Here's your prompt for Chapter 6. Remember, this isn't due until Friday (but feel free to do it as soon as you can).
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1. "Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make a man a more clever devil." -C.S. Lewis
-How does this quote apply to Napoleon?
2. Pick an uneducated character in the novel. How has their lack of intelligence been a hindrance to them? What could they do if they were more intelligent?
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In Chapter six Napoleon becomes much more evil. Though it doesn’t say so in the book, the reader can tell. Napoleon is a very smart man. He can think of ways to solve problems and make everyone happy. The problem is he doesn’t have any values in his life. He doesn’t care if he does something that is mean to Snowball. He wants Animal Farm his way. Hitler was a genius when you think about it. He used every resource in a way it would help the Nazi’s gain a lead. Napoleon is just like this he tricks the animals into thinking that he is right and anything he says can be accomplished. In the Constitution it says that they shouldn’t come in contact with humans but he makes it that he can slip past it by saying that there is no lay against trade. Napoleon later creates a statement saying Snowball should be put to death, and the animals don’t have a problem with that statement at all.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Pat, Napoleon did get a lot more evil. I also think of him as a hypocrite, because in the seven commandments he stated that no animal shall sleep on a bed, when he himself slept on a bed. Like Pat said Napoleon is also very smart. When the animals found out Napoleon was sleeping on the bed, he talked his way out by making everyone believe that the straws they sleep on is also consider to be a bed.
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ReplyDeleteThe quote applies to Napolean because of the way he turns his back on Snowball and tries to get all of the animals on the farm to take his side. He tried to get all of the animals to believe that it was Snowball’s fault that the windmill was destroyed although it was his own fault. By using this tactic, Napolean shows his intelligence but his lack of values because this action is something that a Communist would do. He is making it seem that anything that someone else does is the wrong thing to do and that the animals should all believe in him because everything that he does is right.
The sheep are extremely uneducated in the novel animal farm. They can read write or even recite the alphabet. Since they are so dumb they never have a say in what the pigs have to say. When anything important happens the sheep just start shouting four legs good, two legs bad. They really don’t know what’s going on and just kind of go with the flow of things. Anything napoleon says pretty much goes with the sheep. If they were more intelligent they could maybe speak up in the meetings. All the other animals have a feeling that things aren’t right but the sheep don’t because they are too stupid. Maybe if they were smarter they could form a group to over through the pigs. Other than that this book is awesome and I think I am going to read it again. This last sentence is only for me to make the 150 word limit.
ReplyDeleteI too believe that the quote applies to Napoleon because he is very cynical in his actions. He turns his back quickly on Snowball when he begins to realize that his plot could easily become a reality. When you have no values, some things are easier to accomplish because things like feelings are never an issue. He can talk his way out of any situation, because he is in fact very intelligent but he uses it in ways that are harmful to the farm. He does things that would normally be frowned upon, but talks his way out of it with his sneaky planning and usage of words. He breaks two commandments by interacting with humans and sleeping in a bed, but finds loopholes and connives his way out of it. He does not care that Snowball has always been faithful to him. He has no values, so he can not understand the values of a friendship. This alone makes it easy for him to back stab just about anyone to get what he wants.
ReplyDeleteAndi McNett,
ReplyDeleteThis quote applies to Napoleon because even though he might be the "smartest" animal on the farm, he does not have the values that help control what he does with that education. By educating the dogs Napoleon knows that will fullfil his every command. Even though this was a very smart thing to do, since he has no real values or maorals he did it for evil purposes instead of good purposes that would help the whole farm instead of just himself. Also this quote applies to the time when he turned everyone against Snowball. Here he knew that no one is as educated as him, so he led everyone to believe that Snowball was the criminal and not himself. With knowledge comes great power, and instead of using that power for good, Napoleon uses it for evil and immoral intentions.
Boxer if he was more intelligent could probably lead the farm and take over. The reason he can't is he cant even spell the alphabet to E. This makes him more of just a work horse and less and less of a contributing member to the society. This also effects other members of the farm, because a lot of people look up to Boxer as a hero. If he was more intelligent, he could probably overthrow Napoleon. This would lead to a more favorable opinion of the leaders also. Everyone on the farm respects and loves Boxer. If he were a leading member they would have no complaints and no problems from the other members. As it is though Boxer is very dumb and needs help making his own decisions. This is probably why Napoleon takes control of him and uses Boxer for popular opinion on his rule.
ReplyDeleteThis quote really applies to Napoleon in every way. I read this quote as meaning that education in the hands of the wrong person can be used for evil reasons or in the wrong way. Napoleon is very smart and he uses his smarts to take advantage of the animals and control them. Since they don’t know any better they will listen to whatever he says without questioning him or doubting his word. So the education that Napoleon has has made him a more cleaver devil. He now has been able to become the sole leader of the farm and have the support of the animals they would do whatever he asks of them. Not only did he use his smarts to have the animals follow him but he also used them to get rid of snowball. He would be the smartest animal on the farm and this makes him the cleaver devil too.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter six Napoleon proves that he is certainly using his intelligence against the other animals. He truly defines the meaning that education without values makes a man more evil. He uses his intelligence to get all of the animals on his side of everything or decisions they are going to make for animal farm. He also makes himself and the pigs much more powerful and predominant as the leaders of the farm. He also changes the rules of the farm in his favor without the consent of others. Napoleon also forces the animals to build the windmill again even though it broke in the storm. Also animals without intelligence are taken advantage of all of the time. In the book many of the animals can't make decisions for themselves and all kind of follow Boxer's lead which is to believe evrything that Napoleon says is right.
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