The Seven Commandments and the way they are used in Animal Farm clearly indicate the satirical purpose Orwell intended to highlight; human vice and folly. This is displayed by both the leaders in the story and the rest of the animal community through the pigs' deceit and the animals' naivety.
The pigs in the story, who represent the leaders who take over after the Rebellion, use the Commandments to manipulate the other animals, forcing them to do what they want the animals to do and believe what them want them to believe. This highlights human vice. The pigs take advantage of the fact that the animals are uneducated, therefore unable to read or remember the Commandments properly or unable to recognize that they are being tampered with and manipulated to serve the pigs' agenda. For example, in chapter 8 after the "confessions" and executions took place Clover felt certain one of the Commandments ruled out killing another animal, but when she asked Muriel to read it to her, it said......
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