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Questions: 1. What does Snowball get blamed for, and why? Snowball gets blamed for destroying the Windmill, and putting the weeds on the farmland because Napoleon uses him as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm.

2. How does Napoleon keep order in the farm, and what is the result? Napoleon uses that dogs that he raised from when they were puppies to enforce the rules he creates. This results in the animals following all of his rules and every command because of fear of being killed by the dogs.

3. How do the animals explain the revision of commandments? The animals explain the revisions of the commandments by saying that they have forgotten what the original rules had been written and most of them cannot read.

4. What does the gullibility of the animals show about their community? The gullibility of the animals shows that their community can be easily manipulated by the pigs.

5. How does the end of the story relate to communism and its effects? The end of the story relates to communism because in the beginning everyone was treated equal, the pigs slowly began to gain more and more power. At the end the pigs have gained complete control and the farm has become more of a totalitarian society.

What was the overall theme of the book- Power struggle, false promises, and gullibility

Power struggles- The struggle between Snowball and Napoleon, they struggled for power throughout the book, even when Snowball was banished he was used a scapegoat, and propaganda.

False Promises- Originally it was said that all animals would be equal but in the end the pigs gain all control.

Gullibility- The lambs, horses, donkeys, and goats were all under the though that they would be treated equally. The pigs told them that pigs and dogs do the most work and therefore need the most food. All the animals believe this and this is how they live.

Images of the book- Windmill: The windmill symbolizes hard work and unity. Lambs- symbolized mindless followers. Pigs on two legs- complete power control and human like attributes.

Summary:

We start by answering the questions Corey provided. We all answer them and discuss the book in the process. On the last question we discuss the end of the book and how it relates to the Soviet Union. We then talked about what we thought of the book. We all enjoyed the book but Adam expressed disappointment on how the pigs promised equality but ended up seizing power. This can be seen in the quote by Adam Velasquez “I was disappointed on how the pigs promised equality but ended up seizing power”. We then discuss the themes and images of the book. Some iconic images we think of are the pigs standing up and the sheep being used as mindless followers. The themes are power struggles, gullibility, and false promises. Overall we had an interesting discussion on the last part of Animal Farm.