What freedoms do we take for granted in the United States? Do you think we have too much freedom? What freedoms cause problems?

First of all we take freedom of speech for granted. For example; in the U.S.  we are able to say what is on our minds and well depending on the outtakes of things not have to go to jail or anything. In other parts of the world some people are not even allowed to say anything negative about an important person in their government. They cannot also give their opinion on laws or how the government runs things.

Although it is good that we can speak our minds it can also get us in trouble with the law sometimes. Or our way of thinking can also start a riot and have people against people so then some people would have the need to use violence. Which then would have the government get involved.

Another freedom we have is the freedom to vote for a president. In some countries the “people” do not have a right to choose who will run their country. Unlike us who choose who we want to run our country depending on the campaign they run or the promises they make us. We also have a system which does not let the president make all the decisions by himself but with first it going thru a system of people who would then vote on it and decide if it stays or it goes. Some countries though have to just deal with the decisions their government, or more likely the dictator, makes.

Laws (DeAric)

How do the changing rules of the pigs compare to the changing of laws to meet the specific needs of the their makers? The pigs got were tired of getting pushed around by the humans. Well all the animals were tired of getting pushed around by the men, the pigs were more intelligent and unlike the other animals the pigs actually stood up for themselves which had motivated the other animals to do the same. So after old major did his speech. He died, but the pigs were eager to do what major wanted to be done. So Napoleon and Snowball slowly started making the farm life better for the animals. Snowball wanted animals to be free. I think Napoleon wanted pigs to be free. After Major had died Snowball made commandments embracing Major’s speech. As the farm came more free for animals Napoleon became more obsessed with the freedom they were having. One day Snowball was chased out the farm by two of Napoleon’s servants which were puppies that he took when they were very young. They grew up to know Napoleon as the ruler. Napoleon took the farm over.

            In comparing the farm with real life Napoleon would be like the people who wanted just native Americans to vote. Snowball would of course be the good guy who would allow all humans to vote. Snowball wanted everyone to be equal he would be the animal version of Martin Luther King. Snowball would also be the animal version of anti slave states. Napoleon would be the state who had slaves and women were always in the house cleaning and cooking for him. The slaves and women would be other animals and the pigs would be the white men. So the animal farm is really just another civil war amongst animals though.

“Once slavery in America was not seen as radical. It became, instead, a revolutionary idea that slaves should be freed. When we have lived under a pernicious power long enough, no matter how oppressive, we grow so accustomed to the yoke that its removal seems frightening, even wrong”.

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Napoleon Vs. Hitler (Rebecca)

Animal Farm

Hitler and napoleon are similar to each other because they both wanted everything to go their own way. Most of the time they both used propaganda to the people to make them do what ever they wanted them to do. Answers.com gave their opinion that “Hitler used propaganda to convince Germans that Jewish people were ugly, evil, traitors, and that they were ultimately to blame for Germany's loss in WWI. Through propaganda, Hitler tried to make Germans hate the Jewish people.” This quote came from answers.com (wiki answers). Napoleon used propaganda because he always made the other animals from the farm believe what ever he wanted him, he always wanted other animals to do what he said, because he tough he was correct on everything he said. We can compare Hitler and napoleon because when Hitler was going on many people ignore the fact that there were warnings signs about what was going on. And its similar to animal farm because there was sign about what napoleon wanted to do but since everyone was scared of him they never listen up and a lot of animals didn’t go against him, they actually helped him out. Many of the animals where scared to speak up, they where afraid that napoleon would send the 3 dogs to follow them like he did with snowball.  Answers.com tell’s us 2 ways Hitler used propaganda. “The types of propaganda used by Hitler for the rise of his power were posters and radio ads that proclaimed the Germans were hurt by the Treaty of Versailles and they needed to fight back. It said they had to protect their homes and nations and families, that people who weren't German were less inferior like the Jews, African Americans and other races.” This quote came from answers.com (wiki answers). One of Hitler strategy to make people change there mind about what was going on was making posters and its similar to what napoleon did on animal farm he send some animals to go to the other farms so that they would say how perfect things where going on animal farm.

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Napoleon & Hitler (Ricardo)

How could you argue that the character of Napoleon compares to Adolph Hitler? There is a lot of thinks that are similar of these to character. They both had the same intentions to become a leaders for there homes, but not for the good of the people that they are leading, but only for there own good and they would do anything to get what they want they would even use violent to any body that gets in the way. Another similar think that they both have us there “soldiers” Napoleon had the pigs to back him up and the dogs to do the dirty work, all the violent things and the animals would fear them. And Adolph Hitler had the Nazi army to kill the Jews. So the Jews and the rest of the animals were similar because they pretty much were slave to Adolph Hitler and Napoleon they both had to listen to there rules and laws if not they would get hurt somehow. The reason why the animals from the farm didn’t make a stand for themselves was because they were use to being told what to do there whole lives and they didn’t know any better. And the reason why the Jews didn’t do anything to the Adolph Hitler or his army was because they already knew what would happen to them if they did try to do something and most already saw the Nazis murder a fellow Jew so they knew it would happen to them.



