How doesillustrate man's inhumanity to man in ? Give three examples and
quotes with page numbers to support it.
s Animal
Farm is andisplaying the inhumane way that Russian dictators treated their citizens
during the Russian Revolution and beyond. Therefore, we can find examples of mans inhumanity to
man through the animals themselves, with the ruling pigs as main examples.
is the representation of Joseph Stalin, who was dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (USSR) between 1929 and 1953. Although he revolutionized the Soviet economy, he did
so through the use of fear tactics, as we see with Napoleon. After the self-appointed leader
chases his main competition, , off the farm, he forces the animals to be loyal to him by
brainwashing many into falsely confessing to dealings with Snowball. Napoleon then orders his
guard dogs to rip the animals throats out. And so the tale of confessions and executions went
on, until there was a pile of corpses lying at Napoleons feet and the air was heavy with the
smell of blood (p. 93). Although the other animals are alarmed, they can do nothing out of
terror that they might be next.
, who represents the Russian media supporting
Stalin, enjoys the role of spreading propaganda to trick the animals into accepting their
inhumane conditions. Each time the pigs change a rule or take more food for themselves,
Squealer convinces the slaving animals that such a rule never existed or they must have dreamed
it. He guilts them into accepting that their leaders need added nutrition and comforts in order
to run the farm and protect all their freedoms. In the meantime, the pigs are getting fat while
the animals die of starvation. But since they are not as educated and cunning as the pigs, they
are willing to believe Squealers lies, in spite of the fact that life nowadays was harsh and
bare, that they were often hungry and often cold, and that they were usually working when they
were not asleep (p. 115-116). To the pigs, they are not fellow animals, but slave
labor.
The ultimate cruelty is Napoleons betrayal of his most loyal
and hard working citizen, . In order to support the farm, the workhorse unquestioningly
supports their leader. He pushes himself to work beyond his own abilities in building the
windmill, then rebuilding it after it is destroyed. With too little rest and a starvation diet,
Boxers body just gives out. There lay Boxer, between the shafts of his cart, his neck
stretched out, unable even to raise his head. His eyes were glazed, his sides matted with
sweat. A thin stream of blood had trickled out of his mouth (p. 121). Napoleon tells the
animals that the van which comes to pick Boxer up is taking him to an animal hospital, but to
the animals' horror, the side of the van reads, €˜Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler,
Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal (p. 123). Squealer, of course, whips up some more
lies to confuse and guilt them into thinking the best of Napoleon, who mysteriously comes up
with the money to purchase a case of whiskey for the pigs several days later. Beaten down and
overruled, the animals plod on, accepting the cruel treatment without fully comprehending just
how inhumane it really is.
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