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kmedina91
kmedina91
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High School - 11th Grade

In what ways did the pigs in Animal Farm change during the course of the story?

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Posted by kmedina91 on Sunday May 3, 2009 at 1:57 PM and tagged with animal farm, characters, pigs.

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  1. jessecreations
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    High School - 11th Grade

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    Sometimes I wonder if the pigs are really changing, or if they are simply revealing more of their true natures as the story moves along.

    In the novel, the pigs start out seeming like they are on the same "side" as everyone else; particularly when Old Major and Snowball are still alive and at the farm.  However, as the story progresses, we see Napoleon and the other pigs becoming hungry for more and more power than they had at the start.  They begin to take advantages and privileges for themselves that the other animals don't have, and they coerce the other animals into doing all the work while they lounge around in the farmhouse.  At the beginning of the revolution, the pigs are against humans and all that they stand for; as the story progresses, they come to imitate humans and live human lifestyles.

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    Posted by jessecreations on Monday May 4, 2009 at 4:48 AM