I think that these two leaving the farm shows two sides of
the suppression of individuality. When Mollie leaves, we see suppression of personal
choice. When Snowball is chased off, we see suppression of political
liberties.
Mollie is vain and selfish and pretty
unlikeable. But that should not be a crime. However, in the pigs' version of
Animalism, there is no room for this kind of foolishness. Everyone is supposed to focus
on work the way Boxer does, not on ribbons and silly things like Mollie does. In other
words, you are not free to be the way you want to be.
When
Napoleon chases Snowball off the farm, we see that you are not allowed to hold ideas
that go against those of Napoleon. You are not allowed to be an individual in your
political opinions.
In these ways, these two animals'
stories show us two sides of the them of suppressing
individuality.
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