{"id":5606,"date":"2017-11-20T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T01:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/blog\/?post_type=essay-writing-blog&p=5606"},"modified":"2020-07-31T17:15:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:15:24","slug":"20-ideas-animal-farm-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kibin.com\/essay-writing-blog\/20-ideas-animal-farm-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Inspiring Ideas for a Brilliant Animal Farm Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you\u2019re reading for pleasure, you can take your time and enjoy it, much like watching a movie. You don\u2019t have to think about deeper meanings, symbolism, or the characters unless you want to.<\/p>\n

But then there\u2019s reading for school. When your teacher gives you an essay question before you start reading, the reading can be a little easier\u2014you have a focus.<\/p>\n

But trying to come up with your own topic can be a little difficult. You have to read the book first, see what you get from it, and build your essay around it. And often, you have to read some parts again.<\/p>\n

To help give you a focus, I have a few ideas you can keep in mind while reading Animal Farm<\/i>. You can use them before you start reading to learn what to watch out for as you read (and what to take notes on<\/a>).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re already done with the book and just don\u2019t know where to start with your essay, these ideas can help you too.<\/p>\n

Go through the following list, and pick a topic that you think you know very well or that you relate to. This will help make your Animal Farm<\/i> essay much easier and more enjoyable to write.<\/p>\n

Ready to dive in?<\/p>\n

First, a Brief Summary<\/h2>\n

To make sure we\u2019re all on the same page before we get into topics for your Animal Farm <\/i>essay, let\u2019s establish a basic summary<\/a> of events in the book.<\/p>\n

Old Major, an old boar, calls a meeting with all the animals on Farmer Jones\u2019s farm. He says that the animals are slaves to Jones and that he\u2019s using them for his own gain without sharing the wealth with them.<\/p>\n

He calls for a revolution. Three days later, Old Major kicks the bucket. The animals then run Jones off the land and rename it Animal Farm (real creative, these guys).<\/p>\n

Snowball is idealistic. He puts his efforts into teaching the animals to read and establishing commandments, such as no animals sleeping in beds, no animals killing other animals, and all animals are equal.<\/p>\n

Things are going pretty well, and all the animals are working together to produce a lot. Boxer is notable here because he\u2019s the strongest of all of the animals and has a strong work ethic to match.<\/p>\n

Snowball wants to build a windmill so that they can have electricity. It\u2019s a big endeavor, and Napoleon opposes it. Napoleon brings out the dogs\u2014literally.<\/p>\n

The dogs attack Snowball and chase him away. Napoleon takes over and says that the pigs will make all of the decisions for the whole farm. (You can see where this is starting to take a turn for the worse.)<\/p>\n

Napoleon decides to build the windmill anyway. Again, Boxer is there doing a lot of the work. Halfway through construction, the windmill falls over, and Napoleon blames a bitter Snowball.<\/p>\n\t

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Anyone opposed to Napoleon is seen as a conspirator with Snowball and is killed by Napoleon\u2019s dogs.<\/p>\n

The pigs start living in the lap of luxury. They sleep in Jones\u2019s bed, drink whiskey, and start trading with other farmers. These were against Snowball\u2019s rules\u2014the original tenets of Animal Farm.<\/p>\n

But Squealer always seems to have a way to explain the rule changes in ways the other animals accept.<\/p>\n

A neighbor farmer, Mr. Frederick, blows up the windmill, and then the animals have a battle with the farmers. Boxer is badly injured but still goes to work trying to rebuild the windmill.<\/p>\n

After he can\u2019t take it any longer, he\u2019s sold to the glue factory to pay for the pigs\u2019 whiskey. The cover story is that he was taken to the hospital and died peacefully.<\/p>\n

As time goes on, the pigs start acting even more like humans, even walking upright. They change the original \u201cno killing, no sleeping in beds, etc.\u201d rules into just one phrase: \u201call animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Napoleon changes the name of the farm back to its original title, Manor Farm. He meets with some human farmers and talks to them about ruling over the working classes.<\/p>\n

And the working animals at Manor Farm watch, unable to see the differences between the pigs and the humans.<\/p>\n

Now that you have a basic feel for the story, let\u2019s get into some themes, shall we?<\/p>\n

Topics About Characters<\/h2>\n