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.

On a chilly Autumn evening, my cousins and I were roaming around the Promenade Mall. We had been talking about where we would all like to travel to in the future with excitement but that had been until our attention was caught by a younger girl. We had noticed as we walked closer that two older girls had been making fun of her appearance. This greatly bothered us. We viewed bullying as as something that no one should have to tolerate. Immediately, we walked up to the girls. I stood in front of the younger girl pushing her back with my arm to assure them that they should back off or else they would have a major problem. My cousins and I went straight to telling her off on how what they were saying to the younger girl was wrong and how they should use empathy. The girls reacted just as how I expected, frightened. After around 45 seconds of doing so, we walked away with a smirk on our faces and invited the younger girl to join us as we went on shopping. Always stand up for what you believe in. It is better to stand out by doing the right thing than to do nothing and blend with the crowd. In Animal Farm written by George Orwell, the animals in the manor farm were being mistreated. They decided to take charge and to have a rebellion for they knew that they way Mr. Jones was treating them was wrong. The animals later created their own commandments but later they find out that holding all of the power to yourself leads to negative outcomes.

Being deceived is not something noticed on first glance; small, seemingly harmless steps with perfectly reasonable explanations are taken first. Through the oppression and control of the non-pigs in Animal Farm, George Orwell warns that the negative results that come from ignorance are the likeliness of being deceived, unawareness of social change, and people’s inability to objectively judge their situation.

Oftentimes, one may look up to the government for protection, information, or guidance. On the contrary, one may also rebel against the government for the overreaching of the private rights of a citizen. George Orwell’s novels Animal Farm and 1984 are great examples of a totalitarian government and how they are able to manipulate the citizens as well as overreach the boundaries of privacy. In 1984, Winston Smith lives in a society run by a dictatorship government named INGSOC. INGSOC is broken into two parts, the inner party and outer party. The two parties are broken into four different ministries: The Ministry of Truth, who is in charge of news, entertainment, and education; the Ministry of Peace, who is concerned with war; the Ministry of

Tyranny has always been present in human history from Joseph Stalin to Adolf Hitler they have all taken advantage of the public and used them to their own advantage and personal needs. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell this tyrannical, totalitarian, and corrupt form of government is seen. In the story the tired animals organize a rebellion against their owner and drive him out. They create their own government, with the pigs assuming control. But the corrupt pigs take advantage of this power entrusted to them, and oppress the animal for their own benefit. Even though the pigs abused the power they had, The naive and gullible animals themselves were the ones responsible for the pigs’ quick rise to power and control because the animals were tricked into supporting the pigs evil plans, they were too braindead to organize and execute a rebellion even after they realized the pigs were up to no good, and they were so foolish that they even supported the expulsion of snowball, the only good pig that worked for the good of the other animals.

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.

As Lord Acton once said, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. During the beginning of the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, Old Major, the prize Middle White boar describes the oppression that the animals on Manor Farm have experienced. Old Major goes to foreshadow that a day will come when the animals will overthrow their human masters and build an equitable society. That day does in fact come and the animals cause their previous master, Jones, to flee the farm leading to the farms original name of Manor Farm to be changed to Animal Farm. However, we quickly see that the pigs, by virtue of their leadership of the revolution, quickly become corrupted by the power that they have achieved thus corrupting the primary ideals on animalism.

“All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, farm animals drive out their farmer and live in an environment where all animals are equal. However, the pigs, the smartest animals on the farm, end up taking over the farm and controlling all the animals. They trick the animals into believing they are doing everything for the benefit of the farm, when in reality they are doing it for themselves. The famous quote mentioned in this novel not only explains a scene in the book; it also shows the Orwell’s true purpose for writing the story: his hatred towards communism and Stalin’s rule. An author shows his or her purpose through the text’s hidden meanings, the structure of the text, the sequence of events, and the diction of the text.

In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, Orwell creates a world in which animals formulate a plan to take over the farm against the humans. After successfully dominating the farm in which they live in. They then, branch off into divisions which are created by the masterminds behind it all, the pigs. There are three pigs that run the show and they have created a basic system that would divide the animals roles.(9) As silly as this would sound, the only animals really benefiting from this division are the pigs. They are allowed to make the rules because they are more intelligent than the rest of the farm animals.(9) Which gives them the authority to eat as much as they want and eat certain foods the other can’t not eat such as apples and milk.

In novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, he mentions the animals in the farm they all have the vision of freedom after Old Major’s prediction. They rebilled against the farmers and after their victory they tasted the revolution. The farm was renamed “Animal Farm” and made the constitution of the manor – “the seven commandments.” Soon there is a split on the revolution between the pigs, Snowball was declared as an enemies of the revolution. Since then Napoleon and Squealer obtained the leadership of the farm, immediately they have more power and more preferential treatment, they gradually moved away from other animals, and eventually become exploiters for exactly the same as humans, the original ideals of animal farm name is also be abandoned. One theme of animal farm is that we need to have a clever mind to see through unfair trick, before it is too late.

They make commandments for all the animals to follow: whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. Boxer, a strong cart-horse, devoted himself to the cause and the barn. Soon enough, the animals get rid of the humans on the farm and have it all to themselves. The three pigs soon become the leaders of the farm. At first, Animal Farm (which they called it, instead of Manor Farm) grew and prospered. Snowball works at teaching the animals how to read. Napoleon also takes a group of young pups to have them learn about Animalism (the commandments). Mr. Jones tries to take back the farm, but fails. Over time, Napoleon and Snowball fight for power as both of them want to rule the farm. Snowball came up with the idea of a electricity-generating windmill, but Napoleon rejects the idea. Snowball holds a meeting about the windmill, Napoleon gets angry, calls for his “puppies” or attack dogs and order them to chase Snowball out of the farm. Napoleon claims leadership and changes his mind about the windmill. He builds it. After a

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

George Orwell says of Animal Farm, a novel subtitled A Fairy Story, that it was the first book in which he tried, with “full consciousness” of what he was doing, “to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole.” Set at Manor Farm, run by Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Animal Farm begins with a sketch of farm life from the perspective of the animals. Jones, who drinks excessively, and his nondescript wife do little to care for the animals while living off the animals’ labor. It is old Major, the prize Middle White boar, who speaks in his old age of better times when the animals will set their own laws and enjoy the products of their labor. He tells the farm animals, “All the habits of Man are evil,” and he warns them to avoid human vices, such as living in houses, sleeping in beds, wearing clothes, drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, touching money, and engaging in trade. It is old Major who leads the farm animals in their first song of solidarity, which they sing so loudly that they wake the Joneses. Jones, hearing the ruckus and assuming that a fox is responsible for it, fires shots into the darkness and disperses the animals. Three nights later, old Major dies peacefully in his sleep. With him dies the selfless belief system needed to enact his vision.

George Orwell’s book entitled Animal Farm provides an interesting insight on the political scene of the Soviet Union during the era of political changes in which the Soviet Union gained power as described with the analogy of a group of animals on a farm who overthrow their farmer and proceed to struggle through decision making and struggles associated with searching for a balance of power. There is a series of power changes and periods of different leadership styles described. To understand the novel and the political implications that it implies one must understand these political power changes and political systems.