Hypocritical Government

THE ORIGINAL SEVEN COMMANDMENTS IN ANIMAL FARM:
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6. No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

Throughout the book all of the original commandments were broken by the pigs. Number one was broken when Napoleon brought Mr. Whymper to the farm and began doing business with humans. The pigs also began walking on two legs themselves. In the end the sheep began bleating, “Four legs good, two legs better.” Number two was broken when Snowball was exiled and Boxer was sent away to be made into glue. Number three was broken when the pigs began wearing Mr. Jones’ old clothes. Number four was broken when the pigs began sleeping in the farmhouse. The animals thought that was against Commandments but Squealer told them it said “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.” The pigs broke number five when they drank whisky in the farm house. It was explained that the original commandment had said, “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.” Napoleon blatantly broke number six when he ordered the slaughter of the animals who confessed to seeing Snowball. Once again the animals were told that the commandment read, “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” And finally number seven was broken near the beginning when the pigs were given a larger ration of food because they are smarter.

This government is hypocritical by not abiding by their own rules and being cruel by feeding their people false information.

This is the only commandment left at the end of the book:

All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.

This is essentially commandment seven. There is fault with this commandment because it is impossible for something to be more equal than another thing. With this commandment they are trying to say that the government is better than other animals.