Seven Commandments In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Most leaders will have a vision for the growth, development, and quality of life in their societies. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the leading pig of the farm, Old Major, created an ideal vision, called Animalism, that is designed to allow all animals to live freely and equally. No matter who was in control of the farm, Old Major’s vision would fail under any circumstances. Animal Farm would not be able to support the ideals of Animalism because in order for the farm to succeed, the commandments must be broken; any possible leaders would be corrupt; and a majority of the working class could not be educated properly.
In the early stages of Animalism, The Seven Commandments were created to keep order on the farm and establish Animalism in
When the animals noticed that the milk and apples were missing, which were now in the pigs’ possession, it was brought to the Snowball and Napoleon’s attention. Snowball and Napoleon had their minion, Squealer, sent out to speak with the others to explain. Squealer states, “You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples…Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health…We pigs are the brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depends on us…It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples” (35-36). The idea of Animalism was to establish equality between the animals of the farm and a large part of that was rationing the food. The pigs took the luxurious food and kept it all for themselves. Napoleon and Snowball both sent Squealer to spread this propaganda to the animals which shows that they believe that they are of higher ranking than the rest of the farm. Which means that a corrupt leader would have been in charge of Animal Farm, whether it be Napoleon or