Animal Farm Creative Project

         For my Animal Farm Creative Project I decided to write a poem from the perspective of Benjamin, the old and thought to be wise donkey. I took his perspective of what was happening to his home,the farm. The destruction and betrayal of the trusted leaders. It is more of his thoughts on the Napoleon and Snowball and somewhat more explaining his own insight to why he was set on opposing the pigs. Within the poem I really tried to emphasize the theme that there will always be a leader, or social hierarchy, and even with the will of the people, this ultimately leading to abuse of power.

I'm Old and Tired

I'm old and tired,

I'm not gonna be like those young things.

The difference between me and them

Is that I've seen more, I've heard more

I known that in the end leaders will always emerge.

We've seen it science the beginning of time.

Solomon, Hitler, Lincoln.

Some were born good leaders,

While others motives were to gain ultimate power.

I'm old and tired,

I'm not gonna be like those young things

And follow blindly.

I know bad when I see it.

I do want freedom and equality but, this isn't it.

The time will come and maybe I wont ever witness it

But, being old and tired has made me see

That in the end hierarchy will always be.