Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is an excellent example of distortion as a literary device. The story is set up as a fable using a third person objective viewpoint and personification of animals to represent historical figures and stereotypes. Distortion can also be found in much of the symbolism throughout the novel. Similar to a fable, Animal Farm makes use of personification. In the story, farm animals are used to represent different classes of people, from the average working man to government
Orwell was beyond successful in writing Animal Farm and fusing political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole. George Orwell is a well known English author known for his literary criticism against politics while shaping his critics into art. He is well known for his books Animal Farm and 1984 that are still talked about to this day. Orwell has stated, “I write it because there is some lie I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing
Orwell struggles to blend his “political” and “artistic” purpose into one complete “whole” in his short novel Animal Farm. The author uses allegory and satire to catch the reader's attention. I believe that Orwell is criticizing the Russian Revolution. In addition, i think he is making fun of it because the way he uses the animals the describe the humans like ways. In ¨why i write¨ Orwell goes more in depth about himself and the purpose of his writing. He gives details about his life and what lead
world. He does this through the many novels and essays he writes. Animal Farm, one of his better known pieces, depicts the hardships faced by a group of farm animals in an attempt to claim the farm that had been exploiting them for the entirety of their lives. His fable is written as an allegory to comment on the Russian Revolution and to warn his audience of the corruption that entails power; he does this by using various literary devices, such as allegory and rhetoric, and a creative structure. Ultimately
The novel “Animal Farm” has a childish title, in fact, the plot of the story is much like a fairy tales, even the main characters of the book are human like animals. However, this showed the brilliants of the author, George Orwell. He used many literary and rhetorical devices in the story to deliver the massages to the reader. By using those technics, effectively convoyed the hidden meaning behind the actions of the animals, thus making the use of animals an advantage to his in term of communicating
I believe that the book Animal Farm should be read by more people because of how educational and beneficial it could be to others. First off, the theme of the novel has a hidden meaning that if the book is fully read and understood the reader can be educated on the corrupt ways of the Soviet Union which makes it an allegory which means that everything in the novel has some type of meaning relating to the corrupt tendencies of the Soviet Union. Also a lot can be learned from George Orwell’s brilliant
Animal Farm has been deemed one of the most controversial pieces of literature to date. It has been deemed rightfully because the book treks over the disadvantages in many societies in the 1950’s. Animal Farm explores totalitarianism and failed political beliefs that were popular at the time with other countries such as Russia. The author, George Orwell, feels as if he needs to issue a warning to the people about the idea of totalitarianism in these countries. Animal Farm is an allegorical piece
Brianna Tabilas British Literature 6th period Mr. Blaszczak Analysis Paper on Animal Farm A graduate from Eton University, Eric Blair also known by his pen name George Orwell studied the master writers and began to develop his own writing style. In his novel, Animal Farm, published in the midst of World War II, in England in 1945 and in the United States a year after. Blair wrote the book during the war as a ‘cautionary fable’ to expose the impact and the dangers of totalitarian government
THE DOWNFALL OF COMMUNISM 2 The Downfall of Communism George Orwell is the author of the novel, Animal Farm, which is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. An allegory is a story that uses characters or events to represent ideas. Animal Farm can be read as a fable of talking animals, or as a history book. Animal farm is full of information, you just need to reach out for it. Orwell wrote this to tell people the effects of communism and how it affected the Russian people. This event
On the surface, George Orwell’s Animal Farm depicts the hardships faced by a group of farm animals in an attempt to claim the farm that had been exploiting them for the entirety of their lives. However, under the surface, Orwell’s fable, or “fairy story,” is an allegorical tale for the events of the Russian Revolution. For an extensive portion of his life, the author had been connected to some strong feeling of injustice, so it is probable that Animal Farm is a response to the injustice and awareness