Language And Language In Animal Farm, By George Orwell

One night, all the animals of Mr. Jones’ farm, gather together in the barn to listen to Old Major, the pig, tell them about a dream he had, in which no animal had to live under the reign of human owners which would happen after a large rebellion against the people that treated them as slaves. After his death, which occurred only three nights after that meeting, the rest of the animals spent months working on plans to make the rebellion that Old Major had spoken of, into a reality. In the beginning the pigs, particularly Snowball and Napoleon, which had naturally become the leaders, faced difficulties convincing the other animals that this was the right thing to do.

In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, animals overthrow their cruel master and create their own government which the pigs dominate. The foremost leaders are the pigs, Snowball, who is quick speaking intelligent, and Napoleon, who is brutish and clever. Their hunger for power shapes the rules and mindsets of the animals. In the beginning, the Seven Commandments of Animalism created by the pigs, stresses the animals’ hatred of mankind and how they will never imitate or act like man. These ideals are soon corrupted and Animal Farm’s original values are soon abandoned.

This brings the reader to the level of the working class animals and instills a sense of uncertainty and disillusionment that is felt by most of the characters in the story. In the beginning, the animals are excited by Major’s talk of rebellion against Mr. Jones and through Orwell’s objective point of view, the same feeling of insurrection is passed on to the audience. As the pigs weave an intricate web of lies and scandal, the reader gets the sense that not all is well in the same way the animals do. The difference between the animals and ourselves lies in intelligence. The author deliberately makes the characters dumber than the average person, allowing us to see through the deception of the pigs, without the use of a third person omniscient viewpoint.

At first, Animal Farm prospers and all the animals have the ideal life. But as time goes on, the pigs decide they will make all the decisions for the other animals. Slowly, the pigs become more superior than the other animals and as time passes, many disincentives for the other animals come along the way. As it states in the text, “The mystery of where the milk went to was soon cleared up. It was mixed every day into the pigs’ mash… The animals had assumed that these would be shared out equally; one day, however, the order went forth that all the windfalls were to be collected and brought to the harness-room for the use of the pigs… Some of the other animals murmured, but it was no use,” (Orwell, 30). This adage shows how the animals are not doing much to stop the pigs from being unfair and therefore their journey will only get harder as the pigs start to take full control of the farm. Another quotation from the novel states, “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, 155). In the book, the pigs, who primarily were trying to get rid of man’s teaching, started befriending man, and then ultimately became man. Therefore, the way the pigs dealt with their obstacle, the

Language is very powerful and can be used in a good, uplifting way or a negative, controlling way. Language is more powerful when used to uplift and inspire. In George Orwell’s book Animal Farm, the animals take over to try to make a better society and life for themselves where the pig rule. One of the leaders of the farm, Napoleon, drives out the other leader, Snowball because he was greedy and power corrupt. Eventually after years of running the farm the pigs turn into how the humans were. They drank, took all the food and never worked. Martin Luther King JR's ‘I have a Dream’ speech and John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech are more examples of how language can uplift. In the book, Animal Farm, there are many examples about how language

George Orwell¹s story, Animal Farm, is a satire of Soviet Russia. In a more general sense, however, the story traces the rise and fall of any totalitarian regime. All of the animals on Animal Farm somehow contribute to either the creation, destruction, or temporary success of the totalitarian government. The original goal of the Animal Farm society is a socialist society, but it turns bad.

The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell, is about a group of farm animals who are inspired by the wise boar, Old Major, to see the discomfort in their lives changed for the better. The animals are made aware of their minuscule rations, lack of freedom and their enslavement. They choose to take action and rebel against Mr Jones. At first, the rebellion is successful but soon becomes corrupt and some animals become ‘more equal’ than others. This is shown when an animal hierarchy is formed and certain animals become more powerful than others. Corruption breaks out when Napoleon reduces rations except for himself and his fellow pigs. Napoleon soon makes himself superior to the others in a number of ways.

The story took place on a imaginary farm owned by Mr. Jones somewhere in England where a respected pig named Old Major assembled the farm animals to tell them about a dream he recently had in which all animals lived together in harmony without humans beings to oppress them. He taught them a song called “Beast of England” in which his dream is lyrically described. The animals greet Old Major visions with great enthusiasm. Unfortunately Old Major died three days later, but three young pigs named Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer formulate his vision into a philosophy called animalism.

A society in which pigs rule a farm tells us much more than its simple plot suggests. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, a satirical piece, the concept of socialism is portrayed following the chain of events that stem from an uprising against the human farmer. What is connoted at the beginning as a fairly grounded society promoted by the leaders of the revolution soon evolves into the same hierarchical system that the animals fought against in the first place. The swine leaders manipulate the other animals through a series of initiatives that change depending on the pigs own needs following their rise to power. The pigs’ agenda changes the way the other animals think and act in order to further the pigs’ desires.

However, not all the animals contribute to the harvest in the same way as "the pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others" (Orwell 35). The pigs believed that because they were more intelligent, they would better contribute by organizing. They fail to realize that this is a vice of man that they should avoid. Did not the men believe they were contributing to the farm with their vast knowledge on managing the farm? It is quite the double-edged sword. These animals need guidance in order to produce their goods and tend to the crops but if the pigs aren't contributing by putting in physical labor then they are using the animals for their labor just as Mr. Jones did. It is almost as if intellect corrupts those who exercise it and ignorance allows those who succumb to it to be taken advantage of. Mollie, for example, was considered to be "foolish" (Orwell 17). Her inability to see the bigger picture past material possessions reminds me of a quote that goes as follows: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" (NPR). The purpose of Animal Farm was to liberate the animals from the shackles of slavery and the mare cared more about lumps of sugar and hair ribbons. The animals working in the field were no better. Their inability to question authority allowed them to be taken advantage of. Sadly, the long-term results of the revolution on

After a pig named Old Major convinces the animals to rebel against Man, their primary problem, the animals take over Manor Farm. Although the pigs are instantly stereotyped as the intelligent, dominant leaders of the farm, they quickly change Animal Farm into a tyrannical, corrupted farm, which includes reduced rations, murders, and corruption. As the pigs distinguish themselves from the other animals and break the commandments of Animalism, oppression and starvation seem to stare the working-class animals

The novel, Animal Farm, was written by George Orwell in 1945. In the novel, animals on Manor Farm stage a rebellion against their human master and begin to lead the farm. The pigs on the farm take control of the farm and over time, begin to lead like tyrants. A mix of fear and conformity causes the other animals to conform to their unfair conditions. The pigs continue to adopt human customs until they are indistinguishable from the humans.

As one of the greatest satires in the english, the book “Animal Farm” written by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair); could be summarized into a single quote found in the book’s very last chapter. This brilliant work of literature tells the tale of the animals of Manor Farm rebelling against the owner and governing the farm by themselves. However, soon after the pigs, whom had assumed leadership due to their intellect, quickly descends into depravity and the grandeur of communism (called animalism in the book) collapsed to something much like a totalitarian society. In the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, the quote: “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” is capable of representing the entire

The symbolic story Animal Farm represents and sets vivid imagery of the Soviet Union in the time period of 1917 to 1943. Author, George Orwell uses allegory and rhetorical components to depict historical events during the rise of the Communist Party.

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