Chapter 7 (by Kyle)

This chapter was the beginning of great tragedy on the farm. Many of the animals were executed after admitting they were secretly helping Snowball in overthrowing Napoleon and the farm. All of the survivors are picking up on the fact that what Napoleon and the pigs are doing is completely wrong, but they have been brainwashed to remain loyal to the farm and to keep working toward maintaining their freedom from the humans. One thing I want to know is why so many of the animals were willing to admit their "wrongdoings". None of the animals that admitted to helping Snowball had to do what they did, especially since they knew they were going to be killed for it. Even if Napoleon and his followers found out about which animals were working behind their back on their own, they still would have been killed all the same. I don't see why they didn't at least attempt to hide it for the sake of living longer. In fact, what if the accusations were false? What if they admitted to doing things they never did? Perhaps they hated the farm so much, they would have been better off dead. Maybe they were trying to prove a point by standing up for what was right, or maybe they wanted to die along with the other animals that had died before them. Whatever the case may have been, I still feel like they could have done things in a different manner. All of those animals could have remained alive and worked together in an attempt to make a positive change on Animal Farm. The sad part is that the animals that survived know nothing of what they can do to fix the wrongdoing in their society, and cannot find the words to express their thoughts and feelings. However, their doubts of how the farm is being run get even more doubtful when their old anthem, The Beasts of England, is banned. This marks even more evolution in the foundation Animal Farm was built upon, and is almost a completely Communist-like society. I hope we will be able to find out why all those animals were willing to end their lives, if the accusations were true, and most of all, how the Animal Farm will fall (since by now we know this story is not going to end well at all).