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Napoleon Vs. Hitler (Jesus)

I chose the one about Napoleon being compared to Adolf Hitler. The comparisons are numerous. 

It starts with the fact that people were wanting to revolt against their higher powers and make a change for themselves, 

Napoléon and snowball were a lot like Hitler and Stalin in the sense that they were both greatly supported by the people 

and that in reality as well as in the book they weren’t very fond of each other. According to the “studyworld.com”

 website “Although Hitler and Stalin hated each other, the two leaders were similar in many ways. Hitler and Stalin 

each rose to the highest position attainable in their respective countries, and there were three main reasons that

 they were able to do this. Both men were skilled users of propaganda, each was amoral, and they both had the 

ambition to make their countries powerful in the world. Since each was a skilled user of propaganda, they could use

 their words to twist and manipulate the minds of people into believing that what they were saying was the absolute truth.

 Using this power, they would get people to do anything for them, which proves their amorality.” I couldn’t have put it any 

better myself, that’s exactly how snowball and Napoleon were in the fact that they both hated each other and were both 

greatly looked upon as great leaders. They might not have been leading such great things but nonetheless they were great leaders. 

According to the “schoolhistory.org” website “From having little or no say in the national picture in the 'Golden years' the Nazi’s rose 

rapidly to become the dominant force in the elections of 1932: although they won no overall majority in these elections. 

By 1933, Hitler was viewed by many as the only man who could halt the rapid slide towards an economic and political shambles.” 

Just like after the animals overtook animal farm the word of their revolution spread out and people were beginning to take notice.

 

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GCSE study aids - Teachers resources. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. 

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"Comparing Hitler and Stalin In Their Rise To Power.." Studyworld: Study Guides, 
Research Papers, Book Reports, Essays. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Apr. 2012. 
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enforcing laws (AJ)

Enforcing The Rules

Would you even be able to live life with out laws and enforcement? Most people would say Great. Rules also include the rule or laws of the universe and how nature works. I don’t think you would because people would just try and do what ever they want to do. They would commit every crime with out the police there will be 10 times as much killings than it is. If there wasn’t rules we had to follow each generation would get worse and worse because the children wouldn’t go to school, they would just run the streets, but since we have police we have curfews that we have to follow or we can get took to jail. I think that is good that we have rules and laws to follow. Really you don’t have to listen to anybody if you don’t want to that’s a choice you would make your self but when you don’t follow the rules you will just a to take the consequence for your actions that you made. Laws make things fair for all groups of people.  Laws are not different or special for any one group.  It does not matter what race, religion, age, or sex you are, nor how much money you make. Laws protect everyone.

Napoleon Plus Hitler Equals Bad (Sarai)

One thing is for sure and that is that Napoleon and Hitler liked getting away with what they wanted through lies and manipulation. Napoleon and Hitler both killed to scare everyone into obeying them. Although Hitler killed for far more reasons than Napoleon did, but one thing is for sure and that is that they were both cold-hearted males. Napoleon used his power to punish, trick, enslave, and murder the other animals. He also used it to benefit himself in everyway. He and the other pigs lived in the comfortable farmhouse with plenty of food and enjoyed beds to sleep in. Meanwhile, the other animals slept in the barn, worked hard, ate very little, and were treated the same way when Mr. Jones was in control of the farm. In Animal Farm, Napoleon used his army of dogs to kill many helpless animals. Hitler did the same thing that Napoleon did when he worked the Jews for endless amount of hours with little to no food.

Hitler used his powers for the same reasons that Napoleon did. He used it to punish, trick, enslave, and murder people who were no different than him self. Hitler used his army to kill those helpless people. Napoleon and Hitler both only thought in themselves before others.

Quote for Adolf Hitler

§  “The U.S. Congress and Adolf Hitler on the Armenians”
by Dr. Heath W. Lowry.
Hitler’s speech Thus, for the time being I have sent to the East only my Death’s Head units, with the order to kill without pity or mercy all men, women, and children of the Polish race or language. From ATA-USA, Fall 1985-Winter 1986

Quote for Napoleon 

§  Animal Farm
A Fairy Story by George Orwell. The tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1943–1944, in London.