Compare And Contrast Animal Farm And Lord Of The Flies

The author of Animal Farm, Orwell, tells a story of a farmyard tragedy and the deadly lives of a group of animals. Due to the disappearance of humans, Napoleon abuses his power and gradually transforms into a human. Orwell also used animals to clarify that humans are corrupted due to power. The author of Lord of the Flies, Golding, shows a similar story where it is about life and death situation for a group of lost boys on a island that is trying to establish a democracy while on the island. Both authors of novels, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm demonstrate the comparison between the theme of human and animal nature in settings where traditional authority absent.

Animal Farm, by George Orwell was published in 1945, a crucial time in history because of Stalin’s takeover of the Soviet Union and his exploitation of the centralized communist government. This was in direct contradiction to the expected results of the Russian Revolution. Orwell felt that revolutions fail because the end result is a change of tyrants and not of government. Orwell exemplifies this failure through the goals of the revolution and their failure to meet them, the malfunction of Napoleon and Snowball’s rule together, and Napoleon’s disastrous reign.

Napoleon used force to gain control of Animal Farm, and used fear to keep it. When he and Snowball both led the other animals, they had many disagreements. Napoleon saw that Snowball was better at communicating with the animals, so he used the dogs which he had secretly trained to drive Snowball away – permanently. Napoleon used these dogs to keep all the animals ‘in line’ and quash any thought of rebellion with fear.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games have more similarities than one might think. Both pieces have a horribly corrupt government with a single leader getting the best of the best, whether the civilians know it or not. Dystopian fiction tends to follow a pattern. Among the typical motifs are crisis, solution, charismatic leader, and the making of an enemy. Dystopian fiction also always has a visionary, or one to oppose the oppression. While, Old Major and Katniss Everdeen aren’t easily compared, the similarities in their goals really do bring up a good point. Old Major was the inspiration for the totalitarian leader, and Katniss was the one who attempted to stop one. Both had very opposite roles in the books they took part in, but both had a similar goal in mind: to make a better community.

‘Animal Farm’ is a novel based on the Russian Revolution, about a group of animals wanting to rebel against man. Snowball a smart, fair and strong leader gets ruled over by Napoleon, an unfair and selfish leader. This was the first error in the rebellion. Snowball would have defiantly made a better leader than Napoleon. The reasons for this are that he educated the animals, had future economic plans and knew how to keep a fair and smart community.

In the novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell portrays Snowball as a more imaginative and inventive character. Napoleon was a poor leader and he didn't treat the animals on the farm fairly. Before Napoleon chased Snowball off the farm, Snowball co-operates with Napoleon and Squealer to organize Old Majors ideas into the principles of Animalism, and to reduce these to the Seven Commandments. It is Snowball who organizes the various Animal Committees and the classes in reading and writing, therefore showing interest in the other animals. Snowball also anticipates the first attack on Animal Farm and, having studied up on strategy. Snowball would have been a better leader than Napoleon and would have improved the lives of the animals on Animal Farm.

Napoleon has wanted power over the farm for awhile and will do anything to keep it. He takes Jessie and Bluebells newborn puppies and trains them for the main aspect of his fear campaign. He teaches them to do what is right for the farm and to only think about the Animal Farm’s future. He uses the puppies to eliminate his nemesis. Snowball comes up with the idea for a windmill on the farm, Napoleon opposes it and uses his trained dogs to chase Snowball off the farm. With Snowball gone, Napoleon declares himself the ruler of the farm. “They dashed straight for Snowball… he slipped through the fence and was seen no more. (Orwell, pg. 53 chap. 5).”

Both Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451 are fictional novels in which a dystopian society exists. These societies were both created by a “central government”. When citizens of these societies fail to stand up and protect their rights, authority figures will keep increasing their level of aggressiveness until it ruptures the society. When the authorities in these novels abuse their power, it fractures the society and greatly increases corruption.

This can be shown in the novel when it is said, “At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (Orwell 33). If the animals were still living under normal conditions on the farm with Mr. Jones as the owner and leader, Napoleon most likely would not have made this cruel decision. Overall, power affects decisions of many famous literary characters.

This quote shows again Snowball's strong passion for the farm as he spends hours working on plans for innovations and improvements. Napoleon cannot accept that Snowball is the cleverest out of them both and this is proved to us again when Snowball makes Animal Comittees to teach the animals to read and write as Napoleon claimis that the education of the young is far more important than that of the older animals. He says this clearly because he is jealous of Snowball and wants power and glory all the time. Orwell describes Napoleon as "large" and "fierce-looking". From this description we picture him to be extremely intimidating and he uses this throughout the novel to control the other animals.

Paragraph Two In both Animal Farm and The Power of One acts of brutal and inhumane murders were depicted. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon has the animals that side with Snowball, or help him in anyway, brutally murdered by the vicious dogs. Napoleon wants them dead because he sees them as traders and that they are going against Napoleon, even though they are just standing up for what they believe in.

Totalitarian government is a central theme in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. Animal Farm presents readers with a story about an animal-run farm that goes through many changes and difficulties due to its leadership. Animal Farm can be considered a warning to anyone who still believes that the totalitarian government can work. This form of government

Not every leader is power hungry. Some leaders are good with power but others can never get enough. They are never satisfied with how much power they have. They want more and more, no matter the sacrifice . In William Golding's Lord of the Flies and George Orwell's Animal Farm, secondary characters, who play the roles of spokesmen, enforcers, and followers, bolster the power of the leaders, there by ensuring the leaders' success.

George Orwell, a very intelligent man who lived during the 20th century, wrote a series of novels manipulating totalitarian government systems. Two of these being 1984 and Animal Farm, which both focus on leaders in full control and what could happen as well as what did happen. Due to his fear of the Soviet Myth, Orwell utilizes this fear as a centerpiece for both novels. Being published in the 1940s,both of these books contain information much like real life events going on in that particular moment in time. Orwell uses propoganda in both novels to not only help the leaders contain all of their power, but also suppress the peasantry’s ability to learn.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Snowball unquestionably represents the idealistic views of the animals, but his odds of winning over their society were shattered by Napoleon falsely painting his image. For one, the most mentally superior figures which dwell the farm are the pigs who are responsible for picturing the principles of the seven commandments for their new political system —Animal Farm. Provided that, the character of Snowball is one that distinguishes himself morally and intellectually, which suggest he harnesses the potential to orchestrate a revolution better than Napoleon. Accordingly, he was accountable for “[declaring] that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’” (21). This act of simplifying the commandments for the comprehension of the illiterate animals depicts that Snowball considers the importance of all civilians to understand the principles of their society; Thus, it is comparable to our world through leaders such as Barack Obama, who shares the parallel belief that all classes of people should not be separated from society because of their mental/physical properties. In response to Snowball’s rise, Napoleon jeopardizes