Animal Farm Cuban Revolution

The cunning dictator Joseph Stalin once said “I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.” Revolution can be inevitable in certain situations and a very powerful motivation for the wrong reasons. George Orwell depicts revolution in Animal Farm through use of character portrayal, symbolism and a steady process and progression.

Animal Farm is used as a literary device to symbolize the rise of Soviet Communism in an animal based story. In a more broad perspective, it is also a metaphor for human society and government, no matter the form. The pigs show the nearly inevitable development of tyranny in a the upper, more powerful classes, and how this is detrimental to the integrity of democracy and freedom. On the other hand, the lower class animals are used to display the dangers of having a naive, or uneducated working class that allows itself to be manipulated and lied to by the people that reside above them in the social

This all went very well for a while, but the revolution then took a drastic downfall. The animal’s freedom and individuality was slowly taken away. Napoleon took the dogs freedom away by “making them bow, “ and obey him only. The animals also began to have no freedom of speech, “ raised their voices timidly but they were promptly silent by a tremendous growling,” which shows us that the farm was no longer run by all the animals but rather by the pigs, anything they say is right and you may not argue. The animals no all had to be the same, which can be taken as equality, but it was taken to the extreme. The animals had to call each other, “comrade,” and they weren’t even allowed to stick out in the smallest ways, ” Molly’s ribbons were taken,” which was fine at first but then slowly the animals started forgetting who they were.

Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution, it is based on certain aspects of the Revolution. For example, revolting the government, all of the animals on the farm group together to overthrow their cruel owner because they believe they are not being treated as well as they should be. When the animals come into power after overthrowing their master the pigs consider themselves to be the dictators on the farm, snowball one of the pigs starts to plan building a windmill to give power to the farm but Napoleon is not happy that snowball is leading the animals in thought, so he starts blaspheming him, the animals are agreeing for Snowballs idea but now Napoleon is outraged. Napoleon lets out a high pitch squeal and out of nowhere a pack of dogs he raised from puppies ran after Snowball and chased him into

Animal Farm, known at the beginning and the end of the novel as the Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule. But more generally, Animal Farm stands for any human society, be it capitalist, socialist, fascist, or communist. It possesses the internal structure of a nation, with a government (the pigs), a police force or army (the dogs), a working class (the other animals), and state holidays and rituals. Its location amid a number of hostile neighboring farms supports its symbolism as a political entity with diplomatic concerns.

For starters, Napoleon symbolizes Fidel Castro. Fidel overthrew Batista’s government just like how Napoleon became the leader and told Snowball to leave. Another similarity in the book is Napoleon’s dogs. Napoleon’s dogs represent Castro’s army. The dog’s represent Fidel’s army because the dogs show Napoleon authority, just like how Castro’s army showed Castro. The other animals on the farm represent the citizens of Cuba. The citizens of Cuba were afraid of Fidel’s men just like how the animals were afraid of Napoleon’s dogs. The animals in Animal Farm know that if one did not follow any of Napoleon’s seven commandments, one will be punished. Just like how the citizens of Cuba were. If one did not follow the rules or disagreed, one citizen would be

The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a talking pig who takes over a farm. Rather, the tale seeks to show the fear factor in which the citizens under Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian government lived with. George Orwell, in Animal Farm uncovers the truth about how the people under Stalin’s rule were constantly threatened to be killed if they did not dedicate their lives to helping Stalin with his plans. As Napoleon, an allegory for Stalin, takes control of the farm, animals lose their lives, are manipulated to fight the humans and are living in constant fear of getting killed.

