Entry 5: Mood

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* what is the mood of this novel? do you find this novel saddens you in any way? why?

The story itself is very melancholy. From the beginning, the animals in the farm suffer from the horrible owner, Mr. Jones. He is an apathetic person who is drunk all the time. He didn’t take care of them, feed them nor gave them water to drink. Then, the animals overthrew him. After the coup d´ tat, the animals were glad that peace came into their barn. They started farming, got education, and it was a world that was perfect. The people came back to the farm and the whole circumstances begin to change. Napoleon, the pig, became the leader of the farm and the freedom that the animal used to have, was vanishing. The greed inside of Napoleon made the animals suffer. When the animals were building the windmill to show off that they have an ability to take care of themselves, it was obvious that their ambition was great to develop the farm. However, the process of building it was a challenge to many of the animals. In the book, there is a quote saying, ““There are always bad things following after good things. Plus, life itself is always depressing.”” I think it is so true based on this novel or maybe, it is the reality. The sadness of corruptions is filling the world. Communism, development, and more are hurting the environment and the people. What is the most important thing in the world? Power? Respect? Or Money? The fights that happen in the animal farm can not be neglected when we compare it to our world.