Animal Farm By George Orwell

Having too much power can corrupt people. Mr. Jones is the owner of Manor Farm. One day he forgets to feed the animals and they rebel. Then the farm’s name is changed to Animal Farm and it is run by animals and the pigs take leadership. The pigs brainwash the animals into believing what is not true and manipulate the other animals on the farm. In the end the pigs act just like humans. In order to secure a life of luxury for Napoleon and his fellow pigs, Napoleon (with Squealer as his spokesman) uses language that intimidates, language that distorts the truth, and language that appeals to the emotions of the others to manipulate the gullible animals of Animal Farm.

Animal Farm was written by George Orwell, a British political novelist who loved to criticized governments and their abuse of power on their population. Animal Farm is a book that attacks the Communist Soviet Union, which is achieved through references to communist leaders.

For my first book report, I was assigned to read the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. I already had a general idea of what happens in the book, but I didn’t really know completely what it was about. I knew that the animals on the farm rebel against the farmer and the book demonstrated totalitarianism, but I didn’t know much more than that. Everyone I know that has read the book hates it, so I thought I wouldn’t like it either. I had never read any of George Orwell’s books before though, so I wasn’t really sure what to expect.

The February Revolution actually began March 8th, 1917 or February 23 according to the Julian calendar that Russia used during that time period. Joseph Stalin was appointed soon after to serve on the Central Committee of the Bolshevik party in 1912 by Lenin who was placed in exile in Switzerland. Stalin became the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1929-53) (Vail 120). Everyone would soon realize that Stalin ruled by terror with many of his own citizen’s deaths during his brutal supremacy. After Lenin’s death Stalin would have potential enemies executed or sent to labor camps.

The working class of a society include people employed for harsh, physical labor. In the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, Napoleon enslaves the creatures of Animal Farm under his dictatorship. In this allegory, Orwell uses animals to represent various people in former Soviet Russian society. Boxer, the horse, symbolizes the Russian working class, or proletariats. Both embody qualities of strength, dedication, and blind obedience. As the farm animals face oppression from Napoleon, Boxer and the proletariat’s personality traits allow the tyrannical leader to take advantage of them.

An enthusiastic participant in the Spanish civil war in 1936, George Orwell had a great understanding of the political world and made his strong opinions known through his enlightening literary works, many of which are still read in our modern era. Inspired by the 1917 Russian Revolution and the failed society it resulted in, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is an encapsulating tale that epitomises how a free utopian society so idealistic can never be accomplished. The novella exemplifies how influences of corruption and greed are capable of devolving pure benevolent intentions, resulting in a malevolent and abusive society. Through the allegorical use of animals on a farm instead of a recount of history, Orwell has successfully mirrored the concerns of the Russian Revolution. He has also simultaneously introduced complex ideas relating to socialism and totalitarianism for all young readers. Through this he has developed a deeper understanding on the complexities and shades of grey involved in dealing with these issues. "Animal Farm" is thus undoubtedly a successful representation of “good” young adult literature as stated by prominent academic Lois T. Stover.

Orwell depicted the non-utopia of the future and the perils it involves in one of the post powerful warnings ever issued against the dangers of a totalitarian society.

Could the world in Nineteen Eighty-four (1948) and Animal Farm (1945) ever really exist? Orwell believes it could. In Animal Farm, the pigs gradually twist and distort rhetoric of socialist revolution to justify their behavior and to keep the other animals in the dark. The animals embrace Major’s ideal of socialism, but after Major dies, the pigs began to altering his words. At end of the work, Squealer’s has repeatedly reconfigured the meaning and words of the Seven Commandments in order to decriminalize the pigs’ treacheries. The seven commandments have been brought down to one “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Orwell’s use of this abuse of language remains one of the most compelling and enduring features of Animal Farm, and parallels a major theme of Nineteen Eighty-four, propaganda. “Big Brother is Watching You.” This is used by the Party and in the media also. These words are depicted beneath the picture, on posters that are hung about Oceania. This slogan is meant to give citizens a feeling of protection, and to prevent them from breaking any of the laws of the society. A feeling of safety, the Party uses this to make them think that within this government, nothing can go wrong. In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm language is the greatest tool of oppression. Orwell hopes that readers will leave Nineteen Eighty-four accepting the possibility that this government could existed and has indeed existed enough to

Every ninety-eight seconds, an American is sexually assaulted; however, only six out of a thousand rapists will end up prison. Not only are evil actions being done, they are actions that go unpunished. Along with sexual assault, people choose actions like murder, torture, and even more mild offenses like lying. People may even seek pleasure from these activities. Climate change, political agendas, and intolerance across the globe are all examples of man-made problems that could have been avoided if humans weren’t fundamentally horrible. According to literary, historical and modern research, humans are generally violent and awful.

