Whenever the pigs or dogs break a commandment, Napoleon has Squealer the pig slightly change one of the commandments written on the end of the barn. For example, when the pigs start to drink alcohol, the fifth commandment that originally stated that “No animal shall drink alcohol” (George Orwell, 25) is changed so that it states “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess” (George Orwell, 109). In this instance and many others, Napoleon uses the other animals bad memory and the pig's ability to write to change the law so that the pigs never break it, even though they actually do. The worst part is that at the end of the book, all the commandments are erased and replaced with the sentence “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (George Orwell, 134). This means that Napoleon got rid of all the laws and made it so that the other animals cannot question his actions with factual evidence that he did anything wrong. If the animals had created checks to Napoleon's power, they could have, once again, impeached him for changing the law without permission from the legislative
Whenever the pigs or dogs break a commandment, Napoleon has Squealer the pig slightly change one of the commandments written on the end of the barn. For example, when the pigs start to drink alcohol, the fifth commandment that originally stated that “No animal shall drink alcohol” (George Orwell, 25) is changed so that it states “No animal shall drink alcohol to excess” (George Orwell, 109). In this instance and many others, Napoleon uses the other animals bad memory and the pig's ability to write to change the law so that the pigs never break it, even though they actually do. The worst part is that at the end of the book, all the commandments are erased and replaced with the sentence “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (George Orwell, 134). This means that Napoleon got rid of all the laws and made it so that the other animals cannot question his actions with factual evidence that he did anything wrong. If the animals had created checks to Napoleon's power, they could have, once again, impeached him for changing the law without permission from the legislative