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In Germany they came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Answer: I had several different reactions, and felt different emotions throughout the poem. The whole begining of the poem i felt that this guy was just being causious about not stepping into a problem that did not involve him. But, in fact that was his down fall. In the last two lines he says "They came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." That was the critical turning point for me in the poem. I feel that because he didnt help anyone when they needed someone to stand up for them. When it was his time, no one was there to defend him. There was a main moral in this poem. It's what goes around comes around. Basically, that karma will get you, so help those in need and good things will happen to you.

Czar- Mr.Jones because he was in power untill the pigs ran him out like the Czar with Lenin and Stalin.
Nicholas II-
Karl Marx
Leon Trotsky
Joseph Stalin- He is Napoleon, they are both leaders who ruled with fear.
White Russians
Bolsheviks
Proletariat

1) Old Major warns, "Your resolution must never falter. No argument must lead you astray. Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest....we must not come to resemble him...No animal must ever live in a house or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade."

Answer: I feel that if Old Major was honestly the best pig to be in charge. He honestly had the best intrest of the farm in mind. If Napolian was following the words of Old Major, than the farm would've ended up successfull instead of the rubble it was.

2) Orwell narrates, "Nobody stole, nobody grumbled over his rations, the quarreling and biting and jealousy which had been normal features of life in the old days had almost disappeared."

Answer: I feel that the animals are always being mistreated, overworked and underfed. They got so used to this that they dont have any more rebellion against napolian. Thus, the animal farm crumbled.

3) Squealer consoles the animals, saying, "Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?" The classic hypocrisy seen here is too hard to miss.

Answer: i feel that squealer is just trying to make the the other animals think that being the leader of the farm is a huge impossible task to accomplish, and the only person that is capible of fufilling this duty. They are minipulating the animals to believe their lies.

4) Orwell explains, "Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money- had not these been among the earliest resolutions passed at the first triumphant Meeting when Jones was expelled?"

Answer: Yes, all of those resolutions where said as soon as Jones was escorted out of the farm. But, because Napoleon got power hungry he felt he did not have to follow these rules. Soon he started sleeping in beds, using money to buy whiskey, trading with the humans and even walked upright on his hind legs. Napoleonbecame what they hated the most. He became another human.

5) As Napoleon was deceiving the neighboring farmers he was also tricking his own animals. The scapegoat was again Snowball. "Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball." In fact many of the claims begin to sound ridiculous to the objective mind. Of course, Squealer's mission is to keep everything subjective in the minds of the animals.

Answer: This was just another example of Napoleon being the minipultive pig he was. He was taking all the credit for the good happening in anmial farm, but whenever something would go wrong he would but the blame on poor Snowball. Then he would send Squealer to cover up his tracks and trick the animals into believing that Napoleon was a great leader and that he was looking out for the good of the farm. We all know this was a lie.

6) So Napoleon, with the help of his dogs, slaughters anyone who is said to be disloyal. "...the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones." To top it off, Napoleon outlaws Beasts of England, which had served as one of the only remaining ties between Animal Farm and old Major.

Answer: Napoleon became to powerful. He was killing off anyone that disagreed with him and sending his dogs out to silence the public. On top of the slaughter of the animals, he also changed the Beasts of England song to a song that is all about him.

7) But when Muriel reads the writing on the barn wall to Clover, interestingly, the words are, "No animal shall kill any other animal without cause."

Answer: Another example of Napoleons trickery on the farm. During the night he added without cause and began the onslaughter of the animals. None of the animals could even complain about it because they would've been killed on the spot.

8) But to justify this little episode, arrangements to amend the rules are made. "No animal shall drink alcohol to excess."

Answer: Again, Napoleons trickery knows no bounds. He is bending the rules so he could do what ever he pleases. He slowly but surely became a human.

9) Orwell states, "Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer- except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs."

Answer: This is simply saying that animal farm was giving the finer things of the farm to the select few. The pigs got the apples and milk to themselfs and than said it was just because they needed to keep their brains well nurished. The dogs were just getting treated as Napoleons personal guards. They most likely got to eat before anyone and than the farm would get their leftovers.

10) The 7 Commandments are abridged for the last time, simply reading, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others."

Answer: I feel this is the most idiotic thing that Napoleon did. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." That does not even make sence. If everyone is equal you cannot be more equal than someone if you to are on the same level. But, once again no one complained because Napoleon was always "right" he always did "good" for the farm. The only thing Napoleon amounts to is an egotistical, diobolical, self-centered pig.