How Does Orwell Create A Satire In Animal Farm

Animal Farm, a fiction novella by George Orwell, displays a political satire reflecting the problems and ironies in the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union. Animal Farm follows the animals of Manor Farm, who revolt and take over the farm from their cruel owner. Eventually, the pigs (particularly Napoleon) become the leaders of the farm plummeting the originally republic rulership into a dictatorship. The corruption of power between the pigs leads to the ultimate suffering of the rest of the farm animals. At the end of the book, the farm animals are looking into a window where the pigs and humans are having a meeting and realize, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” (Orwell 141). This scene conveys to the readers that not only have the pigs abused their power, but the animals only realized once it was too late. The pigs exploit the animals several times throughout the story, most apparently through the alterations of the original rules set in place by the pigs themselves. The repetition of lying to the remaining animals shows the pigs’ fraudulence in their

Orwell shows the difference in those with absolute control and those without the ability to express themselves by describing how “the pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume the leadership”(35). By including this quote within the making of the new farm, Orwell expresses how the pigs took advantage of their authorial positions so they could force the others to work, while they dominated Animal Farm with their own rules. The pigs’ power allowed them to have freedom to do anything they wanted, but caused the other animals to be restricted further in their lives, work, and individual rights. This resulted in the exploitation of the other animals, forcing them to have lose any hopes of having an equal society. Still, the other animals did not protest, and instead believed the pigs should be in power because of their intelligence. Their actions lead to the oppressive, dictatorial society shown as Animal Farm progresses. Soon, the inequity between the pigs and other animals develops to a point where “all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism”

“They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments” (Orwell 24). This passage from the book suggests that the pigs are completely in charge of Animal Farm, and they use their intelligence to create the Seven Commandments, and rule the farm This moment is the beginning of the pigs’ reign over Animal Farm. Although it may look like Orwell shows the pigs using their intelligence for the well-being and prosperity of Animal Farm, he is actually using techniques like simile, metaphor, and imagery, to portray that they are using their intelligence incorrectly.

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a Juvenilian fable that parodies and criticises the Russian Revolution’s totalitarian regime. Orwell’s satirical characterisation effectively priviliges the theme that “absolute power corrupts absolutely” (John Dalberg). This is achieved through dramatic irony condemning Napoleon’s selfish misuse of power; parodying Squealer’s emotive language to manipulate power and privilege, and parodying the dogs’ responses to power. Orwell’s construction of Napoleon effectively satirises the characteristics of corrupt leadership. When Napoleon becomes leader, he ostensibly enforces the “unalterable” Seven Commandments; however, by the end of the novel, he has personally breached all of these laws to justify his actions

In George Orwell’s dystopian novel titled “Animal Farm” animals had fought and won in their revolution for the freedom over humans. However, when intelligent pigs, namely Napolean, gained control over his fellow animals,using a pig who was clever with his words,things aren’t exactly how the animals thought it would turn out. Napolean had become worshipped by everyone after he receives too power, and the animals don’t fully realize that they’re living in a ‘deanimalized’ state.

After having a taste of power, the pigs lose themselves in their lust for ultimate power. Because of the supreme position of the pigs in the farm, a minority controls the majority of the animals, their greed for power leads to the corruption of the power. First of all, Napoleon uses dogs to expel Snowball in order to have exclusive power. Napoleon starts to against every suggestions Snowball proposes at the beginning. He raises the puppy secretly and shows them up while excluding Snowball. These fierce dogs become a sign of Napoleon’s authority and absolute power. It is the first time that execution happens in the farm, it disobeys the essence of Animalism, all animals are friends. However, no one dares to question him because Napoleon has the absolute power, even though it starts corrupting. Secondly, when the pigs move into the farmhouse and begin sleeping in the beds, the Fourth Commandment turns out to have mysteriously changed. It now reads “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets.”(Orwell, 67) Bed is a symbol of being human in the story. The pigs’ greed of being human has not

“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Animal Farm, 112). When George Orwell wrote the books Animal farm and 1984, he wrote two pieces of satire with the overarching theme of government and Orwell utilizes characters such as Napoleon and Big Brother and similar events to prove that absolute power corrupts. However, he wrote Animal farm as a satire on previous events, while 1984 is a warning to the future. “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

"Then there came a moment when the first shock had worn off and when, in spite of everything-in spite of their terror of the dogs, and of the habit...never complaining, never criticizing...But just at that moment, as though, at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of-". In George Orwell's allegorical novella Animal Farm, a successful rebellion was held against the farm owner, as he mistreated the animals on the farm. Right after the rebellion, the pigs took control of the farm as they were the most literate and clever animals on the farm. There was no other choice for the animals than to believe and agree to what the pigs said as they were not as literate or clever as the pigs. Which led to the point where the pigs had the absolute control over the farm.

