Cruelty in animal Farm

"All oppression creates a state of war" -Simone de Beauvar, French Philosopher. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. Each animal was a key character in the Revolution such as Napoleon being Joseph Stalin, Mr. Jones being Tsar Nicholas and Boxer, being an ignorant. Mr.Jones was run off the farm because the animals were tired of the drunken man mistreating them. What the animals didn't know was that they went from one dictator to a whole group of them. The pigs. Ignorance contributes to political and social oppression and is proved by the inability to comprehend what the pigs are doing to the other animals. The animals cannot read or write as well, are perplexed easily, couldn't see the blemishes in the pig's leadership, or how the pigs changed things and didn't see or completely ignored how the pigs had acted.

When the pigs gain power they start to organize committees throughout the farm. They also position the animals for labor work and basically act as a congress. This allows them to be passive making others do all of the work. They have a wide variety of knowledge to brainwash the animals into thinking the

To fully take control over Animal Farm, the government spread the message that the farm could not prosper or function without the pigs. This message allowed the pigs to gain many privileges in the farm without question. From the very beginning of the story, the other animals regarded the pigs as the smartest of all the animals in the farm. Because of this, it was naturally assumed that the pigs should lead the farm into rebellion against the humans and guide the animals into a better life. However, the pigs gained more control than the other animals thought they would. The pigs, especially Squealer, convinced the other animals that they should be allowed special privileges because they were shouldering the most “burdens” of all the

The pigs in Animal Farm use their intelligence to make the common animals do dirty work that

It is immediately decided that the pigs will be the leader of the farm, as they are the most intelligent animals there. This gives them the power over the other animals, even though they claim they are all equal. Since they are in charge, it is easier for them to weave ideas in to the susceptible minds of the others. Once they are proven to be

In Animal Farm Napoleon he took credit for the Battle of the Cowshed. When the other Animals disputed that Napoleon had Squealer tell them that they remembered incorrectly. This is like how Stalin took credit for the battle of Tsaritsyn. Stalin and Napoleon both led their people by fear. An example of this in Animal Farm was when the young pigs protested Napoleon being in charge "but suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again." Another thing these two leaders shared was their goal to keep themselves in power. They both got rid of their enemies by setting up false trials and getting them to admit to crimes they did not commit. Stalin eventually started trading with the western countries. Napoleon also began trading with the other, neighboring farms run by humans. Stalin makes a non-aggression pact with Hitler. This is mirrored in Animal Farm where Napoleon makes an agreement with Mr. Frederick. Hitler eventually attacks Stalin, and in Animal Farm Mr. Frederick blows up the windmill.

The pigs as we know by now, were the best educated but they gradually demoralise through the novel. ‘All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others’. This quote for me

Everywhere in the world and in almost every aspect of life, people strive for power. The desire of power is a natural thought to humans. In Animal Farm, a group of animals win their power from humans and create their own community, which they said would have no leaders. Naturally, though, leaders arise due to certain things, one of which, is knowledge. In Animal Farm, the animals on the farm gain power over the humans and start their own society, which leads to the pigs rising as natural leaders primarily because of their knowledge.

In contrast, the Animals in animal farm have their power taken from them in front of their eyes, however, a combination of low intelligence and pigs capitalising on animal stupidity leads to the animals believing they are free and in power while they actually are not at all, the animals definitely have

pigs to have more and more control over them. A great example of this is the long-lived donkey,

“No animal shall drink alcohol” (Orwell 25) was the 5th commandment, but Napoleon didn’t let that stop him. After he got drunk he had Squealer change the 5th commandment to “No animal shall drink to excess” (Orwell 109). Having that much power can be used for self-interest instead of thinking about the common good. No man or animal should have that much power or they will abuse it, just like Napoleon. Napoleon starting to think that the pigs were more superior. Orwell seemed to be stating that if Napoleon was the only one who knew what was right or true, then Napoleon could convince the animals that he and the pigs needed more of the resources, like milk and apples. Simultaneously Napoleon later on state that “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Orwell 134) Napoleon is literally saying all the other animals are less than the pigs. Because they are using tyranny as their style of government they can say whatever they want without having to prove it. From the start Napoleon is gaining control by having a better education, having apples and milk, drinking alcohol, wearing clothes, walking on two legs, and manipulating the animals to think they are dumb. Power is corrupting the farm and all of the other animals besides the pigs are losing control. From the start the pigs only did what they wanted to benefit themselves, by pretending to have the other animals

The book Animal Farm is often considered to be based on the Russian revolution. In the book the animals free themselves from the dictatorship of evil farmers. In the beginning of the book the animals are fed up with the farmers and lead a revolt against the them. The end result was that the animals drove the farmers from the lank, freeing the animals to do as they pleased. The revolution was successful, but corruption sets in and by the end of the book, the animals are no better off than when they started. The book Animal Farm can also be compared to the Haitian Revolution. The Haitian Revolution and the revolution in the book Animal Farm are very similar, just with different end results.

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, relates to the Soviet Union at the time of Stalin’s reign because they both show examples of destruction, dehumanization and the tyranny which happens when a dictator is allowed to have complete control. Some examples of these comparisons are Old Major, who represents former Russian leader Lenin, who was a socialist. A second comparison from the story is the windmill and industrialization of Russia under Stalin, represented by Napoleon in the novel. One more of these comparisons is Jessie’s puppies, who represent the children who were brainwashed from an early age to agree with Stalin’s beliefs. Animal Farm is about farm animals who live in tyranny under their ruler, an allegory of Stalin’s abuse of Russia.

The animal revolution changed the day-to-day lives of the animals. Before the revolution, all animals were equal, adequately cared for and fed, and were not overworked. After the revolution, the pigs broke the rules of equality by exploiting the other animals, manipulating them, increasing their workload, decreasing their food rations, and executing them. Before the revolution, all animals were considered equal. After the revolution, the pigs slowly began to take over the decision making and eventually the animals had no say in decision making at all. This imbalance of power affected the food situation and for the animals, it changed for the worse. Previous to the revolution, when Jones was in power, all animals would get fed the same amount

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.