Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Animal Farm Question 1 Due 3/3/09

What is significant about how the animals arrange themselves as they gather to hear Major? What might this arrangement say about future meetings or events? (At least 50 words).

12 comments:

Nathan Beutler said...

When the animals met in the barn to hear Major's dream it seemed to be ordered by the smartest animals to the dumbest. The pigs were right in front of Major than the cows than the dogs, than the horses. Most of the horses are not very smart but the pigs supposedly are.

Unknown said...

I noticed that when the animals ordered them selves during the speech the smartest ones were in the front and closer, such as the pigs and the dumber ones had put them selves in the back such as the horses. The cows came after the pigs then the dogs. The author made it see like the pigs were the smartest animals, from how they acted back compared to the horses reaction. then it also stated how the smarter animals caught on to the song faster.

Jade said...

They do arrange themselves in a certain way where the smartest are closer because they are more interested, but also just the fact that the animals can arrange themselves into an orderly fashion so quickly shows high intelligence and could mean that the animals will have an easy time overthrowing the human race. It shows that animals are not as dumb as the humans think and that animals can work together.

Ally said...

This arrangement must be normal for the animals because they all knew where they belonged in the group. The animals seemed to be organized by their intelligence. The dogs and pigs were in the front and the horses in the back. The book explains that Boxer, the strong horse, wasn't as smart as some of the other animals sat in the back, and the pigs, who sat in the front, and were the smartest.

savannah tate said...

In the first chapter of the book Animal Farm, there is a lot of reference to what animals are more intelligent and what animals lack that certain intelligence. It is said that the smarter animals are that of the pigs and dogs and the animals that are less smart are that of the horses. When they file into the barn to listen to what old Major has to say, they seem to place themselves in the same order that the author puts them in when he refers to their intelligence level. The dogs and pigs go first, then sheep and cows laying behind them, and lastly come in the horses.

Unknown said...

I saw that the author said that the pigs and dogs were the most intelligent of the animals on the farm. The way that they came in were the intelligent animals first, then the dumber animals last. The pigs and cows and dogs came in first, and they also sat closer to the front. The horses sat themselves more near the back. I also noticed that the more intelligent of the animals picked up the song faster than the dumber of the animals.

nathanj256 said...

I think the significance of how all the animals arrange themselves is that all the animals who are more intelligent are the animals that are in front. It also shows you which animals are more interested animals are interested and who aren't. This could show who is going to become the future leaders because they are the ones who really want to follow through with his plan.

astridg411@gmail.com said...

The signifigance of how the animals arrange themselves to hear Major is that they are ordered in how smart they are. The pigs were closer, and the horses were farther back, because they were stupid. They were basically gathered by their intelligence/ non-intelligence.

Sam said...

When reading this section of the chapter, I noticed they ordered the animals that were smarter sat closer to the front, then the level decreased as the room filled up. Major was definatly the smartest in the pack, for his fellow pigs sat very close to the front. This is kind of like human everyday life, the higher quality were always more in the best area.

FRY said...

The significance of the arrangement in the story at the meeting was that the animals would arrange themselves from smartest to dumbest. The pigs were in the front and the horses were in the back. In the future the meetings and or events will probably be arranged in the same order.

ninaad said...

I think that when the animals gathered to hear Old Major's speech in the barn, it became the order of the most powerful and beloved & praised animals, to the working lower-level animals that labored and weren't as appreciated. As the book goes on, the pigs and dogs are given way more food and praise from everyone, with little explanation, and the other animals' rations are reduced with no question.

Unknown said...

the animals have arranged them selves in this order:
-pigs
-sheep
-cows
-horses
what i noticed is that the pigs which became the leaders and most powerful were in front, and that boxer who represented was a the back. i think the author was also trying to show the the order of smartest to least.