Animal Farm Analysis

Through a lack of education, the animals became unable to detect the slow progressing power Napoleon was establishing over them. Boxer is the most nieve of them all. He admired Napoleon, who was educated, and appeared so knowledgeable and practical. He worked excessively hard and always quoted “I will work harder” (77). Boxer was extremely uneducated, and although he tried “[he] could not go past the letter D” (23). Through this lack of education Boxer believed what …

…rely entirely on the teachings of their elders to guide them. Like the animals on Animal Farm, children will believe everything that an older peer tells them because they have learned all they know through them. Although children are not often deceived for power like the animals, the parallel relation is clearly evident. Through this comparison, it is concluded that through lack of education, particular beliefs can be persuaded into the mind of a person.