George Orwell 's Animal Farm

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is, first and foremost, a political satire warning against the pursuit of utopian desires through unjust and oppressive means. Operating under the pretense of an animal fable, Orwell disparages the use of political power to poach personal freedom. He effectively alerts his readers to the dangerous price that can accompany the so-called “pursuit of progress”. And he illuminates how governments acting under the guise of increasing independence often do just the opposite: increase oppression and sacrifice sovereignty. While the cautionary theme Orwell provides proves widely applicable, in reality his novel focuses on one tale of totalitarian abuse: Soviet Russia. The parallels between the society Orwell presents in his Animal Farm and the Soviet Union – from the Russian revolution to Stalin’s supremacy – are seemingly endless. Manor Farm represents Tsarist Russia, Animalism compares to Stalinism, and Animal Farm, with the pig Napoleon at its helm, clearly symbolizes Communist Russia and Joseph Stalin. But Orwell does more than simply align fiction with fact. He fundamentally attacks Soviet Russia at its core. And in so doing he reveals how the Communist Party simply replaced a bad system with a worse one, overthrowing an imperial autocracy for a totalitarian dictatorship. This essay will demonstrate that Orwell’s Animal Farm is

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

People respond to control and power differently for various reasons, however, one of the main reasons is based on their personality; their confidence and intelligence. In, Animal Farm by George Orwell, confidence and intelligence is a big factor for why certain animals obtained power and control and why other ones did not. People with confidence and intelligence are likely to gain most of the control and power. People with little intelligence, but lots of confidence are more likely to have some power or work underneath the leader. People with intelligence, but no confidence seem to have no power at all and shy away from it. Both intelligence and confidence are needed for someone to take total power. Therefore, the amount of confidence and intelligence a person has will decide how they respond to control and power.

“In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days”(Orwell 38). In Animal Farm George Orwell describes life for the animals on a farm in the english countryside during the mid to early 20th century before, during and after a revolution against their master Mr.Jones in order to represent the russian revolution and describe to people throughout the free world how leaders in both capitalist and communist societies oppress the working class as a result Orwell 's tone throughout the novel is concerned. Tsar Nicholas II led Russia into failure in the Russo-Japanese war as well as World War I and allowed the shootings of over one thousand protesters on Bloody Sunday; these actions inspired Orwell to create a representation of tsar Nicholas II in the character Mr.Jones who is known for being drunk and forgetful.

George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm share a very important theme and common elements that shape the idea of an Orwellian society. Orwellian is widely described as a society in which the liberties of all are diminished due to powerful rule. Orwell conveys the theme of “Many believe that man’s actions result from his free will, the presentation/perception of what is fact, remains dominant over society 's actions.” through parallel elements of repression of information, fear propaganda, and language.

Where there is good, there is evil. This simply implies that whatever you choose to do there is a purpose, either good or bad, even if unintentional. Everything in life has choice, even down to what you choose to say to others. Words are more powerful than we could imagine. They can be used for greeting one another, complimenting one another, but the meaning behind words can be manipulated. In George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, he shows the worst of manipulation in a setting of war. He demonstrates that words are just as powerful as weapons. Not only is it an outstanding novel, but it warns us what words under propaganda can do, from “Glittering” to the “Plain Folks”, and even evoking fear. Words allow the intelligent pigs to play the animals like puppets, and return them to slavery.

The Narrator claims,“In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days”(Orwell 38). In Animal Farm, George Orwell describes life for the animals on a farm in the English countryside during the mid to early 20th century before, during and after a revolution against their master, Mr.Jones. Orwell does this to represent the Russian revolution and describe to people throughout the free world how leaders in both capitalist and communist societies oppress the working class. As a result Orwell 's tone throughout the novel is concerned. Tsar Nicholas II led Russia into failure in the Russo-Japanese war as well as World War I and allowed the shootings of over one thousand protesters

Tyrannical leaders have taken advantage of citizens to benefit their needs since the beginning of government societies. In the allegory, Animal Farm, by George Orwell there is a farm in England called Manor Farm run by an old drunk named Mr. Jones. The animals decide to rebel and take over the farm, leaving Mr. Jones in the dust. A new leader, Napoleon the pig, soon assumes his new position and over time becomes hungry for more power. Napoleon quickly starts putting his needs before the other animals in the newly renamed, Animal Farm. This novel based on the evil rulings of Joseph Stalin, demonstrates that a government’s ideology can ruin the lives of its citizens.

No society in existence can prosper without laws and rules. As simple as some might seem, all rules in a well-organized community are necessary. When the pigs in Animal Farm had the authority to create their own rules to follow, they became power hungry. If people did not have set regulations to follow and be disciplined by, society would crumble into chaos.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, he writes, “ All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Regardless of whether one is born of royalty or poverty, everyone is born human. There is no different from President Obama or Kim Jung Un. Their title and ethnicity may differ from each other, but at the end of the day, they are both still human. No superpower is bestowed upon birth, or at least it is not common knowledge, only a baby is born at birth. One day that baby will grow up and decide to either pursue their dreams or limit itself and its potential due to societal standards. Societal influence has engrossed the masses to the point that people are more susceptible to suppressing their own ideas and thoughts in order to

"Of the golden future time.. Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown, and the fruitful fields of England shall be trod by beast alone. Rings shall vanish from our noses, and the harness from our back, bit and spur shall rust forever, cruel whips no more shall crack." This song gave the animals hope that one day life on the farm would be better. Animal Farm is a mockery of a free society and the needs for change. When the pendulum of power swings drastically in either direction "absolute power tends to corrupt." The animals traded the rule of Mr. Jones for the pigs whom they believed would treat them more fairly, but once the pigs gained total control they lost sight of their goal to make life on the farm better for everyone.

In the novel, Animal Farm, the animals of the Manor Farm work hard to get rid of the one enemy, Man, whom old Major informed them about before he died. The speech old Major had given that night gave the animals deep thought about what was yet to come. They came to believe that anything that goes upon two legs is an enemy, but whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. (pg.11) In fact, they made it part of their seven commandments. They kept these seven commandments in the barn where they held secret meetings once the owner of the farm, Mr. Jones, went to sleep each night. The secret meetings were held by the new “leaders”, Napoleon and Snowball, who have very different views on how the farm should be run.

Orwelll’s animal farm is an allegory because it used the animals to represent real people and convey a hidden message. For example the dystopian animal farm represents the Soviet Union. The animals that are inhabiting the animal farm also represent actually people. For example Napoleon represents Josef Stalin, and Sowball represents LeonTrotsky.

How would you handle being underfed, overworked, naive, unequal and absolutely controlled? Would you feel like all your work was being done for the good of someone else? What if you became trapped by an absolute and supreme leader? The animals of Manor Farm know all these feelings. They want a community for the animals, by the animals, where all are equal and work is done for the good of the animals.

The following essay will discuss an extract from George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm: 1945. Persuasive proses will be discussed with the use of linguistic features such as lexical cohesion, metaphor, hyperbole, mood, pronouns, quoted speech, polarity and tense. This will be based on the persuasion and the creation of an alliance, focussing on the freedom and concern of similar parties.