Terror in Animal Farm
Fearful, anxious, frightened and panic are all words that come to mind when one mentions terror. The word itself implies an intense fear and generally refers to imagined or future dangers. It can put sickening images in our head and your heart may begin to rush at the thought of the word. Terror is a powerful emotion and makes people or animals to act in certain ways, and in a lot of cases they do things they don’t want to do.
We see the naive community of animal farm transformed through terror as soon as Napoleon comes into power through his vicious dogs. Snowball was also used to control the animals. Later after Snowball’s expulsion from animal farm, it was claimed that “Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night!” It was said that during the night, Snowball walked around animal farm causing mischief. Therefore, anything that went wrong in animal farm was because of Snowball. The animals were scared of this news because they couldn’t sleep at night without thinking that something bad would happen.
Squealer used fear to persuade the animals to work harder. No animal wanted Jones to come back, or else their lives would be worse than ever, because they saw Jones as a human who would mistreat them. Also, in what seemed to be a communist government, the pigs started using Jones as a reason to get more food. They claimed that they watched over Animal Farm, and protected the animals, and therefore, they needed more food. If the pigs did not fulfill their duty, then Jones would come back. Since the animals don’t want Jones to come back, they were forced to give up some food to the pigs. It is evident that fear is portrayed through Jones, because influencing the animals gives the pigs more power, thus giving Napoleon more power.
When the hardworking Boxer falls ill and needs care, Napoleon sees him as not worth the time and effort, disregards him as a living breathing being and therefore sends him to the glue factory. The very idea that Napoleon is able
We see the naive community of animal farm transformed through terror as soon as Napoleon comes into power through his vicious dogs. Snowball was also used to control the animals. Later after Snowball’s expulsion from animal farm, it was claimed that “Snowball was secretly frequenting the farm by night!” It was said that during the night, Snowball walked around animal farm causing mischief. Therefore, anything that went wrong in animal farm was because of Snowball. The animals were scared of this news because they couldn’t sleep at night without thinking that something bad would happen.
Squealer used fear to persuade the animals to work harder. No animal wanted Jones to come back, or else their lives would be worse than ever, because they saw Jones as a human who would mistreat them. Also, in what seemed to be a communist government, the pigs started using Jones as a reason to get more food. They claimed that they watched over Animal Farm, and protected the animals, and therefore, they needed more food. If the pigs did not fulfill their duty, then Jones would come back. Since the animals don’t want Jones to come back, they were forced to give up some food to the pigs. It is evident that fear is portrayed through Jones, because influencing the animals gives the pigs more power, thus giving Napoleon more power.
When the hardworking Boxer falls ill and needs care, Napoleon sees him as not worth the time and effort, disregards him as a living breathing being and therefore sends him to the glue factory. The very idea that Napoleon is able