a long file of pigs, all walking on their hind legs"(122). The animals that couldn't read or didn't want to participate in learning to read knew the phrase "four legs good, two legs bad" and after this sight of the pigs the sheep started a chant of "four legs good, two legs better". Not one of the animals objected to this, except for Clover who had taken Benjamin back to where the Seven Commandments were written. As they stood there, Benjamin read what was left of them, " All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal then others". Since the pigs had the advantage of being more intelligent then the other animals, they controlled the farm. In this novel, an intellectual increase in the exploitation of the animals started with little things such as the eating of the apples for the pigs' health. Then the animals couldn't make an informed decision, which led to their bad decision making. Next Squealer would constantly tell the animals of the great things that they accomplished now that the pigs had gotten rid of Jones. After that the pigs used the animals' lack of memory to their advantage by changing laws and telling the animals that the rules that were on the wall, had been there forever. At the end of the book, the pigs had completely manipulated the lower animals' memories by going against the original views on animalism and by wearing man's clothing and walking on two legs. George Orwell wrote this novel as a warning to man about what is going on in society today and he also warns about the importance of an education. ...
