Analysis Of Animal Farm, By George Orwell

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is, first and foremost, a political satire warning against the pursuit of utopian desires through unjust and oppressive means. Operating under the pretense of an animal fable, Orwell disparages the use of political power to poach personal freedom. He effectively alerts his readers to the dangerous price that can accompany the so-called “pursuit of progress”. And he illuminates how governments acting under the guise of increasing independence often do just the opposite: increase oppression and sacrifice sovereignty. While the cautionary theme Orwell provides proves widely applicable, in reality his novel focuses on one tale of totalitarian abuse: Soviet Russia. The parallels between the society Orwell presents in his Animal Farm and the Soviet Union – from the Russian revolution to Stalin’s supremacy – are seemingly endless. Manor Farm represents Tsarist Russia, Animalism compares to Stalinism, and Animal Farm, with the pig Napoleon at its helm, clearly symbolizes Communist Russia and Joseph Stalin. But Orwell does more than simply align fiction with fact. He fundamentally attacks Soviet Russia at its core. And in so doing he reveals how the Communist Party simply replaced a bad system with a worse one, overthrowing an imperial autocracy for a totalitarian dictatorship. This essay will demonstrate that Orwell’s Animal Farm is

In a society where the opportunities between classes are imbalanced, the higher class with more opportunities tends to use their advantages to discriminate against the lower class. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell this is shown through the pigs’ manipulation of the other animals’ inability to receive and comprehend education. The pigs use their advanced knowledge to deploy the other animals’ ability to think and act for themselves, therefore making the animals serve the pigs. The pigs use this management by realizing the other animals’ inability to be literate, the handling of the animals’ memory, and the act of raising the young animals to act as the pigs want. Being illiterate in any society makes it extremely difficult to be able

Although Animal Farm does not have any heroic characters, in the story there is a death of a supporting character. The death of a supporting character neither glorifies nor diminishes the supporting character to anything more or less significant. All characters, whether they are the major characters or even a minor, supporting character, they all do not have a complete story. There are no completely round characters in literature. Characters die; characters exist, simply for the sake of the plot, not so that the reader would know the life story of each and every character.

In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the wisest boar of the farm, Old Major, mimics Karl Marx, the “Father of Communism,” and Vladimir Lenin, a Russian communist revolutionary. George Orwell introduces direct parallels between the respected figures through their mutual ideas of equality and profoundly appreciated qualities. Furthermore, his utilization of dialect and descriptions represent the key ideas of the novel. Throughout the novel, Orwell continues to show comparisons between Old Major and Karl Marx/ Vladimir Lenin that reveal their representation of one another.

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This important quote represents what struggles the characters went through in the book The Animal Farm. After the rebellion against the farmers, Napoleon and Squealer decided to take over the farm and become leaders. Along with these two characters, the dogs also played a major part in the fall of animal farm. Now let's get into the reasons why these characters were the main causes.

In the political satire Animal Farm by George Orwell, it presents a story of farm animals in a society parallel to the communist rule in the Soviet Union. The farm is ruled by pigs that are regarded as the cleverest animals and the two leaders are Snowball and Napoleon. They approach politics differently, with Snowball being the idealist and Napoleon being the Machiavellian. Later in the story, Napoleon sought for power for himself and chased Snowball off of the farm. Under his rule, the farm became in state poorer than what it originally was before with the humans. Napoleon’s tactics to control the farm are ruthless; he used his position in power, fear, and propaganda to maintain his authority over the animals.

"Of the golden future time.. Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown, and the fruitful fields of England shall be trod by beast alone. Rings shall vanish from our noses, and the harness from our back, bit and spur shall rust forever, cruel whips no more shall crack." This song gave the animals hope that one day life on the farm would be better. Animal Farm is a mockery of a free society and the needs for change. When the pendulum of power swings drastically in either direction "absolute power tends to corrupt." The animals traded the rule of Mr. Jones for the pigs whom they believed would treat them more fairly, but once the pigs gained total control they lost sight of their goal to make life on the farm better for everyone.

