Animal Farm By George Orwell

The ninety-five page novella, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. Aimed at teenagers and adults, it cleverly shows the flaws within society and how we will never change. This timeless classic was converted into an hour and ten minute long film (in 1954) which is suitable and supposedly appealing to young children.

In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Old Major declares “‘And even the miserable lives we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span. For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones. I am twelve years old and have had over four hundred children. Such is the natural life of a pig. But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year. To that horror we all must come--cows, pigs, hens, sheep, everyone. Even the horses and the dogs have no better fate. You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the windmill that the animals build symbolizes totalitarian triumph, highlights the novel’s Soviet parallels, and emphasizes various themes and character traits. The windmill reveals the despotic and megalomanic tendencies of the pigs, particularly Napoleon, and the hardworking and naïve nature of Boxer, the horse. It also brings the themes, such as the abuse of language to bolster power, and the danger of a naïve working class, to light.

Suddenly a flip switches, Old Major, a pig, preaches, “ Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever” (Orwell, 7). This triggered the animals and they started an uprising that drove Mr. Jones, his wife, and his workers. This allowed the animals to finally have the freedom they deserved. The days of starvation and drudgery were finally over. The army of animals has taken over Mr. Jones farm.

George Orwell wrote Animal farm in 1945,and it showed many of his beliefs in a subtle way. It is mostly based on the Russian Revolution, which happened in 1917, however, after seeing the causes and effects of the second world war, Orwell believed that people were not learning from their previous mistakes. The themes he explored in his novel include the idea of equality, and how a dictatorship is started with good intention, however, due to human greed and corruption, end up with one person in power and everyone else in poverty. Animal Farm explains the failings of Human nature and how they are started. The novel was written to present these views, and to help people learn from previous mistakes.

The question, “Who is at fault?” is one asked many times throughout history. It can be put into many scenarios, like this one, where it is questioned whether the pigs or the animals are at fault for the dystopian characteristics on Animal Farm. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a political satire of Communist Russia, the pigs acting as the government and the animals acting as the citizens. The pigs pushed the animals into following them using fear, force, and made-up statistics, and also by telling them that if they didn’t do as they say, Jones or Snowball would return. Also, the sheep were manipulated to constantly bleat “Four legs good, two legs bad!” (Orwell 29) whenever the other animals were in doubt. Finally, the pigs used the faith

Life is grief when the goal we are striving toward suddenly crush, and our weakness and frailty lead us to have no hope to get any result from the long period of time working. We always say to people, do not let anyone get you down, but in real life, people get easily depressed because they did not achieve their goals. In Animal Farm, Orwell gives a picture of those hardworking animals work for the windmill. They pinch and screw in order to save more outlay for building the windmill. However, the windmill is destroyed by human. And this pain is known only by those real trier. There is no guarantee of outcomes for those animals to work hard for the windmills. Orwell alludes the audience that human weakness to be unable to secure favorable outcomes. Since animals did not gain the outcome they expected to get, one of the strongest worker, Boxer is very grieved and angry about human so that he stands up for all of the animals. Boxer yelled to Squealer, “But they have destroyed the windmill. And we had worked on it for two years!”(Orwell 105) Boxer is despairing about the destruction of the windmill. He has worked it for two years, but it is destroyed in one second. “Two years” is a long period of working time. Day after day those animals wait for the outcome of this windmill. One of the frailties of human nature is laziness. Even though these animals beat laziness, the outcome is still not what they want, and this is indeed sorrowful. The even sorrowful thing is that Squealer,

In the historical fiction film based on George Orwell's animal farm, the author touches base with the days of the USSR and how Stalin came to power. To begin, the animals are shown living on a farm which consists of no food or water because of selfish Farmer Jones. Jones would fall under the ranks of Czar Nicholas II because of his inability to take care of his animals (Russian people). After Jones is asleep, a pig named “Old Major” who appears to be dying rants to his fellow animals about the wrongfulness of Jones. Old Major takes the role of Karl Marx as he was the one to tell the farm to rise up.

In George Orwell 's 1945 epic novel "Animal Farm", the corruption of leadership is described and emphasized through the actions of farm animals. After gaining control of the farm where they were held, a "human" society arose between the animals with the most intelligent, or most disingenuous, animals rising to the top of the hierarchy. Sheep, chickens, even the farm dogs all bowed down to the pigs that tricked their way to power. The infamous quote, “all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (112) is the epitome of the corruption Orwell wanted to emphasize. Through the different obstacles that the barnyard animals faced, from an attempted return by the humans to a project to construct a windmill, the animals gave more and more power to the pigs leaving them at their mercy. Slowly, the animal leaders became "humanized", even going to the extent of wearing clothes and playing cards at the end of the novel, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; and it was already impossible to say which was which” (118). Orwell 's use of allegory emphasizes the dangers of surrendering power to self-imposed leaders and the corruption that occurs when an overwhelming amount of power is held by an individual.

George Orwell wrote his book Animal Farm with the goal of showing his views and to express a story where characters in the book represent real and specific people and situations. Animal Farm ultimately signifies the Russian Revolution and the early years of the Soviet Union. The book uses Animalism to demonstrate communism and the Manor Farm is symbolic of Russia. Orwell displays a strong message in the novel about how power can time and again lead to corruption and oppression. People often thrive to have control and power and once they get it, they take advantage of it. There are other lessons shown throughout the book such as how a government rules its people and controls them, which is shown with the animals in the book. The purpose of the Russian Revolution was to have a land where all of the animals are equal and all treated fairly. As time goes on, the pigs become the leaders and it is clear that they put themselves first and in a better position under Napoleon, eventually this ends up creating a hierarchy. This hierarchy separates all of the animals and they are not equal anymore. This novel also shows how citizens can be manipulated and even brainwashed by a group or government by the use of propaganda. Using propaganda and fear, even a revolution with intentions of total equality can turn into an unfair state.

"It was a pig walking on his hind legs"(Orwell 132). "He carried a whip in his trotter"(Orwell 133). In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, animals have the ability to talk and form their own ethos, Animalism. Animal Farm is an intriguing allegory by George Orwell, who is also the author of 1984, includes many enjoyable elements. More knowledge of the author, his use of allegorical elements, themes, symbols, and the significance in the real world, allows the reader to get more out of this glance into the future.

he wrote this book he wanted people to explore different aspects of this story. The main

The animals of the farm were tired of their leader and formed a revolution to overthrow their “government”, just as the Soviets once did to Tsar Nicholas II. Furthermore, before the animals overthrew Mr. Jones, they constructed a windmill, this windmill was created to bring the animals great comfort and a sense of pride. When they overthrew Mr. Jones, and the pigs take over, the windmill represented something bigger, I believe it represented a start of an industrial revolution such as the one that began under Vladimir Lenin during the early 20th century. The windmill also symbolizes an increase in productivity and a strong sense of solidarity among

Power can be a dangerous thing especially when put into the possession of an oppressive ruler. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel that connects a political fiction story to a very real reality. Although the book is entirely make belief, the concepts within have predominantly accurate representations. Animal Farm is about farm animals who rise up and rebel against their farmer and run the farm their selves. This book provides unique reality through the character development and the nature of man as the animals slowly become more and more human like. In the book, Orwell conveys quite well that humans and animals are not all that different.

When the animals became tired of Mr. Jones’s harsh and intense labor conditions, they plan to dethrone him by chasing him out of his farm. After the successful rebellion, the animals set up their own rules and regulations to follow. The pigs taught themselves how to read and write and