Prys who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters. It did not seem strange to learn that the pigs had bought themselves a wireless
set, were arranging to install a telephone... no, not even when the pigs took Mr. Jones's clothes out of the
wardrobes and put them on...
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.
Using the excerpt above as a starting point, answer the following prompt in a well-rounded essay of at least 300 words.
The animals' revolution began as an uprising against the cruel treatment of Mr. Jones, with the pigs leading the crusade
for equality. However, through the course of the novel, there is a significant shift. Describe, in detail, this shift and its
irony. How does the excerpt represent that shift? How does the change on the farm reflect Orwell's larger allegorical
message?
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