Literary Analysis Of Animal Farm By George Orwell

Theme Analysis The theme of Animal Farm is not difficult to understand. Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. Though he agreed with many Marxist principles, Orwell was unable to accept the communist interpretation of socialism because he saw many similarities between the communist governments and the previous czarist regimes in old Russia. Communism, he thought, was inherently hypocritical.In his self-proclaimed “fairy-story,” Orwell uses his allegorical farm to symbolize the communist system. Though the original intention of overthrowing Mr. Jones (who represents the Czars), is not inherently evil in itself, Napoleon’s subsequent adoption of

George Orwell is famous for writing satires on totalitarianism and he has written it by being objective and truthful. His attempts in uniting art and politics together in his writings was also very successful, he excelled in political journalism and he has raised the prevailing issues and oppression of the power hungry leaders very effectively in his novel Animal Farm. He was one of those writers which were against fascism and communism. The parallels between novel’s events and the events in Soviet history are impossible to ignore. Besides, Orwell’s main focus in this novel was to portray that how power corrupts a man and he has exposed this through his characters, these characters more importantly symbolize different political

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.

condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labor is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word--Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.” This statement was mentioned by Old Major, who was the leader of Manor Farm, to convince the other animals that there should be a change. This eventually led to the Rebellion. In this quote, human beings represent communists, while the animals represent the working class citizens, and everyone affected by communism. In this story, Orwell was able to use animal characters to depict his message. He was able to convey a serious matter, in a less harsh way.

The book Animal Farm can be summarize as a animals who were tired of working with poor conditions and wanted to make a change. After the creation called Animalism made by the majestic boar, Old Major, animals seeked for justice. In the beginning of animalism, the farm animals had got along and had created the seven commandments for all to follow but in short time they fell back in the hole of inequality. The pigs had taken over to be the most important, made the others fear them and were forced to let the boars have all power in saying. Orwell’s main purpose was to distribute the wide connection and relevance of animalism to communism showed great similarities toward the Russian Revolution. Many of the pigs portrayed the leaders of the Soviet

Although Animal Farm does not have any heroic characters, in the story there is a death of a supporting character. The death of a supporting character neither glorifies nor diminishes the supporting character to anything more or less significant. All characters, whether they are the major characters or even a minor, supporting character, they all do not have a complete story. There are no completely round characters in literature. Characters die; characters exist, simply for the sake of the plot, not so that the reader would know the life story of each and every character.

In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, symbolism is used greatly throughout the whole story. Symbolism is shown around every corner in this book. From the way the animals act to the reason why the author wrote his book this way.

Animal Farm is an in-depth work about corruption and how society functions in its ways. George Orwell uses these animals on the farm as figures to replace the humans in our life and society so we as readers can take a step back and see our culture as it truly is, without blurring our vision with emotions about other humans. Orwell accentuates certain characteristics we see in people through his use of anthropomorphism. Some main topics I will cover are the oppression if the less intelligent animals, such as the sheep, the blind faith of Boxer, Mollie’s wish for the old civilization’s return, and the rise of the pigs. There is also precedence with how the animals overthrow the man in charge, an allusion to culture and counterculture.

What message is George Orwell trying to portray in Animal Farm? An allegory reveals a message that an author tries to get across without directly saying. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm to convey the real events that occured before and after the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution brought communism and new changes throughout Russia. Which soon lead the group in the communist party to take more control over the Russian citizen, so it could better the leaders. The allegory of Animal Farm emphasises the slow failure of communism that occurred during and after the Russian Revolution through the characters of Napoleon, Snowball, and Old Major.

George Orwell includes a strong message in his novel Animal Farm that is easily recognizable. Orwell’s Animal Farm focuses on two primary problems that were not only prominent in his WWII society, but also posed as reoccurring issues in all societies past and present. Orwell’s novel delivers a strong political message about class structure and oppression from the patriarchal society through an allegory of a farm that closely resembles the Soviet Union.

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” said Spanish philosopher George Santayana. This brilliant message shows to be present in George Orwell’s satirical novel Animal Farm. In this book, Orwell uses farm animals to illustrate the true nature of the communist Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. There are many examples in this book and in real life that show the truth of aforementioned Santayana’s statement, for if one does not remember the past, they are only allowing it to repeat. Therefore, learning from the past is an effective way to prevent future mistakes because not doing so has significant repercussions, there are instances of the method working, and it can prepare us for the future.

Power corrupts all those around it, and it is very easy for one to abuse power. In this novel, Animal Farm is an allegory in which the characters, events and settings are directly parallel to the people and events during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Napoleon is parallel to Joseph Stalin and Boxer represents the Russian proletariat (working class.) These two characters symbolize how communist ideals and power can be used in different aspects, in an approving or disapproving manner.

In Animal Farm, the author portrays the evil and backstabbing leaders and the oppressed victims themselves. There are many tales of traitorous deceit in the novel. The windmill was a treacherous plan from the start. All crafted by the manipulative brains of the pigs. And it wasn’t too hard to trick the gullible and loyal workforce either. When the ruler Napoleon starts trading with the neighboring farms the situation went all downhill. Blood is drawn and beloved friends die. By the end of the novel, every rule that the animals put in the Seven Commandments, were broken by the malicious pigs. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, it shows how the abuse of power can bring the worst out in all of us, no matter how cunning, smart, or strong, which is why conflicts arose with the windmill, Napoleon’s trade with neighboring farms, and the Seven Commandments.

George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is about a group of animals living on a farm that rebel against their owner; however, it is also a political allegory to the Russian Revolution. The author wrote Animal Farm in response to the corruption of power when communism took power in Russia and the abuse of language. Throughout this political novel, Orwell uses anthropomorphism that leads us to believe he intended the novel to be read by the “everyday man” or lay person. The author reveals in his autobiographical essay “Why I Write,” he had written a book about the Spanish civil war. Although it is a political book, he states “in the main it is written with a certain

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