The easy manipulation of human nature is illustrated in
“Animal Farm” The Pigs of Animal Farm repetidly abused
the animals. Because of their lask of intelligence and strength
the animals bacame victims of the pigs. The easy
manipulation of human nature is illustrated in “Animal Farm”
A. The animals weren’t strong enough to compete with the
stronger pigs. 1. Napoleon’s dogs killed many of the
animals, “the remaining animals, except for the pigs and
dogs, crept away in a body” (p. 837). 2. The pigs trained
the sheep to stop the animals from speaking, “they might
have uttered some word of protest...all the sheep burst out
into a tremendous bleating” (p. 852). 3. Mr. Pilkington said
“they have lower classes, and pigs have lower animals” (p.
854). 4. The pigs strength wasn’t the only advantage they
had over the animals. B. Many of the animals didn’t have
enough education to know what happened on the farm. 1.
Only a few animals knew the alphabet, “none of the other
animals on the farm could get further than the letter A” most
didn’t even know their names (p. 819). 2. Boxer couldn’t
remember but a few letters, “Boxer could not get beyond
the letter D” (p. 819). 3. The animals needed other animals
to read for them, “Benjamin consented to break his rule, and
he read out to her what was written” (p. 853). 4. Because of
the lack of intelligence the animals could easily be vitimized.
C. The farm animals didn’t realize they were being
manipulated. 1. Squelar claimed the farm was better off than
in Jones’s day, “he had no difficulty in proving to the other
animals that they awere better off” (p.845). 2. Boxer was
sent to the slaughterer, Squelar tricked the animals into
believing otherwise, “his little eyes darted sucpiciously” (p.
849). 3. The animals didn’t realize the pigs had changed the
commandments, “Clover had not remembered that the
fourth commandment mentioned sheets” (p. 832) 4.
Napoleon and the pigs easily tricked and lied to the animals
without their knowledge. D. The pigs from the beginning to
the end used force to overpower the farm animals. 1.
Squelars speaches and convincing arguments kept the
animals from knowing to much. 2. Training the sheep and
using other tactics left the animals powerless to stop the pigs,
as long as the pigs kept up their lies. 3. I disliked the pigs,
Napoloen showed what can happen with absolute power.