Animal Farm By George Orwell
People always ask themselves “is life funny or not”. Based on many life experiences, people would say that life is funny as long as they have a positive attitude toward life. Life is funny if people know how to appreciate and cherish themselves. However, funny life does not always accompany with laughter, sometimes it accompanies with ludicrousness and sadness. The truth is that sometimes we laugh at something not because the thing itself entertaining, but we think the thing is ridiculous; we laugh viciously on some serious things which contradict our common sense, so we laugh. In this way, life is indeed funny too. life is funny when people are tied up by social orders. However, sometimes, life can be indeed grief when people face their weakness
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In the book Animal Farm, George Orwell depicts different kinds of animals who are leaded and tricked by pigs. In his depiction, pigs are the only kind of animals who can read and write; they occupy a position of authority. Pigs are at the top place in the social order of the animal farm, other animals are weak in controlling their own thought so that they are lower-classes in the animal farm. It is ridiculous to declare equality in pigs’ society and then turn to follow social hierarchy as other animals have less power than pigs. To show the social order and authority, Orwell sets up the scene that Squealer falls off from the ladder where only pigs can edit the seven commandments. Orwell writes, “there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paintbrush, and an overturned pot of white paint.”(Orwell 108) In this scene, when Orwell mentions about the ladder, he means to show the power and authority of pigs. Who can get on the ladder means who owns the power to edit the commandments that everyone must follow. Orwell describes Squealer as "stunned" and "sprawling" which are two words that indicate a lack of control, and so this lack of control helps the audience see the pig's leadership as ludicrous and ridiculous. Same as Orwell, Virginia Woolf points out the social hierarchy is important for people who live in that
In the book Animal Farm, George Orwell depicts different kinds of animals who are leaded and tricked by pigs. In his depiction, pigs are the only kind of animals who can read and write; they occupy a position of authority. Pigs are at the top place in the social order of the animal farm, other animals are weak in controlling their own thought so that they are lower-classes in the animal farm. It is ridiculous to declare equality in pigs’ society and then turn to follow social hierarchy as other animals have less power than pigs. To show the social order and authority, Orwell sets up the scene that Squealer falls off from the ladder where only pigs can edit the seven commandments. Orwell writes, “there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lantern, a paintbrush, and an overturned pot of white paint.”(Orwell 108) In this scene, when Orwell mentions about the ladder, he means to show the power and authority of pigs. Who can get on the ladder means who owns the power to edit the commandments that everyone must follow. Orwell describes Squealer as "stunned" and "sprawling" which are two words that indicate a lack of control, and so this lack of control helps the audience see the pig's leadership as ludicrous and ridiculous. Same as Orwell, Virginia Woolf points out the social hierarchy is important for people who live in that