Danielle McNulty 500 word essay "You will a“You Will Always Need a Leader”
The animals on Manor Farm were tired of getting mistreated by the farmer Mr. Jones that owned the farm. They were not getting enough food to eat and their living conditions were just horrible. One day a horse name Old Major had a dream about the farm and that the animals should take over and have a rebellion against Mr. Jones. He got all the animals together and they had a meeting. Old Major talked about a world for animals that will be about peace and harmony and everyone will be equal.
That was the most important part of the book. You will always need a leader. It is meant for some people to have more authority than others because if it doesn’t work like that everything will go wrong. The animals on the farm thought coming up with the seven commandments will help everyone stay in line and they will not have any problems. They also thought that if everyone put in the same amount of work, everyone will work fine together and that the whole idea of animalism will go well. Even though the animals tried to make it work it was kind of hard for everyone to be completely equal to the next animal. The three pigs Snowball, Squealer, and Napoleon were an obvious example that someone had to be leader. Even though they said that all animals are equal, the three pigs had power over all the animals in the barn because they were very intelligent. Every animal listened to the pigs and agreed with every idea they thought of.
During the time that the animals worked in the field to gather the harvest, the pigs only sat back and supervised the whole entire time. They didn’t do any work because they felt they were the brains of the whole system so they didn’t have to do anything but think for the animals and tell them what to do. The animals ran into a couple of situations that they would get into arguments about different things they plan on doing on the farm but it will always end by them saying that Napoleon is always right.
The animals had a good idea about the rebellion but their biggest mistake was thinking that all the animals on the farm could be equal and they would not have to have a leader. Everything would have worked out right if they would have chosen a different form of government to run the farm with. You must have a leader in everything you are a part of. So, that’s how the animals end up turning against each other at the end because they didn’t have a leader, but they had hidden ones.




Danielle McNulty
02/22/2007
1st periodlways need a leader"