Equality In George Orwell's 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.

The farm was initially established to ensure equal rights to all, but eventually the totalitarian rule of the pigs dictated that “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 134). The pigs, consumed with power, constructed the idea that they were superior to the other animals, allowing them to enact any rules that benefitted them, without considering the detrimental effects on the other animals. The thirst for power consumes the pigs to the extent at which they no longer value what prior morals they had. Any action they take simply benefits themselves; the pigs no longer have regards to the prosperity of the

What is power? Power means the strength and the right given of controlling anyone else. However, when too much power is given to someone, dictatorship cannot be avoided. In the book “Animal Farm”, George Orwell used a lot of events happened on the farm to illustrate that how did the ‘animalism’ turn into “totalitarianism” and well defined the sentence “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”, which also reflects how the society was like at that time. Therefore, in order to find out the reason why George Orwell wrote the story, this essay will talk about how power is abused and the effect on other "comrades" by using several events and the examples of language features used in the story.

Imagine a world where every person is equal: everyone has the same possessions, everyone shows respect to each other, no one kills anyone else, and no authority rises over others to give dictating commands. It sounds wonderful doesn’t it? George Orwell’s haunting book Animal Farm shows however, the near impossibility it is to make that idea a reality. In this fairy tale, a group of oppressed farm animals revolt against the tyrannical bonds of their evil master Farmer Jones, chases him off the farm, and attempt to make a society based on the idea listed above. But instead of having this incredible society, the pigs decide to make one instead where they are the ultimate authority. This book highlights the dangers of trying to establish an

Napoleon, who is one of the more intelligent pigs on the farm is force to take authority and eliminate opposition. Napoleon takes “nine sturdy puppies” (35) and becomes “responsible for their education” (35) while raising them up. The puppies soon become “fierce-looking wolves” (53) which he uses them to intimidate and petrify all the animals. Napoleon’s guard dogs “dash straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (53). Snowball “running faster than ever”

In Animal Farm, readers realize after the revolution, the farm’s conditions returned to its original state during the human’s ownership of the farm. After the revolt, one would believe every animal should begin on the same level of power. However, this was not the case because the pigs immediately became the leaders while the other animals were labeled unworthy or unintelligent. Through the understanding of Animal Farm, George Orwell explains that nothing can become better unless old methods are changed, but perfect equality can never truly be reached. Orwell does this to attempt to encourage government changes for hope of some form of better equality in society.

Shortly after the Revolution, Snowball comes up with the plan to construct a windmill to make the lives of the inhabitants of Animal Farm easier. Napoleon hides in the shadows per se until the puppies that he has taken and trained are old enough to act as a police force. Once they are old enough, Napoleon has the dogs drive Snowball off the farm. He then takes credit for the idea of the windmill and proceeds to claim that he, not Snowball, won the award at the Battle of Cowshed. Napoleon then informs the animals that Snowball was an enemy and was a threat to Animal Farm. The animals are swayed by his propaganda and are fearful of his police dogs; this is what keeps him in power.

Have you ever been curious about how animals feel inside living in farms and who are the big bosses that run everything within the farm? And who has the power? In, Animal Farm, size did not matter in this case! The animals were convinced to do what the pigs tell them to. The power holders in the book are the pigs ! Puny, chubby, and persuading pigs! Ruling a whole farm of animals. They were smooth with their words and careful and manipulative. Then, soon enough the pigs took matters into their hands causing surprises to most of the farm animals. In the book Animal Farm as well as in our society, the leader that rise to power are usually the cleverest or most intelligent and most able to manipulate.

Napoleon who is demanding and overpowering pig always put himself first he believes that he Animal Farm leader and praises himself for things he done for the animals. He is an example of dictatorial leader because he is greedy for power and is also corrupted. Napoleon doesn’t show interest in the welfare of the animals. In the book

Prejudice, a preconceived opinion of hatred, is an epidemic that spreads faster than the plague. The vicious cycle of partisanship is the greatest threat to the human race. Throughout George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals are mirrors that reflect the inequality in our society. Since they are not people, it is easier to point out their mistakes than it is our own; the animals allude to our own faults. In addition, the book aids the reader by showing them how to rectify their actions to match their morales.

Napoleon and Squealer Take the Farm Inequality is when one takes advantage of another, and thinks of their self as better than another. Social class is important to a society because for a good society, you need a leader to help make big decisions and keep people on their feet. On the other hand, people at the top of the social class can become unequal to people of their community and do things only for themselves, rather than the other members. It was this way with Joseph Stalin and the Russians during the Russian Revolution, also how the pigs were with the other animals in the book. In animal farm, George Orwell illustrates the idea of how unequal leaders can get when they go unchecked by their citizens.

Throughout history society has had multiple problems with equality. Not just in the U.S., but the whole world. For example the civil rights movement, Russian Revolution, Arab Spring and many others. All of these Revolutions were caused because they wanted the same rights as the person next to them. The civil rights movement was the one that was based more in America. They had famous characters like Malcom X, Martin Luther King jr, and Rosa Parks.They had many problems with segragation, and violence they protessed agaianst many white men and women who thought they didn’t deserve the same rights that they had. Arab spring was a quick revolution Finally the Russian Revolution where characters like Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball (animal farm)

On the other hand, Snowball had befriended everyone. He made sure that every animal was involved in doing something important, educated them to having more wisdom and knowledge, and performed tasks to better the environment and working labors. This quote shows how Snowball made in effort to revolutionize Animal Farm. Napoleon's views on life and leadership are brainwashing the farm animals and giving a specific age limit to education. Napoleon tricks the animals into believing that he created the windmill and that Snowball stole his creations. These two quotes show how Napoleon took away the animals freedom, forces them the work as slaves, and punishes those who are too weak. In addition, Napoleon felt that only young animals should be educated,

In George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, a crucial life lesson is recognized that “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Animal Farm is about farm animals taking over and trying to run the farm by themselves. After their cruel farmer, Mr. Jones, is expelled when the animals stage a revolution, Napoleon takes over. Inequality is soon recognized, since most of the animals get treated poorly by Napoleon. The animals come to find out that Napoleon doesn’t treat the animals any better than Mr. Jones had.

In Animal Farm by George Orwell the statement “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”was an extremely accurate theme. Throughout the book the other animals are being led by the pigs. Before the rebellion Old Major was seen to be slightly more superior than the other animals, and as the story progresses Napoleon and the other pigs more tactfully rise above the rest of the farm. The pigs take extra food, sleep in comfortable beds, make all the rules, and do hardly any work.