They are allegories to people of the Soviet Union though. Such as Napoleon is Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is Stalin in this book, but he could also be Fidel Castro, Kim Jong Un, and other totalitarian leaders. George Orwell intended this to be Soviet Union specific, but it is flexible to today’s totalitarian governments around the world. “Napoleon is always right”. (Page 27: paragraph 1, Animal Farm). Snowball, who was expelled from the farm, and falsely labelled a traitor by Napoleon, closely is supposed to be Trotsky. One of the main creators of the Soviet Union, who after Lenin died was labelled as a traitor and was deported to Mexico by Stalin. Lastly, there was Old Major. It could be argued that he was Lenin, but he did not live to see the revolution like Lenin did. He also created the concept of Animalism, which is an allegory to Communism, which are both totalitarianism. Which means, Old Major would be Karl Marx. Marx wrote the Communist Manifesto in 1848 with Frederick Engels. He was one of the creators of Communism, as Old Major created Animalism. “THREE nights later, Old Major died peacefully in his sleep”. (Page 7: paragraph 1, Animal

“But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end.” an incredible quote from Animal Farm by George Orwell. Not only is the quote amazing on the surface, but also absolutely incredible in the deeper sense. This quote is meaning that everyone will fall under the jurisdiction of the powerful and one day everything will end. In our society today we think that everyone should be equal and that countries that are not completely equal are crazy. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a social commentary novel on Communism, this book shows the reader how having different classes can be corruptive. George Orwell uses class rankings to show how corrupt the world or countries that use class rankings are. Throughout this entire story the issue of class is present, whether it is before the rebellion or more importantly after the rebellion. There will never be a time in Animal Farm where the use of class is not present. Animal Farm by George Orwell caused me to not only acknowledge that there was a deeper meaning, but it also forced me to think heavily on the meaning. The way George Orwell used animals in a metaphorical way to reflect humans is not only smart, but also makes you want to dig deeper to find out what George Orwell is trying to

One of the main characters of Animal Farm is an allegorical parallel of Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is the pig that emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. He represents

“History consists of a series of swindles, in which he masses are first lured into revolt by the promise of utopia, and then, when they have done their job, enslaved over again by new masters” (Brander). Animal Farm, a farm with animals that are treated cruelly and dream for a better life in which animals are all equal and independent of depraved humans, is an allegory of the development of communism, even totalitarianism. After successfully driving away Mr. Jones, the cruel, tyrannous, drunken owner of the farm, the animals, with the pigs acting as leaders for their superior intelligence, believe they are going to be rewarded with the certainty of living in an

Inside a quaint tawny residence planted in Santiago De Cuba, Charlie Ortiz sits in his beige living room fidgeting with his transistor radio awaiting news of the Cuban revolution. Some fellow by the name Fidel Castro is leading a revolution against Fulgencio Batista and he promised to distribute land more evenly, push for industrialization, reduce unemployment, improve the education sector and create a system that would allow all Cuban’s the opportunity to access healthcare, and Charlie is anxious to find out the outcome of Castro’s overthrow status.

Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell. It is an allegory in which animals play the roles of Russian revolutionists, and overthrow the human owners of the farm. Once the farm has been taken over by the animals, they are all equal at first, but class and status soon separates the different animal species. This story describes how a society’s ideologies can be manipulated by those in political power, to cause corruption by those in leadership.

Orwell uses all of this in Animal Farm. The different characters represent different people in his novel. Major, the old boar, represents Lenin and the Marxist ideals, whereas Napoleon and Snowball are the Stalin and Trotsky of the book. The other groups of non-Communists found their way into Orwell's story by way of Pilkington and Frederick, the human neighbors to Animal Farm, whereas the paranoia that Stalin felt is shown in Napoleon by his use of the adult dogs he had raised from pups (a parallel to Stalin's Secret Police) to kill any rebels after the putting on of animal show trials. This is shown in Animal Farm:

animal revolution took place. Old major was the pioneer, which led a huge group of animals to overthrow farm owner Mr.Jones. The animal revolution aimed to establish a domestic society but result in a dictatorship society. Unfortunately, the revolution was a completely failure because they remained the idea of being a dictatorship country and the treaty could be easily edited. The only difference was that, in the past, the leader was a human, but now, the leader was a animal. The new leader not only love the problem of the animal farm, but also deepen the problem due to uneducated problem, Napoleon’s greedy, exaggerate propaganda.