Learning English Outside

Animal Farm

  Today, I watch the movie: Passage to India. I watch to practice my listening and speaking skill. I think watching the movie help me to develop my listening and speaking skill.

Manor Farm is owned by this drunken guy named Farmer Jones. He has many animals on this farm. One night, the farmer goes to bed, and the animals have a meeting. This old pig named Old Major tells the other animals that he had this dream about men making animals their slaves. They talk about how men use animals then kill them, and how all men are evil.

One night, Farmer Jones goes to bed and forgets to feed the animals. So the animals go into the barn to feed themselves. Farmer Jones finds them and whips them but the animals fight back. The men lose and they are chased off the farm. The animals then change the name of the farm to "Animal Farm," and write up some rules to live by.

The animals run the farm and do all the chores. There’s a lot of tension between Napoleon and Snowball. Snowball wants to build a windmill but Napoleon doesn’t. So Napoleon tells his dogs to attack Snowball. Snowball survives and escapes the mean dogs. After Napoleon takes over the farm, he changes his mind and wants to build
 a windmill. There is a problem with the pigs. Napoleon gathers all the animals in the yard, and then brings out some animals who he believes are traitors with Snowball. After they admit their crime, Napoleon’s dogs rip out their throats. The farmer next door, Mr. Frederick, tries to kill the animals and take over the farm. He blows up the windmill and kills many animals. But, the animals win the fight. Then begins the decline of Animal Farm. They break all of the animal rules

By the end of the story, the animals have no rules anymore, and the pigs start to have business dealings with human farmers.

This movie is a good story because this story uses animals to reflect human issues and behavior. This movie compares "types" of people to certain animals. There are sheep, dogs, etc. After I look this movie I think people’s behavior is like an animal’s behavior. But I think this story inappropriate for children because some scenes have the violence for example, kill the animals, fighting. I like the seven rules in this movie. The seven rules are

1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.

2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.

3. No animal shall wear clothes.

4. No animal shall sleep in a bed.

5. No animal shall drink alcohol.

6. No animal shall kill any other animal.

7. All animals are equal.

I think, if the people use the fifth, sixth, and seventh rules same animal in the future the world will have a peace.