Every human has the tendency to be greedy, but sometimes humanity’s greed can have devastating consequences. In the satirical novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, a group of farm animals overthrow their abusive human owner. The story tracks the development of the farm from a safe and equal haven for animals to an oppressive, unequal environment run by the farm’s pigs who are blinded by greed. The evolution of the farm into a state of corruption can be attributed mainly to greed. The main antagonist is a pig named Napoleon who wants all the power and resources for himself.

“History consists of a series of swindles, in which he masses are first lured into revolt by the promise of utopia, and then, when they have done their job, enslaved over again by new masters” (Brander). Animal Farm, a farm with animals that are treated cruelly and dream for a better life in which animals are all equal and independent of depraved humans, is an allegory of the development of communism, even totalitarianism. After successfully driving away Mr. Jones, the cruel, tyrannous, drunken owner of the farm, the animals, with the pigs acting as leaders for their superior intelligence, believe they are going to be rewarded with the certainty of living in an

The Russian Revolution was led by a few leaders of the common people, promising better work conditions and a Communist government with equality for all. However, when the Communist party was established, so much power was given to the government, that, it quickly went corrupt and abused peoples’ rights far worse than the previous government. In George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, the pigs promise the animals better lives than their current lives under Jones’s rule. However, mirroring the Russian Revolution, the pigs went corrupt almost immediately afterwards, changing previously declared rules, and killing other animals without reason. In the end, the pigs ended up as bad as man. In Animal Farm, George Orwell utilizes situational irony, displaying the pigs as corrupt leaders, to support Lord Acton’s quote: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, the livestock on an English farm depose their abusive master, Mr. Jones, and form a utopian society under the philosophy of Animalism, which follows seven rules and makes sure all animals benefit from their labor. However, as the story progresses, Animalism descends into violence and tyranny. This may have been an analogy for Soviet Russia, but there are several underlying reasons for its failure that appear in many societies. First off, one of the main reasons for Animalism’s downfall is the inaction of the blind, ignorant masses. When the pig Squealer (who represents the propaganda department) changes the story of a battle to present Napoleon, the farm’s leader, in a favorable light, the animals all seem to remember the story the way Squealer tells it, without question.

The pigs were without a doubt the leaders of Animal Farm. They could do anything to you, they could make you live and could make you die. The socialist system is that the production and distribution of products is maintained by the community. In Animal Farm , the animals were put in even more smaller communities by species. There was groups made during the early post-revolution like the Egg Production Committee, the Clean Tails League and the Whiter Wool Movement. Also all political actions are done by the community. There was the Meeting every Sunday where all the animals met in the barn. What they did in the barn was they planned what to do next week and also debate resolutions. The resolutions were put by pigs who were the only ones with the ability to make them. Soon Napoleon and Snowball were debating against each other and were trying to get majority for themselves. All the other animals couldn’t think up of anything for themselves but both of the pigs were throwing many at them. They soon got out of their Socialist ways and started to become closer to communism. An example of the complete end of Socialism in Animal Farm was when Napoleon ordered the hens to lay a certain amount of eggs. The hens refused to do so but was forced to which is definitely not socialistic. It isn’t socialistic because the production of products is maintained by the community and the hens are part of the

Tyranny has always been present in human history from Joseph Stalin to Adolf Hitler they have all taken advantage of the public and used them to their own advantage and personal needs. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell this tyrannical, totalitarian, and corrupt form of government is seen. In the story the tired animals organize a rebellion against their owner and drive him out. They create their own government, with the pigs assuming control. But the corrupt pigs take advantage of this power entrusted to them, and oppress the animal for their own benefit. Even though the pigs abused the power they had, The naive and gullible animals themselves were the ones responsible for the pigs’ quick rise to power and control because the animals were tricked into supporting the pigs evil plans, they were too braindead to organize and execute a rebellion even after they realized the pigs were up to no good, and they were so foolish that they even supported the expulsion of snowball, the only good pig that worked for the good of the other animals.

Animal Farm is established with moral intentions. The neglected animals of the farm rise up to overthrow Jones, and imagine a society of fairness based on the experiences of old major, in which all animals will have justice and won’t be demoralized by the people anymore. Old Major quickly establishes that “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (Orwell 11). He also reminds them that the ways of man are completely immoral, and they must not ever implement any of their habits. Giving the animals a shared enemy is an effective way to control the population. That is the first sign of a totalitarian state emerging in Animal Farm. Instead of the entire farm determining rules together, two pigs frame the rules of Animalism for the supposed utopian-like Animal Farm. They read: