For a Pleasant Life

    A society is composed of people who agree to live in the same environment and to respect the laws made by its government. The people may share different beliefs but all agree that respecting the laws would only lead them to live a pleasant and safe life; it will protect them from creating disorder or hatred among each other. Nevertheless, not everyone follow these rule, they try to bend it a little or "interpret"them differently so they can do whatever they please. In Animal Farm, a book of satire written by George Orwell, a group of animals rebel against their master and together decide to make up laws meant to bring them the happiness their master failed to grant them.
    After their rebellion, they agree to create seven commandments, the two most important commandments were to make an enemy whatever goes on two legs (humans) and to befriend every other animal. Everything at first was going well “...the harvest was an even bigger success than they had hoped.”(27) They were allowed to reach their full potential and were rewarded. Each had some sort of talent or a way to help and together they worked to create a life better than the one offered by their master Mr Jones. However not long after their rebellion, issues started coming their way. The pigs were to surpervise  and direct others while they worked, the pigs however did not work “with their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.”(27) Their lack of manual labor violated one of the seven commandments about the equality of all the animals. The pigs were allowed to come up with plans and make decisions concerning the animals' lifestyles whiles the others “understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions on their own.”(31) The pigs would then consume more than the other animals by making them believe that they HAD To for they were the smartest and needed more nourishment to preserve their help which could only be beneficial for all because it would prevent Mr Jones's return. Another commandment broken was the first “whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.” This commandment was broken when Mollie left the farm to live with a man whom was “stroking her nose and feeding her with sugar”(46) Since the pigeons revealed her whereabouts, Mollie was never mentioned, she was considered a traitor for she had broken the most important law, which was to stay away from the enemy.
    Although I find the book intriguing, I have only read half it and apart from the first and seventh commandments being broken, the fourth was as well “no animal shall sleep in a bed.”(24) Not only did the pigs violate that law, they as well fooled the ones who were puzzled by their new behavior into believing that the commandment did not address beds but sheets.
    In Animal Farm, Orwell describes the animals' behaviors and characteristics such as their weakness and vulnerability as the ones who were wrongly mistreated and blinded during the age of Stalin, with the idea that they had to undergo a certain situations to live a satisfying life with no fear.