Somehow I have become a shadow in this afterlife, remaining alongside the other animals, although they are unable to see me. But, there is something that is holding me to remain with the other animals, here at the farm. I want to see what they do, I want to see if they will be able to follow my vision of a farm not run by humans.

The Russian Revolution in 1917 was portrayed in Animal Farm, to show how the government is more unequal, totalitarian and brutal just like presently. Animal Farm is created by George Orwell, who displays this story as a ridicule, teaches a lesson by showing the dangers of propaganda, and uses animals to hide the original individuals. During the Revolution, Russians had lost hope in Czar Nicholas II due to his rampant behavior and how the government was slowing separating; therefore, he had a short-term. The Bolshevik 's was a political party led by Vladimir Lenin who had led a revolution, successfully overthrown the Czarist regime and set up the new government. After Lenin 's death, a bitter battle with Joseph Stalin who was head of the Communist Party and Leon Trotsky follower of Marxist theory had formed. Stalin gains control over the government and the country falls under totalitarianism. This dystopian novella is used by having disputable characters and shows the risks of abusing language and power. In this book, George Orwell illustrates how his characters are involved in manipulation that leads to unfairness and corruption.

Throughout human history, tyranny and oppression have fueled the revolutionary reconstitution of society. The French revolutionary motto, “liberty, equality, fraternity” can be applied in part to every rebellion in history. With these principles at heart, it only seems logical that human society should become utopian. Despite the principles, the French revolution paved the way for the autocratic rule of Napoleon. History repeats itself; George Orwell’s Animal Farm follows the rise of Animalism which serves as an allegorical reflection of the 1917 Russian revolution that led into the Stalinist era. Many revolutions throughout history follow the same path as the newly installed government always become indistinguishable from those who ruled before them. The reasons exhibited in the novel are the distortion of revolutionary ideas, the abuse of language to manipulate the naïve working class and the corrupting influence of power.

A. Old Major was a well respected animal on the farm who had a vision for the animals of a better life. He envisioned the rebellion the animals would later attempt to follow and motivated the animals to want change. "Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short. We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength; and the very instant that our usefulness has come to an end we are slaughtered with hideous cruelty. No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal

The events that surround Animal Farm’s publication, and Orwell’s own consistent outlook towards his book provide support of its political meaning. Orwell plays a two-sided game with his reader. He emphasizes the similarities between the animal on Animal Farm and the humans they are designed to represent. At other parts of the narrative Orwell shows with both humor and pathos the profound differences separating animals from man.In doing this, he makes his reader create a distinction between the personalities and conduct of the beasts and those of the human world. the animals are designed to represent working people in their initial social, political, and economic position in society, not just of Animal Farm but of England. Just because all have been subjected to human rule, this does not mean that they will act as a united body once they take over the farm. The qualities which, for Orwell, clearly unite the majority of the animals with their human counterparts, the common working people, are a concern for freedom and equality in society and a form of natural decency which prevents them from desiring power for any personal gain. While his decency hinders the animals from discovering the true nature of the pigs until the final scene, it also provides them with an instinctive feeling for what a fair society might look like. By revealing the division within the animal ranks, Orwell is cautioning his reader to question the animal view of the class struggle, for the crucial problem

In the book Animal Farm, Orwell tried to get many points across to his readers with his novel. One of his goals in this book was to portray the Russian Revolution of which resulted in a totalitarian, and more deadly government than the government of which had been overthrown. In doing this, Orwell made his characters parallel to those of which played major roles throughout the Russian Revolution. For example, Manor Farm represents Russia, while Snowball, Old Major, and Napoleon represent the leading figures of the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones, the farmer that was overthrown by the animals, represents Tsar Nicholas II, that was the last Russian Emperor, of which was also overthrown by his people. During Nicholas’ reign to power, his people