How Does Orwell Create Distortion In Animal Farm

On Animal Farm all animals are equal and all try to pull their weight, but some animals are more equal than others. And many other animals don’t work and some work more than others. Boxer is a hard working horse who is kind but he is very persuaded with the ideas of Napoleon. The sheep of Animal Farm are stupid and blind in following the pigs and just do what the pigs ask them to do. Napoleon develops a secret police out of nine puppies he stole and those nine puppies were taught in the way of Napoleon, who wants the dogs to be loyal and enforce his ideas. All of these animals are being manipulated by Napoleon and making choices so they can help others or help themselves.

One of the main reasons Orwell wrote this book is to show us the dangers of communism. Overall it’s blatantly obvious the whole book is just a big “diss” on communism by having historical events line up to the ones in the book. Even the animals ideology is called, Animalism. In the book an animal named Old Major gave a speech on the principles of “Animalism” in which Old Major stated, “"Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.” and “"Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals” (Animal Farm Pg. 3) . This kind of talk sounds awfully similar to the teachings of Marx and Lenin the same people who eventually influenced and stared the russian revolution which would lead the the creation of the U.S.S.R thenceforth 20 million dead. Furthermore, it seems that Orwell was trying to compare some of his character to notorious communists so that he could warn us. That is one way Orwell was trying to warn us in Animal Farm.

In Orwell's book the animals felt that they were being treated much as the slaves had been. The animals wanted equal rights, equal benefits and to be treated as they should be. The slaves who were very much equals, wanted the same rights as the animals in Animal Farm.

George Orwell was the author of Animal Farm, Orwell was able to write a satire on the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm started off with the animals living an anguished life under the ownership of Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones treated the animals with no respect, he took everything the animals had produced, and when Mr. Jones sees that the animal were incapable to work he would slaughter them. The animals on the farm revolted against Mr. Jones and kick him out of the farm. After the revolution the animals went a couple seasons under Snowball and Napoleon leadership, but Napoleon viciously chasing out Snowball.

Frank Herbert once said,“Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.” Herbert is claiming that the less individuals know, the easier it is to manipulate the truth. This concept is often a recurrent theme in literature. George Orwell’s Animal Farm exposes the negative effects that governments demonstrating tyranny could have on people-- harsh forms of control, manipulation, and propaganda.

Certain characters of George Orwell’s Animal Farm use faulty logic and rhetorical trickery, like fear and bandwagon, to manipulate other characters. They serve to expose and enhance several themes of the book. Napoleon and the pigs, as well as Jones, use fear tactics to scare the animals into behaving. Jones uses force to oppress the animals, whereas the pigs used both verbal and physical manipulation. Napoleon sent Squealer, who was known to be able to “turn black into white,” to manipulate the animals verbally through fear tactics (36).

When Orwell first tried to publish his novel, Animal Farm he was met with rejection due to the current political climate. The year was 1944 and the world was at war and aligned with the soviet union. One of the main reasons as to why he wrote Animal Farm is because of the fact that he favors socialism and he strongly opposed communism (totalitarian regime). Despite the controversial criticism of the communist Russia and publishing difficulties, Orwell overcame all of that and put out one of the best selling books. Most of Orwell's dialogue hints at his satirical intent. The animals speak in crisp, brief sentences of devotion: "I will work harder!" and "Napoleon is always right." The leaders' dialogue is entirely party slogans: "Forward, comrades!"

Wealth plays a big part in manipulation. People or countries with money seem to be in control. This is because they have the best of everything, if its technology, equipment, lawyers, anything you can think of they are going to have it and win. In Animal farm money doesn't play a role but in terms of manipulation to those who don't have power it certainly does! In the books situation the pigs would be the ones with all the money living the high life.The fortunate people with money have access to everything and have the benefits of warm clothes, a roof over our heads, a meal to come home to every night and medicine to help us get better when we are sick. In third world countries such as Africa and the Philippines people only have limited access

Since the beginning of civilization, humans have domesticated animals and exploited their labor for personal gain. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, however the animals take control of Manor Farm from their human overlords and rename it Animal Farm. They decree that on Animal Farm all animals are equal, and instill seven commandments to ensure that the animals stay equal. Throughout the novel Orwell shows the destruction of the egalitarian utopia that the animals have created. He suggests that the flaws of human nature are too much to overcome, and that this “perfect” and equal society is impossible. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell demonstrates that the human tendency to manipulate and be manipulated is what prevents us from being perfect.

In Animal Farm many strategies of manipulation are used for Napoleon to rule the farm. The allegory, Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. It takes place on a farm that is overtaken by animals. In the allegory Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon succeeds in gaining complete control of the farm by using different forms of manipulation. There are many examples of manipulations fear, propaganda and scapegoat.

There’s leaders that may be written down and everybody knows that they are in charge, but when a leader actually stands up to express their opinions to everybody it shows how well they can make this farm be. Throughout the text Orwell continues to use language that makes the reader paint a picture in their head on who the leaders are. When Orwell writes, “I have no wish to take life, not even human life,' repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears,” (Page 43) it generates a picture of boxer crying, not just because it says tears but when it said repeated, an inference that could be made is that he stumbles a little bit. In addition, when somebody repeats something, they want to get into the mind.

Shelley, the poet, once claimed, “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world” (Orwell xxvi). This can be applied to the author of Animal Farm, George Orwell, because in his novel, he describes the Soviet Union in a satirical way. His novel tells the story of some farm animals who revolt and take control of the farm that they live on.

The novella written by George Orwell, real name Eric Blair, was a statement of what was going on in the Russian Revolution to create the story of Animal Farm, with animals in the place of people. The Animal Farm in general was the setting of the whole story which symbolized Russia during the time of the revolution. The barn was their capital, their seat of government, where all meetings took place. The windmill was their memorial, their symbol of hard work, that they did in the farm. The government revolving around the pigs used manipulation for their own gain to take control of Animal Farm and do what they want to do.

Orwell uses the struggles of animals to overcome a neglectful farmer as an allegorical warning of how a tyrant such as stalin rose out of the russian revolution. Feeding animals was so much of a bother for farmer Jones. Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin by his side, enlightened the Russian peasants of the Marxist dream of communism. While pigs Snowball and Napoleon started a revolution after listening to Old Major’s dream of Animalism. With each dictator on the rise, they worked to validate their new government by, waving flags, singing songs, repeating chants, creating holidays, commemorating events, and erecting statues. The animals used the “Battle of the Shed” and “Beasts of england.” Russia used the October Revolution and “Anthem for the

In Animal Farm by George Orwell, he uses the animals to represent everyone in our society today. In this novel, satire is the use of animal characters as a representation to show the Russian Revolution. The humans, portrayed by animals, are being ridiculed and it shows the breakdown of political ideology, and the misuse of power. Each of the characters portray an individual in society that expresses how humans can act similarly to animals. We can be perceived as animals because we can be separated by classes, or by our appearances. We often become what we don’t want to be, as in the novel the animals make rules to not become humans. We soon find out that the pigs are standing and becoming just like humans. The pigs hold all the power, and everything is fitted around them.