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.

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.

The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell and the film ‘Chocolat’ by Lasse Halstrom are representations of the composer’s context and reflect the social and political concerns of their era. Although reflections of vastly different contexts both texts encourage the responder to question the role and responsibility of society in relation to the individual. Regardless of nature of the institution there is the expectation that needs of the individual will be met and their autonomy and independence will be respected and maintained. The novel and film examine the impact on the individual when confronted with the rigid ideologies of communism and a theocracy. The setting of Animal Farm and the French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes function as a

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 human created problems that could be avoided if human weren’t fundamentally horrible. According to literary, historical and modern research, humans are generally violent and awful.

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell is an allegorical novel published on England in 1945. According to the author, this book reflects historical events leading up and during the Stalin era before World War II. It is the story of a revolution which goes wrong, based on the Russian revolution and Stalin’s use of power, the overall message is that man’s desire for power makes a classless society impossible. In the book, each animal represents a public figure or a type of person in real life. With this we can begin to develop the questions below in order to have a more complete idea of the meaning of the novel.

Animal Farm is an allegorical tale written by George Orwell in 1917. Animal Farm seems superficial at first, seeming to be an insubstantial tale centring on talking farm animals. Animal Farm in fact displays significant moral dilemmas on and issues, through Orwell’s perspective, on particular people and events throughout the duration of the Russian Revolution. However Animal Farm is not simply about the Russian Revolution it also presents how the flaws of humanity power can corrupt one’s mind. Napoleon, in particular, symbolises this concept as his initial lust for power escalates until he distinguishes himself as superior to the other animals before he explicitly mistreats those who were initially seen as his equals.

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 Animal Farm by George Orwell, when Old Major, a decidedly respected old pig, is telling the animals on the farm about what humans will eventually do to them, he claims “‘To that horror we all must come … Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds. As for the dogs, when they grow old and toothless, Jones ties a brick round their necks and drowns them in the nearest pond.’” (Orwell). His statement emphasizes on the lack of justice and liberty for the animals in the farm. As the animals trust Old Major, they heed his words and act upon it for the better. For a society to function successfully, the most important values are justice, liberty, and trust because they maintain an orderly and

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.

It can be thought that those who always put their people first are the most successful leaders. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the pig Snowball adopts this style of leadership. His actions and intentions are always for the best of the group. Others may not use this leadership style like Napoleon another pig competing for the title of leader of Animal Farm. Napoleon instead uses his power to “lead the group”. He suppresses, persecutes, and uses fear to keep control of the masses and to eventually become the leader. Snowball may have the people’s vote but, he’s against Napoleon’s brute force. It may seem that power and only power is necessary to be a successful leader but, the actions of Napoleon and Snowball in Animal Farm prove this wrong.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a “historical” fiction novel that is told in the form of an extended metaphor. The setting is post-WWII and the topic is the rise of communism in Russia, an issue ever-present to the society of America at that time. The main characters in the story are the pigs, who are the most intelligent animals on the farm, and take the leadership roles after the drunken farmer, Mr. Jones, and his associates are revolted out of Manor Farm. The two lead pigs are Napoleon, who represents the communist leader Joseph Stalin, and Snowball, who represents Stalin’s opposer, Leon Trotsky. The animals renamed their newly claimed territory Animal Farm, as a symbol of their superiority over the land. They also promise to never live like a human in the home of Mr. Jones.

“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.

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

The Communist Manifesto states, “Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!” (Karl Marx). This is the document that led to the Russian October Revolution, which ultimately turned the Soviet Union into a dictatorship. In the allegory Animal Farm by George Orwell, which pertains to the Russian Revolution, the animals of the Manor Farm are ruled by a tyrannical farmer named Jones, who murders chickens and gives the animals minimal rations. Due to the atrocities and a prophecy foretold by Old Major, a wise, old respected pig, about full independence from humans, the animals drive out their human oppressors and form an animal republic. However, the evil pigs start to take control with a supreme leader called Napoleon, who uses his subordinate, Squealer, to convince the animals that his actions are the preeminent and the most righteous. The propaganda methods Squealer utilizes include fear, assertion, and lesser of two evils, which manipulate the animals into executing Napoleon’s will.

Human rights have been at the centre of the free world officially from the beginning of the seventeenth century with the Bill of Rights (1688/1689). They are described as “moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour, and are regularly protected as legal rights in national and international law” (Nickel, 2010). Basically human rights are entitlements which human beings have, which can help them develop to their full potential. They are also described as ‘The rights that one has simply because one is human.’ However, not all human beings have the privilege of experiencing human rights. Some people have described human rights as a ‘gift of the West to the Rest’. In this essay I will look at both aspects of this theory, to figure out whether human rights really do exist in full flow in the non-Western countries, and whether human rights have been violated in Western countries themselves. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the plot of the book is worked around one quote… “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” (Orwell, 1954). I believe that this quote is very relevant to this question. It could imply that the West see themselves as much more equal that the rest of the world and this is why they are giving human rights as a ‘gift’.