The song, Carry Me Down by Demon Hunter, reminds me of the scene in Animal Farm when animals are coming forward and confessing to heretic acts that Snowball forced them to do. This then leads to the death of each of those who confessed. The song has an angry tone which is appropriate because it is about death. The band also has an ironic name, Demon Hunters, because Napoleon was hunting down the demons who were betraying him. While reading this scene I was surprised that so many animals were willing to confess even though they knew they would be slaughtered. The lyric, “don’t be afraid to lie” made me think of how the animals confessed to silly things like seeing Snowball in a dream. They may have been lying about that because they didn’t want to live in Napoleon’s world anymore. “If you see me losing faith” makes me think of the animals turning from Napoleon and listening to Snowball, which is why they died. “I’m better off without” could mean that the animals confessed in the best interest of the farm. They knew if they stayed around any longer Snowball would force them to do even worse actions.
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