Welcome to my blog!

Welcome to my blog!
My name is Lukas, this is my blog. This blog is gonna cover my thoughts on the book "Animal Farm".

onsdag 15 februari 2012

As the story goes on, I can't help noticing some differences in the personalities of the animals. They all have different characteristics. For example there is Boxer and Clover, the two horses, that both are quiet and shy but works alot with tasks that require alot of muscles. Both Boxer and Clover are very muscular and are very helpful when muscles is needed. Boxer is referred to as an incredible labour that seems to have the muscles of three horses.

Boxer was  the admiration of everybody. He had
been a hard  worker even in Jones's time,  but now he seemed more like three horses  than one; there  were days
when the  entire work of the farm seemed to  rest on his mighty shoulders. From morning  to night  he was
pushing  and pulling, always at the spot where the work was  hardest. He had  made an arrangement with one of
the cockerels to call him in  the  mornings half an hour earlier than  anyone else, and  would  put in  some
volunteer  labour  at whatever seemed to be most needed, before  the  regular  day's  work  began. His answer  to
every problem, every  setback, was "I will  work harder!"−which he had adopted as his  personal motto.

Another interesting character is Squealer, one of the pigs. Like all of the pigs, Squealer is referred to as a relitively intellectual animal compared to the other animals at the farm. This due to the pigs being able to read and write. Because of this the pigs have all taken on the role of being "the brain" of the farm. The pigs isn't working in the fields as the other animals. The pigs is instead leading animals, spreading their message, teaching other animals to read and write, and so on. Squealer is not only smart but also has a very good persuasiveness. This is shown when the pigs got caught drinkin all the milk for themselves.

Squealer  was sent  to make the necessary explanations to the others.
"Comrades!" he cried. "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.  I dislike them myself. Our sole  object in  taking  these
things  is  to preserve our  health. Milk and  apples  (this  has been  proved by Science, comrades) contain
substances absolutely necessary to  the  well−being of  a pig. We  pigs  are brainworkers.  The  whole
management and  organisation 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.  Do  you know what would  happen if we pigs
failed in our duty? Jones  would  come  back!  Yes, Jones  would come  back!  Surely,  comrades,"  cried  Squealer
almost pleadingly,  skipping  from  side to side  and  whisking his  tail, "surely there is no one among you who
wants to see  Jones come back?"

Some other mentionable characters are Moses and Mollie. Mollie is a mare that seems to be very flirty. She is described as a bit naive and gullible. She is also quite egoistic and does not really care about much except for herself and sugar. A clear example of this is when the pigs is trying to learn the other animals to write.

"Mollie  refused to  learn any but the  six letters  which  spelt her own name."

Moses is a black raven. Moses is described as a bit of a mythomaniac since he always keeps tricking the animals that when they die they get to the so called "Sugarcandy mountain". Sugarcandy is as the name suggests a mountain made out of sugar. And according to Moses this is where all the animals go when they die.

I can´t wait to see what happens next!





1 kommentar:

  1. Ok!

    Comment to blog log 1: Any answers to my questions?

    Comment to blog log 2: Again, as brought up in the very first comment, the source needs to be credited and one way of doing this is to state where you have found the quotations. This must be done at all times!

    Also, the content appears to be complete and supported by valid quotations, however your personal impressions and feelings (please review the instructions)appear to be missing. Or did you run out of space since you ended up describing four characters instead of two?

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