Animal Farm: Stalin's Totalitarian Regime

George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ is the story of the animals on ‘Manor Farm’ uprising and taking over to create an equal society within the farm. Napoleon, the self appointed leader of the farm uses manipulation and relies on the naivety of the other animals, in order to take full control of the farm. ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegory of the Russian Revolution which George Orwell displays through his novel ‘Animal Farm’. Throughout the novel George Orwell demonstrates the themes hypocrisy, dominance and manipulation.

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.

George Orwell is famous for writing satires on totalitarianism and he has written it by being objective and truthful. His attempts in uniting art and politics together in his writings was also very successful, he excelled in political journalism and he has raised the prevailing issues and oppression of the power hungry leaders very effectively in his novel Animal Farm. He was one of those writers which were against fascism and communism. The parallels between novel’s events and the events in Soviet history are impossible to ignore. Besides, Orwell’s main focus in this novel was to portray that how power corrupts a man and he has exposed this through his characters, these characters more importantly symbolize different political

In the Novel animal farm by George Orwell he tells a story about a farm that is taken over by animals, an allegory of the Russian revolution. In this essay I will show how Napoleon represents Stalin and what he did during the Russian revolution.

George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is a great example of allegory and political satire. The novel was written to criticize totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin's corrupt rule in Russia. In the first chapter Orwell gives his reasons for writing the story and what he hopes it will accomplish. It also gives reference to the farm and how it relates to the conflicts of the Russian revolution. The characters, settings, and the plot were written to describe the social upheaval during that period of time and also to prove that the good nature of true communism can be turned into something atrocious by an idea as simple as greed. This essay will cover the comparisons between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution. It will also explain why

It is evident through the text that Orwell believes that in theory everybody wants equality, hence the concept of communism, yet it is in our nature as human beings to seek power. This can be shown in the text when the pigs initiate to

George Orwell’s novel ‘Animal Farm’ is an allegorical fable of the Russian Revolution. It depicts the Revolution in a way that is inoffensive to people and also very easy to understand. This controversial novel also teaches many valuable lessons, all very true in man’s past and also in the present.

The antagonist of the book ‘Animal Farm’, Napoleon was highly emphasized for his cruel tactics that he upheld against his fellow animals. He tortured and tormented them giving himself the title of a cruel leader. This sense of tyranny is why he resembles Mr.Jones the previous owner of Manor Farm. Similar to Mr.Jones, Napoleon has created a caste system in which he is the “farmer” and the rest of the animals are his “slaves”, he has shown that he only uses the animals for his own monetary gain, and that he uses fear and propaganda to control the rest of the animals. In this essay I will compare and contrast the two individuals.

It’s impossible to read the book “Animal Farm” without comparing it to the Russian Revolution occur in Russia in 1917. After reading the book I decided to learn more about the consequences of the Russian Revolution and mainly research about Stalin, represented in the book as Napoleon, the leader of Animal Farm and my favourite character. Because I was so intrigued by Napoleon’s character I decided in this book task to contrast him with the Soviet dictator Stalin.

Additionally, the characters that are created by Orwell represent his views on a totalitarian government. George Orwell's Animal Farm utilizes various literary elements to illustrate Orwell's criticism of the Russian Revolution. Diction in the story reveals the bitter result of the animal revolution, or in reality the Russian Revolution. For example, a quote in chapter 6 says, "All that year the animals worked like slaves" (Orwell 116).

As a political writer and socialist of the time, Orwell turns the tragedy of the Russian people, whose dreams of a communist utopia were crushed by the Stalin regime, into a message to society. These people of the Russian Revolution were treated just as poorly, if not worse, than before the revolution because of political innocence and an authoritarian government. With his novel, Animal Farm, serving as allegory for the Russian revolution, Orwell warns that any society that gives the leader absolute power is fated to become corrupt and oppressive because of the inevitability of a leader manipulating his power for personal gain. Even revolutions that have the best intentions will ultimately fail if the leaders are not held accountable.

In George Orwell’s political satire novel, “Animal Farm,” the characters are allegories for more than just Soviet Russians. Through the character of Boxer, Orwell warns his readers about the price of blind loyalty. Boxer is a devoted citizen of the farm whose incredible strength is a great asset to the rebellion and the farm. As soon as he learns about Animalism, Boxer throws himself into the rebellion cause and becomes devoted to the leader, Napoleon. When Boxer falls ill, he hopes to retire with Benjamin after his collapse, but becomes wise to Napoleon's ways too late, and is sent to his death. Boxer worries about the farm, but he's not smart enough to figure things out on his own. Instead of thinking for himself, he decides to be loyal no

Orwell’s Animal Farm is an allegorical novel of the Russian Revolution and the rise and manipulation of communism under Joseph Stalin. Animals of the Manor Farm overthrow their malicious previous leader, only to find themselves manipulated, intimidated, slaughtered and

contributors to the regime of Stalin and the revolution were not only in control of the people by

George Orwell’s Animal Farm tells the story of barn animals that desire, and achieve, independence from the humans. However, their ideal paradise is lost and things only get worse for them all. With various references laced within the story, it is clear that Orwell’s idea is not a typical fiction novel. From a historical perspective, it can be seen that Animal Farm is a reference to Stalin and his reign over the Soviet Union. This is revealed through the events of the story, the side characters, and Napoleon.