Chapter+9

= Chapter 9  =

=** Summary **= Rations are reduced yet again, but the pigs are comfortable and seem to be gaining weight. New documents have been discovered revealing that at the Battle of the Cowshed, Snowball was openly fighting on the human side. In the middle of the summer, Moses the raven shows up and preaches to the animals about Sugarcandy Mountain again. Boxer keeps working hard even though he still needs to heal and one day while dragging a load of stone, he falls and can't get up, and his lungs fail. Napoleon says he will send Boxer to the vet in Willingdon but instead sends him to be slaughtered and three days later Squealer comes to announce that Boxer has died. The pigs get drunk again.

= Parallels =


 * Benjamin- ** Benjamin is an old intelligent donkey that represents the intelligent people of Russia who don't participate in politics. When Benjamin discovered that Boxer was being sent to a horse slaughter house, he tried to rally all the animals to help save Boxer but he was too late. When the time comes and someone needs help, those people are always too late.

"First They Came..." was written during WWII that portrayed those intelligent individuals who did not speak up for them self or anyone else.

They came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me and by that time no one was left to speak up. "First They Came..." reflects who Benjamin is. Benjamin didn't speak up for his friend Boxer, and by the time he did try to speak up, it was too late.

The hens were forced to lay 600 eggs a week that were to be sold from the farm. So the population of the hens began to decline because little to no eggs were left to hatch into baby hens. Stalin pressed and forced collectivization upon the farmers in Russia. In 1932, Stalin increased the amount of grains needed to be collected from each farm thus causing a shortage in grains. Stalin kept demanding grains and exporting it out to other countries, refusing to believe that people were dying of starvation. Famine became a huge problem and millions of people died as the result.
 * Eggs needed increased from 400 to 600 eggs a week **


 * Animal Farm Becomes a Republic **

Animal farm decided to become a republic and elected Napoleon as president. Animal farm becoming a republic reflects the German Democratic Republic that was declared on October 7th, 1949 which gave control to the Socialist Unity Party (SED- Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) which was controlled by the Soviet. The Socialist Unity Party was a political party that believed in Marxis (Karl Marx) and Leninist (Vladamir Lenin) Ideology.

Boxer’s death illustrates the true betrayal from Napoleon. Napoleon lied to the animals on the farm telling them that Boxer was going to be sent to a hospital and that Boxer died glorifying Napoleon and the farm. Boxer’s death marked the end of everything the farm was fighting for. Napoleon killed his only true and loyal supporter. The pigs now control over all the other animals on the farm. Just like Stalin who finally has complete control over Russia.
 * Boxer’s Death **

**Spontaneous Demonstration & The Reappearance of Moses** The spontaneous demonstration and the reappearance of Moses gave hope to the animals left on Animal Farm. The spontaneous demonstration provided a reminder to the animals that they had won against humans, their only purpose for a rebellion. Moses kept singing on about Candy Mountain and that provided hope that even though their lives are awful, his song brings hope to the animals that their lives will get better if you continue to work hard. In Russia, Stalin promoted atheism and turned churches into schools and theaters and religion just disappeared. The reappearance of Moses was to illustrate that religion returned in Russia and Stalin allowed for religion to return because the threat of religion was not there anymore.

While the the all the other animals suffered and had to go through more food rations, the pigs and dogs prospered. This is a perfect showing of how while Stalin was in control, the lower class was in a complete economic downfall. Stalin and the upper class felt none of the problems and thrived as though the economy was perfect.
 * The Food Shortage **

= Quotes = This quotes shows how Squealer, or Pravda, was on the side of Stalin. Even when the animals start doubting Napoleon, the pig he pays convinces everyone that all the problems are in their heads and that Napoleon is always good.
 * "Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference, as Squealer did not fail to point out." (116) **

Russia did not see any improvements, yet Russians believed they had more thanks to Stalin.
 * " Reading out the figures in a shrill, rapid voice, he proved to them in detail that they had more oats, more hay, more turnips than they had had in Jones's day, ... and that they had more straw in their stalls and suffered less from fleas" (115). **

Even in a communistic country where everyone is supposedly equal, there is always a tendency to separate into different social classes.
 * "... it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other, animal must stand aside: and also... have the privilege of wearing green ribbons..." (116). **

In letting Moses back onto the farm, the pigs no longer feel threatened by religion because they already have complete control over all the animals. Stalin is confident over his control over the citizens and feels nobody can take him out of power, so does not care about religion. This situation is just like when Mr. Jones was still in power at the farm.
 * "[The pigs] all declared contemptuously that his stories about Sugarcandy Mountain were lies, and yet they allowed him to remain on the farm, not working, with an allowance of a gill of beer a day"(120). **

Boxer represents the intellectuals in the famous poem //First they came...// by Pastor [|Martin Niemöller]. The intellectuals do not speak up for others when they were being targeted by the government, so when they were targeted themselves "no one was left to speak up" for them. Benjamin was passive to the activities of Napoleon. When he tried to rally the animals to rescue Boxer, he was too late.
 * "It was the first time that they had ever seen Benjamin excited" (122). **