As the
other answers have noted,goes along with the pigs in keeping the windfall apples and the milk.
He even agrees withon this point. This shows that Snowball is imperfect. He is capable of
putting self-interest first, and therefore, he is corruptible. As the other animals dimly
realize, he would have supported sharing these items among all the animals equally if he were
truly dedicated to the principles of Animalism.
It is disturbing, too, that
Snowball condones by his silence 's disingenuous explanation as to why the pigs need the milk
and apples:
We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management
and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It
is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples.
Arguably, animals doing heavy manual labor are more in need of the nutrients and
calories in milk and apples than the pigs are with their "brainwork." A truly
equalitarian point of view would have noted that it takes...
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