Education and Social Class

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  • Education and Social Class
    • Education divides the animals into social classes
    • Life after the revolution
      • Two social classes form after the revolution - the ruling and working class
        • goes against “all animals are equal”
        • Division is based on intelligence
          • Irony
            • the other animals accept the pigs are “cleverer”
              • this isn’t a word - shows how uneducated they are
        • The pigs are the ruling class and the other animals become the working class and let them take control
          • pigs are superior from the start
    • Snowball vs Napoleon
      • Snowball wants to educate all the animals
        • he tries to teach them to read, write and spread the ideas of animalism
          • he wants true equality on the farm
      • Napoleon only wants to educate the young
        • he focuses on the piglets so they can continue the pigs’ superiority
        • By controlling education, he controls who’s upper/ruling class
          • they keep all the power because the other animals won't be able to rise against him
    • The animals misuse their education
      • Uneducated animals remain working class because they don’t make the most of education Snowball offers them
        • Mollie only wants to learn how to write her name
        • Boxer wants to read and write but can only learn four letters, which he is “content with”
        • Benjamin learns to read but refuses to use his ability
        • They remain ignorant so decide to accept everything the pigs say

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