Animal Farm, by George Orwell

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

Animal Farm is a book about a group of animals who started a revolution against the tyranny of their farmer. The animals ran Mr. Jones out of the farm, along with all of his men. Then they started their own government following 7 commandments. It was a challenge for the animals, and they faced many difficulties. There were Sunday debates, and they spent many hours working to get food. One day, a pig named Napoleon had taken control of the farm using the dogs he had hid from society. Napoleon slaughtered those who disobeyed him and ordered everyone around. Once again, the animals were being tyrannised. Still, none of the animals stood up because of fear. Therefore, not standing up for oneself can lead to negative outcomes. For example, Benjamin never spoke up, the life and death of Boxer and Mr. Jones had tyrannised the animals.

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.

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.

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

The central theme of the novel that is highlighted in this adaptation is how the centralization of power can corrupt leadership and force the less powerful to conform. The pigs effectively centralize all of the power into their own species and scare all of the other animals into obeying them. Gradually, this power over the farm corrupts the pigs and leads them to become exactly like the humans had acted when they were in

In the start of the book Animal farm Rebellion is a major theme and contributes majorly to Power and Corruption. Old Major strongly believed that animals have only one adversary “Man is the only enemy we have” The animal rebellion started when they felt their lives were miserable. They deciding rebelling against their current leader, ever since old major died they started planning this. The pigs got put in charge of animal animalism because they are the most intelligent animals. Among the pigs Snowball and Napoleon are the most important to the revolution. The animal rebellion occurs when Mr. Jones falls into a drunken sleep, also neglecting to feed the animals. Jones and his men arrive at the farm, they try to whip the animals but that’s when they rebel against Jones and chase him off the Farm.

She stood there over the dead animals thinking to herself what have we come to? We try to become free but we just enslave ourselves to a so called superior kind. Napoleon killed the animals in front of the whole farm and said that this was to be the punishment for the traitors. Snowball was known as a traitor now and anyone conspiring with him would be killed. Snowball and Napoleon both represent historical characters during the Russian revolution in 1917.Snowball who was one of the smartest pigs and strived for a better future, represented Leon Trotsky who truly wanted a better society in Russia. Snowball wanted the animal 's life without the humans to be better than before, but Napoleon wanted to be the leader of Animal Farm. Napoleon and snowball would always disagree no matter what the subject Trotsky was exiled from Russia by Stalin just as Snowball was exiled by Napoleon. Napoleon represents Stalin; they were both leaders of either Russia or Animal Farm. George Orwell was a man who wrote the book Animal Farm which was based on the Russian revolution. In the book Animal Farm there are many literary elements that I will be talking about such as; irony, symbolism, personification, conflict, allegory and, analogy.

George Gurdjieff was an influential spiritual teacher in the early twentieth century. He references in the following quote that when one is uneducated he will always remain a slave. “Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.” (Gurdjieff) This ties in with how the animals are treated in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Animal Farm is a novella about animals who take over their farm, and form a society. The animals rebel and overtake their master, Mr. Jones, forming their society based on Animalism, or the belief in equality of all animals. However a corrupt pig named Napoleon comes to power, and uses

“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.

Most people would think that a book named Animal Farm would be about something harmless, playful, or childish. The author George Orwell even subtitled the novella, “A Fairy Story.” However, Animal Farm carries a much deeper message than one might initially suppose. The story chronicles the development of a farm in England named, “The Manor Farm.” The animals of the farm are controlled and oppressed by Mr. Jones, the farmer, and his ranch-hands. One night, a pig by the name of Old Major, delivers a speech to the animals, telling them that he wishes to establish equality for all animals, and urges them to rebel against Mr. Jones. The rebellion is successful, with the pigs, being the most intelligence animals on the farm, assuming leadership. Old Major’s precepts are summarized in Seven Commandments, and the farm is renamed “Animal Farm.” Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, vie for power, and eventually Snowball is evicted from the farm by Napoleon. Napoleon and his fellow pig assistant Squealer gradually destroy the Seven Commandments and convert the farm into a totalitarian state. The novel ends with the animals realizing that the pigs have become humans. Animal Farm is actually a parody of the Soviet Union from its conception and how it was changed by dictator Joseph Stalin, who Napoleon the pig represents. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm from 1943 to 1944, in the later years of World War II (he worked as a British propagandist), and published the novel in 1945, as the war was

"It was a pig walking on his hind legs"(Orwell 132). "He carried a whip in his trotter"(Orwell 133). In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, animals have the ability to talk and form their own ethos, Animalism. Animal Farm is an intriguing allegory by George Orwell, who is also the author of 1984, includes many enjoyable elements. More knowledge of the author, his use of allegorical elements, themes, symbols, and the significance in the real world, allows the reader to get more out of this glance into the future.

Animal Farm is an allegory written by George Orwell that reflects the corrupt politicians during the time of the Russian Revolution through the use of animals. It satirizes their rhetoric, ability to manipulate others, and their insatiable lust for power. The allegory follows a group of farm animals who overthrow the rule of a tyrannical man only for him to be replaced by one of their own who turns out to be a more vicious ruler.  Napoleon and the pigs are presented as the epitome of power-hungry individuals who mask their actions with the excuse of the betterment of the farm. The pigs throughout the novel use propaganda to create a revolution that eventually leads to their dictatorship and rule over the farm. Squealer through his