Friday, January 26, 2007

Question #3


Who are the main characters in the novel?

Do you like them? Why or why not?

What is special about them?

What do they reveal about the universal human experience?


Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer are the main characters of the novel. Although this novel does not really have a main character. All of the animals in the story are the main characters. But since those three pigs do the main roles in the novel, I chose them to be the main characters. I personally like Snowball because I think he was a great leader. The War of Cowshed was a great success under Snowball’s instruction. Also, the seven commandments were made by Snowball. I don’t believe that Snowball is the spy from Mr. Jones. I think that it was just a plot to entrap Snowball because Snowball is right. That leads that I’m not generous about Napoleon and Squealer. First of all, I hate Napoleon because he said wrong things about Snowball. Also, Napoleon was the one who was keep changing the commandments. Also, he slaughtered so many animals using his power. He was selfish since he ate all the good stuffs when other animals were starving. Napoleon slaved other animals, and he behaved like a human later. I hate Squealer too because he was a spokesperson (or spokesanimal) of Napoleon. He also benefited from Napoleon, so I hate him. All three pigs were leaders. They ruled among other animals, and animals served them as their leaders so that made the pigs to be special. If you think closer, you can find out that these pigs are similar to us humans. If you look at some public officials, there are some people who take what’s good only for them just like Napoleon and Squealer did. Also, they try to drop the right one. Fortunately, there are some officials who make good decisions for people. This book really relates to the real life in so many different ways.

1 comment:

Christina said...

I like way you stated the main character. When I tried to find a main character in this novel I was confused which was the main character. I agree that there was no main character until the three pigs do the main roles in Animal Farm. Also I liked Snowball too! He was the one who should be the leader in Animal Farm. Then everything might have changed well as every animal expected before the revolution. I also didn't like Napoleon who was very selfish and used his power for himself. I totally agree in your last paragraph last sentence that you have written down. Each character in Animal Farm represents the people in our world.