The original Seven Commandments were:
Later in the novel, Napoleon has Squealer secretly paint over some of the Commandments to benefit the pigs without arousing suspicion that they were breaking the laws. The revised Commandments were:
Eventually, Napoleon replaces all of the Commandments with "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
The animals felt they needed the seven commandments so order would be brought to the farm. The commandments would tell them what was and wasn't allowed.
There are seven commandments in the beginning of Animal Farm. At the end there is only one commandment and that is, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Many animals on the farm could not remember all seven commandments so they shortened them to "Four legs good, two legs bad"
The aliens invaded the planet Animal Farm and wiped out the commandments.
Napoleon
As Clover often suspects the pigs violating one or another of the Seven Commandments, but she repeatedly blames herself for misremembering the commandments.
In George Orwell's "Animal Farm," Snowball simplifies the seven commandments into the maxim "Four legs good, two legs bad." This phrase encapsulates the core principles of Animalism, emphasizing the distinction between the animals and humans, while promoting unity among the animals. This simplification helps to reinforce the ideology of the revolution and makes it easier for the less intelligent animals to remember and adhere to the commandments.
Animalsim is basically the government or religion that the animals base their daily lives off of. So in other words it resembles the Seven commandments
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The 7 commandments are a symbol of communism in Russian revolution.
The other animals in the farm started to get a little suspicious every time it seemed like the pigs broke the Seven Commandments (i.e When Clover thinks that it was one of the Seven Commandments that no animal shall kill another animal.) So then the pigs had to make up some story that would sound persuasive and make the other animals believe that the rules had not been changed, it was just that the animals weren't smart enough to remember.
Slowly change the 7 commandments until they are completely useless.