Significant Passage

"Animal Farm"
"Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No Question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which."

This passage really made me think. I knew that pigs were taking advantages of their power, but I could never have guessed that they became exactly what they have meant to get rid of. I think George Orwell tried to tell us that power can turn a human being into anything; even a hypocrite. Napoleon seemed to be a nice pig who deserved people's trust. Although there were controvercies of ideas between Snowball and Napoleon, I just thought that Napolean was recommending his idea because he thought that following his ideas will make Animal farm successful. However, after he gained power, he started to be filled with greedy desires. I think that George Orwell is trying to tell us that the main cause of a dystopian world is greed. Because Napolean became greedy, he wanted everything to be better for his "race" than any other. Because humans are the superior race in Earth, Napolean might have thought that the pigs must become more like human to become superior in the farm.

Climax

I think the climax of this book is when the pigs appear in front of their fellow animals on their two feet, when they've continuously been chanting "four legs good, two legs bad." The sheeps, who were really into this chant were one day taken by a persuader among the pigs named "Squealer" and were taught something new. Sheeps, who were dumb in nature, appearently listened to Squealer as he was giving his lessons to them because, the sheeps did exactly what the pigs wanted them to do. When there was a procession of the pigs in front of the animals, the sheeps started to chant something rather new. They yelled "four legs good, two legs better." I was especially shocked at this because, I finally understood what the true purpose of the pigs. They wanted to become something that they've hated for years: humans. I really hate people like him. People who betray his/her friends just so that they can enjoy the glory.

Mood

"Animal Farm"
The mood of the characters in the story was very happy because they thought they were doing everything to the best quality due to their leader's guidance. The animals always thought that their leader Napolean was doing his best providing for them, and sheltering them. As I read this story, I was deeply saddened. As a reader, I knew the fact that Napolean was only caring for the pigs, and almost all of the things he did was to support and provide for the pigs. The animals deserved a lot more than they were being paid for their labor. The pigs were worse supervisors than Mr. Jones, so as I was reading through the book, I constantly thought how it would've been better for the animals to have appreciated and accepted Mr. Jones of his treatment toward them. In the end, the pigs betrayed their fellow animals for power and comfort.

Main Characters

"Animal Farm"
The main characters of "Animal Farm" are Snowball and Napolean. They're both pigs, and took major leads when they overthrew Mr. Jones and claimed the farm for themselves.
Snowball had good ideas. If he had a country to run, then the country would have a democratic government system. He believed that the fellow animals should have a say in how their farm should run, believed that it would be necessary to have a meeting to distribute jobs, have meetings and have a conference, and he believed that the fellow animals should have a say in what decisions were to be made in the farm.
Napolean is a pig who became a leader after he got rid of Snowball. Napolean was a pig whose ideas differed greatly from ideas of Snowball. Napolean's country would've been ran by a communistic government because he believed that he had the complete power to decide who was better than others, who deserved more than others, and most importantly, who was more equal than others. Napolean basically brainwashed the fellow animals, using a pig named Squealer, into believing everything that he believed were correct.

Settings

"Animal Farm"
The story of Animal Farm took place in a world where animals are capable of logic, and have the capability of surviving by themselves. The animals learned how to read and write, how to take care and run a farm, and how to negotiate and plan a rebellion against humans, and create their own government. In the end of the book, the pigs even have fun with human beings by playing poker, telling each other jokes, and even drinking with them.
In this type of world, the story takes in an animal farm called the Manor Farm. The farm used to belong to a farmer named Mr. Jones. For a while, the Manor Farm has been known as the Animal Farm, but after Snowball was chased away from the Animal Farm and Napolean became the leader of the farm, the farm became known as the Manor Farm again.

Entry #3: What qualities would you like to have as a Greed god or goddess?

If I had a choice, I would probably choose to have the quality of Poseidon, the god of water, sea, ocean, HO2, and ect. I've always like the power given to Poseidon, because he's one of few gods that could both award and punish human beings. He has the power to bring raging storm of water and destroy human shelters, or even send beasts of the sea to punish, or even kill the human beings. On the contrary, he can provide sailors with waves that are good enough to sail, provide humans with fish to eat, and keep humans safe from the beasts of the sea. I especially like the trident that Poseidon always seems to carry on murals, paintings, and many other artistic works. The trident seems to make him more than he is. It gives him the look of having authority, and makes him look powerful, and infallable. I've always believed the trident to be some sort of magical wand that is used by rulers of the sea. It is seen and portrayed as a symbol of power. The only purpose of the trident is to manipulate the water, which is a very appropriate weapon a sea god should be carrying. If I had a chance, I would like to have the power of Poseidon.

(I just wrote what I knew)

Entry #2: Greek monsters

Chimera

Chimera is a mythical monster that was made of many parts of different animals. In Homer, a Chimera is described as "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire." By many versions of myths, and many myth writers, Chimera is known to be a female from the beginning, although it has a mane on its lion face. Chimera was once known to be the sign of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters but mostly volcanoes. The Chimera defeated many heroes, and ended up killing most of them. It was finally defeated by a hero named Bellerophon with the help of Pegasus. Since Pegasus has wings and therefore can fly, he shot the Chimera with an arrow from a safe distance in the air where the Chimera isn't able to reach to hurt him. Bellerophon was commanded to fight offthe Chimera by king lobates of Lycia, whose original intenstion was to kill Bellerophon. Chimera was a motivation of many vase makers, who design their vases with mythical beings (shown above).


Citation:
Wikipedia, "Chimera (mythology)." Wikipedia 9 March 2008 11 March 2008 .