What is the mood of this novel? Do you find this novel saddens you in any way? Why?
This book had several moods. In the beginning, the mood was vengeful, full of anger. The animals were trying to overthrow Mr. Jones, who was the owner of the Manor Farm, for he was not being a good farmer. Mr. Jones was an alcoholic, who drank every night before he came to his farm, and always forgot to feed his animals. He had no sympathy for his poor animals what-so-ever. After the animals’ revenge, for a moment, the mood was peaceful, yet hard-working. The animals under the “smart” pigs’ control, seemed to work even harder. They ate plenty of food, but soon, their life was back to back-breaking labor again. During the process of making the windmill, the animals were quite pressured with hard work they had to do. There was tension in the atmosphere. The animals had work after another with a goal to accomplish the windmill. They wanted to show it off to humans and receive those electrical things the pigs promised(such as heating). Towards the end of the story, the mood was very depressing. During the fight with Frederick and his followers, many animals were killed. Two geese, a cow, and three sheep were killed; many other animals were wounded, too. On the contrary to the depression that the animals were going through, Squealer, one of the pig leaders, wanted to celebrate their victory. I mean, some of the animals lost their close friends and family members! Come on! What was even more depressing was when Squealer sent Boxer, the loyal horse, to Horse Slaughter’s. The animals moaned for Boxer. It’s was unbelievable…
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