George Orwell or Eric Blair, the author of “Animal Farm”, was a man who was best known for his journalism, writing, and political insights. He was able to bind all the corruption caused by the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, and Communism in an allegorical book, “Animal Farm.” In his book, he symbolized all the leaders and significant people involved in the Russian Revolution from Karl Marx to Tsar Nicholas II to Hitler, in the setting of a rebellion of animals towards humans. In Orwell’s allegory, there were many leaders who rose and fell, had their advantages and disadvantages, influenced positively and negatively, etc. However, two of the main characters that really stood out were Napoleon and Old Major (pigs). Napoleon and Old Major

The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel comparing the beginning of the Soviet Union to an imaginary country called Animal Farm. Animal Farm is an allegory to the Russian revolution with the rise of Stalin and communism. Some points that compare Animal Farm to the Russian Revolution and its beginning are, the historical similarities of Animal Farm and the USSR, the comparison of Napoleon and Stalin, the suffering of animals that relates to the suffering of Russians under Stalin, and how “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

This book was very peculiar. The characters had very different, strong personalities that mixed well within the book creating an interesting story. They all stood out in their own way, but overall one was far more prominent. Squealer stood out because of his job and how he did it. Although trustworthy, he was a very manipulative and exaggerated person.

American Journalist Carl Hiaasen once said, “Good satire comes from anger. It comes from a sense of injustice, that there are wrongs in the world that need to be fixed (www.brainyquote.com). In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, Orwell fuels his inspiration for the novel from his anger and dislike towards the misuse of governmental power, and the corruption that occurs when the government has too much power. The pigs in this novel represent a government 's leaders and the effects of what happens when a government gains too much power and influence over its people. The pigs, especially their leader Napoleon, misuse their power and use it to take advantage of the animal with a lower intelligence level. Orwell satirizes Napoleon by giving him the characteristics of a ruthless dictator who uses education, violence, and rhetoric to control the other animals on the farm.

I am Nicholas II of Russia or was Nicholas II of Russia, now I’m just Nicholas II. I has forced out of my power back in March. It was an unfortunate event, but I got over it. I own a clothing line now. Other than that, I haven’t done much. I read a book called Animal Farm. It was pretty funny. It kind of reminds me of when I got kicked out of my own farm.

Power corrupts all those around it, and it is very easy for one to abuse power. In this novel, Animal Farm is an allegory in which the characters, events and settings are directly parallel to the people and events during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Napoleon is parallel to Joseph Stalin and Boxer represents the Russian proletariat (working class.) These two characters symbolize how communist ideals and power can be used in different aspects, in an approving or disapproving manner.

George Orwell was known as one of the greatest English writers of all time. He wrote several articles and novels, including one of his greatest books Animal Farm. The Animal Farm describes the leadership of the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky using farm animals (“George Orwell”). The Soviet Union, now known as Russia, was much different under the leadership of Stalin than it is now. The Soviet Union was a dictatorship under Stalin, but it is currently a republic. The change in government did not occur without a number of revolts and battles, similar to the ones in the Animal Farm. An examination of the Animal Farm texts will show how Russia was during this era, such as the social structure of the people.

The rebellion was to escape from people and their cruel ways, but can they escape the death-grip of their own kind? The animals of animal farms are mistreated and have no rights. Mr and Mrs. Jones were the owners of Manor Farm, the human oppressors, and authoritarians of the animals. The animals rebel against the Jones and take over the farm. They create a utopian society for themselves, but the utopia quickly turns into a dystopia when the pigs take control of the farm. In many ways, Animal Farm is a complete allegorical / fable –like retelling of the founding of the Soviet Union, complete with a rebellion and eventual installation of a dictator. Like the ideological battle that was raged in Russia between the classes, the one that is played out in this novel have many of the same themes, including an initial push to strengthen the working class, a strong beginning movement of nationalism and unity, a series of successful efforts to topple the ruling authority (Mr. Jones), all followed by a complete totalitarian takeover by a dictator who is a hypocrite and goes back on many of the promises he made at the height of the revolutionary action.