ANIMAL FARM In Ch. 2 of Animal Farm, the pigs Snowball (Trotsky) , Napoleon (Stalin) , and Squealer (Propaganda) adapt Old Major's (Marx/Lenin) ideas into "a complete system of thought," which they formally name Animalism, an allegorical reference to Communism. Explain the allegorical intent for each commandment.

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. = Noncommunists are enemies
2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. = Only other Communists are friends
3. No animal shall wear clothes. =
4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. =
5. No animal shall drink alcohol. =
6. No animal shall kill any other animal. =
7. All animals are equal. =

These commandments eventually become one phrase: "Four legs good, two legs bad!" =

Read the excerpt from frederick douglass’s speech “what to the slave is the fourth of july? ”go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the old world, travel through south america, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, america reigns without a rival. what is one way that douglass achieves his purpose of persuading the reader to see his point of view? by relating as many facts and statistics to the reader as possibleby using familiar and casual language to make the reader feel comfortableby using gentle language to evoke a sense of calm and tranquilityby repeating the word “you” to directly relate to the reader