In Chapter 9 of Animal Farmby George Orwell, Napoleon buys bricks and timber to build a schoolhouse exclusively for his piglets. The message that is sent by Napoleon's actions is that the pigs are considered of a higher status than any of the other animals. They are better than everyone else according to Napoleon's actions. About this same time, a rule is made that if another farm animal meets a pig along a path,...
In Chapter 9 of Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon buys bricks and timber to build a schoolhouse exclusively for his piglets. The message that is sent by Napoleon's actions is that the pigs are considered of a higher status than any of the other animals. They are better than everyone else according to Napoleon's actions. About this same time, a rule is made that if another farm animal meets a pig along a path, the other animal has to step aside and allow the pig to pass.
By this point in the book, Napoleon has separated himself and his offspring from the rest of the farm animals, and he has taken privileges that are not available to the others on the farm. Napoleon also has given himself more privileges than anyone else including the other pigs.
"There were the bricks, sand, and lime for the schoolroom to be purchased, and it would also be necessary to begin saving up again for the machinery for the windmill. Then there were lamp oil and candles for the house, sugar for Napoleon's own table (he forbade this to the other pigs, on the ground that it made them fat), and all the usual replacements such as tools, nails, string, coal, wire, scrap-iron, and dog biscuits." (Orwell 116-117)
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