is a warning that if people are not
careful and vigilant, an
idealistic revolution or social change movement will
be corrupted by those seeking power. This
is done, Animal
Farm shows, by twisting and corrupting language.
The pigs never come out directly against the ideals espoused bythat animate
the
Rebellion. Instead, they constantly twist the words around to mean the
opposite of what they are
intended. The Rebellion was supposed to insure that
the animals did not act like humans and
repeat their evils. However, over
time, the pigs imitate the humans to the point that they
become
indistinguishable from them. They change the seven principles of Animalism, reducing
it
to one absurd and self-contradictory statement that all animals are equal
but some are more
equal than others. Language and propaganda turn the ideals
of the revolution upside
down.
The book also warns that
people need to look at the
deeds of the states whose
ideologies they admire.is directly aiming
at...
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