In Animal Farmthere are seven commandments of which one says: 'All animals are equal'. Give three examples that explain how that specific...

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first example is found soon after the Rebellion with the disappearance of the milk and the
windfall apples. When the cows have not been milked for some time and their udders are filled to
bursting point, the pigs take to milking them, resulting in five frothy, pails of milk. The
animals all wondered what was to happen to the milk. When they returned from work, they found
that the milk had disappeared. On a query, it was discovered that the milk was to be mixed in
the pigs' mash. If all animals were to be treated equally the milk should have been shared
equally amongst all the animals.

When windfall apples were discovered, these
were also claimed by the pigs. All the apples thereafter would then be reserved solely for the
pigs. Once again, the idea of all animals being equal was ignored in favour of the
pigs.

Another example is when the pigs moved into the farmhouse. The other
animals had to make do with sleeping in the barn. The pigs were comfortably ensconced in the
Jones' beds. It was clear that the pigs afforded themselves certain privileges, which were
denied the other animals. For there to have been equality, all the animals should have been
afforded exactly the same privileges that the pigs had.

A third example is
the fact that the pigs never performed any physical labour. The arduous physical tasks were
performed by all the other animals, under the supervision of the pigs. The pigs gave
instructions and commandeered the rest of the animals, without lifting a single trotter to
actually work.

Obviously, to avoid any dissent from the other animals,was
sent byto firstly, change the commandments so that the animals would be confused, since they
could not clearly remember the original commandments due to poor intellect, and, secondly,
Squealer made it his duty to explain to the animals why the pigs were so favoured. In the case
of the milk and apples he mentioned that these were 'brain food' for the pigs. Since they had to
run the farm and plan everything, they had to keep up their intellectual capacity. For them to
fail in this most complicated task would mean that Jones would come back. Obviously none of the
animals wanted that and accepted Squealer's explanation.

When the pigs slept
in beds, the commandment was changed from: 'No animal shall sleep in a bed' to, No animal shall
sleep in a bed with sheets. This appeased the animals since they
could not remember the original version. Furthermore, it became custom to accept that the pigs
would supervise and lead, since it was a known fact that they were the most intelligent animals
on the farm and no one complained about them not performing any physical labour.

And so it came to be that the pigs exploited the other animals so that they could enjoy
lives of privilege and luxury, just as Jones did. The other animals were no better off than they
were during Jones' reign.