they are stupid and ignorant. For example, Napoleon takes the milk, and Squealer explains that they need the milk for their brains to think. Also when they suspect that the pigs are breaking the rules they go check the commandments but they are changed, so they think they are wrong. A key point in the book occurs when all the commandments become one. “All animal are equal but some animals are more equal than others” becomes the single commandment (92). Also an example, “It did not seem strange when the next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters” (92). Another example, “It did not seem strange to learn that the pigs were arranging to install a telephone” (92). Over the course of the story the pigs are