Animal Farm Research Paper

Orwell shows the difference in those with absolute control and those without the ability to express themselves by describing how “the pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume the leadership”(35). By including this quote within the making of the new farm, Orwell expresses how the pigs took advantage of their authorial positions so they could force the others to work, while they dominated Animal Farm with their own rules. The pigs’ power allowed them to have freedom to do anything they wanted, but caused the other animals to be restricted further in their lives, work, and individual rights. This resulted in the exploitation of the other animals, forcing them to have lose any hopes of having an equal society. Still, the other animals did not protest, and instead believed the pigs should be in power because of their intelligence. Their actions lead to the oppressive, dictatorial society shown as Animal Farm progresses. Soon, the inequity between the pigs and other animals develops to a point where “all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism”

The novel ‘Animal Farm’ created by George Orwell heavily expresses the ideals of a prolonged cruel or unjust treatment and the exercise of authority. The exponential ignorance of the farm animals towards the actions and ideas of the pigs (Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball) prove the incentive that it is easier to conform to the ideals/ways of the ‘New England’, than to rebel, as well as through the exposure to propaganda and the distortion of reality. This therefore leaving them docile, numb, and oppressed.

An author often writes a novel as a warning to mankind. In Animal Farm, George Orwell creates a world of animals that allegorically represent man. The intelligent pigs take advantage of the uneducated lower animals and take control of the farm. By showing the steady increase of the pigs' intellectual exploitation of the lower animals, Orwell warns the reader of the importance of an education.

Orwell uses the theme of education and literacy as a way of emphasising the importance of language and rhetoric as an instrument of social control. In Animal Farm, reading, writing and rhetoric is used as a means of social control by the pigs. The pigs on Animal Farm have the ability to read and write which allows them to persuade animals with their rhetoric for social control as well as

Orwell is able to show how when education is not given to all, it is very easy for those with it to abuse it for more power. Now that the pigs have the initial advantage over the other animals, the future holds plans of using it as a personal tool to oppression.

The livestock are naive, because they are uneducated. They are uneducated, because the pigs limit the amount of information that is shared with them. The horse, Boxer, is so brainwashed by Napoleon that he make the phrase “Napoleon is always right” his motto. Several examples of the animals’ uneducation would be in the following sentences. “‘That was part of the arrangement!’ cried Squealer. ‘Jones shot only grazed him! I could show you this in his own writing, if you could read.’” (Orwell, 81). This is Squealer’s attempt to make the animals disloyal to Snowball. He claims he has proof of betrayal, but conveniently, none of the animals are able to vouch for this. Another example is in this paragraph:“The commandment read, ‘No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.’ Somehow or another, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory.” (Orwell, 91). You see here that the undereducation of the animals leads them to think that they were just wrong and that Napoleon and Squealer had been right all along.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a perfect example of how ignorance and lack of education can be used for control. Control which can lead to political and social oppression. The experiences of the various characters present how the pigs use this idea to oppress the animals of Animal Farm.

Animal farm is a renowned, allegorical novella written by George Orwell in 1945, which can be interpreted to have a hidden political meaning behind it referring to the Russian Revolution. Throughout this novella, the author purposely positions the audience to make judgements based on sensible, moral perception to show that Orwell effectively revealed how the pigs exploited a vast majority of propaganda techniques to deceptively manipulate the values, attitudes and beliefs of the other animals, with full intention of complete social control. This was exposed to the reader when the three main values of ‘Animalism’, as outlined in Old Major's speech, which consists of freedom, unity and equality, are abused for the pigs own advantage. This task

First he tricks the other animals into thinking that it is alright to engage in trade, “Once again the animals were conscious of a vague uneasiness. Never to have any dealings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money - had not these been among the earliest resolutions… All the animals remembered passing such resolutions; or at least they thought they remembered it. (Orwell, 63)”. Napoleon plays with and manipulates the minds of the animals so they they forget what they should remember. Orwell repeats the word “remember” twice to add emphasis on the fact that the animals try to remember certain things but can not and so they move on and accept whatever they are told. Napoleon does this yet again but on a much larger scale when the pigs move into the big house and begin the sleep in beds, “...some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs… also slept in beds. Clover, who thought she remembered a definite ruling against beds, went to the end of the barn and tried to puzzle out the Seven Commandments… ‘It says ‘no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets’’... Clover had not remembered the Fourth Commandment mentioned sheets; (Orwell,

(Orwell 58). 2. Due to the oppressive use of intelligence and propaganda, the animals are rendered helpless to understand the current situation. C. Animal farm demonstrates the ease at which dictators can return to power due to strong disparities in intellect and ambition.

For a story to become a Fairy Tale it must follow a specific set of characteristics. The story must first of all be a short story. You must have some kind of hero/heroine and an evil character. There should be some a magical character or some type of magical even that takes place. The story should contain a moral. It needs to have predictable language and structure. It should have some type of oral tradition behind it. And of course, it must have a generally happy ending. Based on these characteristics Animal Farm could definitely be a Fairy tale.

Ever since the beginning of the human race, education played a paramount role in people’s lives; however, only few were allowed to have outstanding education while the majority had to be employed in low-paying jobs due to lack of education. In the Animal Farm, George Orwell reflects on the Russian Revolution, as Old Major, a pig in Manor Farm, shares his message of rebelling against the egotistical humans, which three intelligent pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—pass on by organizing the Animalism. Although the rebellion breaks out successfully and the farm name changes to “Animal Farm,” things go sordid when Napoleon takes the leadership by sending Snowball into an exile. Numbers of tragic events occur under Napoleon’s atrocious leadership

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an allegory based on problems resulting from the Russian Revolution. In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses tone, characterization, and stylistic elements to show that people in power use manipulation to stay in power.

The novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, models how the Russian Revolution lead to communism. In Animal Farm, Orwell uses the animals and the plot to demonstrate how being an uneducated citizen consequently drives an unjust government to rule. The animals present at the farm embody specific people or groups who were uneducated, therefore leading to war and a shift of power. Orwell chose to make the majority of animals uneducated because being uneducated during a crisis such as the revolution leads to people being too gullible. He uses this method because by using different species of animals helps to establish how the power in the unfair government is distributed, portraying how the circulation of power was mainly controlled by one group of people, or in the novel’s case, one species of animal. Animal Farm showed how uneducated citizens can lead to an unjust government by making the animals uneducated and gullible to help people learn the importance of being educated and how to prevent something like the Russian revolution from occurring again.

George Orwell includes a strong message in his novel Animal Farm that is easily recognizable. Orwell’s Animal Farm focuses on two primary problems that were not only prominent in his WWII society, but also posed as reoccurring issues in all societies past and present. Orwell’s novel delivers a strong political message about class structure and oppression from the patriarchal society through an allegory of a farm that closely resembles the Soviet Union.