In one of the first scenes in the novel, Old Major sings Beasts of England, effectively bringing the animals together under a common purpose. Indeed, throughout the initial struggle against Man, it is a wildly popular and inspirational song.
Yet later on, when the animals have successfully conquered the humans, Squealer, "attended by two dogs," announces that Beasts of England had been abolished and "was no longer needed." Why? Can you cite other examples where what was once held "sacred" and "necessary" to the common cause was later banished by decree?
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"No animal shall kill." The need to kill animal comrades was changed to not kill animals without cause. "No animal should sleep without beds." It was changed to animals can sleep in beds without sheets.
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Deletei agree with nijel here because the concepts were changed darren's comment makes absolutely no sense and has no logic the animals were not the strongest in the habitat even if they were they really have no logical reason to kill them. so i agree with nijel
DeleteNapoline said they no longer needed the song anymore.They changed the rules because they thought the things the animals were doing were to human like so the they changed it to the animals can sleep in bed without sheets.
Deletei dont think they should kill the animals
Deletethe song came from old major before he died but he is not in charge anymore so they changed the song.
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ReplyDeleteThe song at first was inspirational and boosted morale. Afterwards it became solemn and gloomy. He banishes the song because it speaks of rebellion, equality and freedom. This challenges Napoleon's tyrannic rule.
ReplyDeleteYes it does, which would cause them to get the idea that he wasn't a very good leader. They would come together and exhile him out of the farm.
DeleteBeasts of England was motivation for freedom. It was abolished because Napoleon thought the animals would rebel against him because they weren't getting treated the way they thought they would. "No animal shall kill"
ReplyDeleteYes, but they still ended up killing in the beginning.
DeleteNapoleon felt that the song was for the rebellion and not after that because it signified that the they were still in a fight. He did not want the other animals to feel that they could stand up to him. He wanted to keep fear in the hearts of them.
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