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Animal Farm - Rebelión en la GranjaThe novella Animal Farm explains the points of a utopia and an anti-utopia as well as facts on communism and dictatorship. Old Major, a prize-winning pig on Animal Farm, discusses his dream of an ultimate society where everyone is equal. A rebellion occurs after the death of Old Major, and Animal Farm reigns over Manor Farm, the previous name for the place where the animals were slaved. Snowball, a pig who truly wants to contribute to Old Major's dream, has the idea of a windmill that will make Animal Farm an even better place to live. Napoleon, a corrupt leader who has no intention to better Animal Farm, uses dogs to chase and kill Snowball on the day of a vote between the two. Squealer, a sly talking sidekick of Napoleon, changes the seven commandments around every time the pigs need to change a rule to better the conditions for themselves and not to Animal Farm. Humanity was despised, or so it seemed; now, Napoleon and his other fellow pigs were dressed as humans as well as walked on two legs instead of four. Animal Farm doesn't seem to be the utopia promised by Old Major, but with Snowball gone and Napoleon in charge, no one would dare challenge his power.
Old Major was an old, wise pig who thought all animals should be equal and free of man. He died soon after his idea debuted, but Snowball immediately took over knowing exactly what his intentions were. Slowly Snowball showed the way for the other animals and sometimes put others before himself. Snowball is an example of a great leader with great ideas that would lead everyone to a prosperous life. He would face a fate similar to that of Old Major, in the fact that he would never get to see the dream unfold into a perfect society, but it was his life alone that could have changed the outcome of the ending from a dark society to a perfect utopia.
The event of the rebellion changes the animals from slaving for Jones to working and surviving on their own. Afterwards, whips, knives, and other instruments of man were destroyed by fire. This symbolizes breaking free of the enemy and starting a new life. Surely now, the dream of Old Major has come true; everything seemed to go according to plan. Animal Farm seems to have become the place the animals want it to be, a utopia. They are living the dream, and nothing can separate them from freedom.
Snowball, in the early development of their utopia, introduces a windmill that will bring electricity and hot water to the stalls. The announcement adds to the vision of a perfect society where everyone is treated equally. This is how communism was looked upon in its early stages, but it turns out to be a darker way of ruling a society. The last idea of true intent of Old Major's dream has to be this one, for the other animals were too simple-minded to plan ideas on their own, and the other pigs were corrupt.
A vote between Napoleon and Snowball turns into a disaster when Snowball is chased from the farm by Napoleon's dogs. The story takes a turn for a darker side of things. Now the dream had vanished, but the animals were too dull-witted to see a change. The animals only saw blank statements and propaganda that came from Napoleon, and didn't know what was really going on inside. The exception here is Benjamin, who was smart but did not care to share his education for the benefit of the society. He was controlled by fear, and now that Napoleon ruled with fear, a utopian society was far from what Animal Farm has become.
Corruption continues with squealer, a sly sidekick of Napoleon, who changes the rules around only to benefit himself and his fellow pigs. Again, the animals can't recognize the change, and again, Benjamin recognizes it but does nothing about it. The conditions worsen, but society is indifferent towards the idea that Animal Farm had turned out to be worse than Manor Farm. Nothing on the inside is just or right. There is nothing good about the living conditions or the leaders in this society.
At the start, clearly, humanity is thought upon as the one thing in the way of animalism. The leaders of this animalistic society now walk on two legs instead of four, and carry whips identical to the ones Jones used to beat the animals with. It can be seen that the society was no longer theirs; it was the leaders, the pigs. They owned everything, including the bed in which they slept, the ground on which they walked, and their very lives that they thought they had the right to keep. Napoleon had no mercy, and didn't need the other animals now that he had total control. They were just small parts in a huge machine that could be replaced with ease. Animal Farm wasn't the place the animals had hoped for, nor was it a place they wanted to be. It was clearly seen that Napoleon was an evil genius that took a once perfect society and destroyed it with corruption as he took the benefits.