Obedience In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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.

The idea of equality “all animals are equal” and socialism would make an ideal society. It would be effective on Animal Farm if it were not for the pigs’ hunger for power or human nature. In Animal Farm, Old Major suggests rebellion, and becoming a place where all is equal. Napoleon and Snowball tried to take action and make this idea a reality. Napoleon seized power and what was going to be a place of

Animal Farm is a prime example of devotion and the loyalty that is vital for success. Boxer is a selfless hard-working horse that displays genuine loyalty to the rebellion willing to do anything for the better of his newfound family. Boxer adopts a new personal motto of “I will work harder” static from the beginning of the novel to his death (murder). Boxer is unwavering in his devotion. Even when the windmill is destroyed and it is time for Boxer’s long waited retirement he continues to strive forward and push his body to the max showing loyalty to Napoleon time and time again, reflecting his other motto “Napoleon is always right”. The point of view used throughout the novel is third person omniscient. This allows for an overall

Soon after building the windmill, it falls and Napoleon blames Snowball for its destruction. Some of the animals sympathize with Snowball, saying that there was no way he could have pushed it over. Napoleon becomes angry, purging the farm, killing anyone who he accuses of allying with Snowball. After he did so, animals questioned his tactics only for Napoleon to ask the animals, “Surely comrades, you would not want Jones back? (Orwell, pg. 67 Chap. 6)” By saying this rhetorical question, the animals would not question what it was that Jones had done that was worse than Napoleon, and they would just get back to doing their work. Napoleon used Squealer the pig to help him get out of situations that he brought upon himself. When Napoleon would say something that he was not supposed to, Squealer would justify for

The character Snowball helped is described as a young bull who is energetic and hard working. He helped create many different comities while on the farm although he was later kicked off the farm by Napoleon, who it said to be Snowball’s “nemesis”. Snowball is known for his leadership attitude and his great military strategy. Squealer is a small fat pig that is known to be the propaganda leader for the pigs on the farm. Squealer is known to be a very smooth talker and is relatively known to be smart because he has an explanation as to why

For the animals to truly succeed in starting the new era of Animal Farm, the pigs, especially Snowball, need the animals to be informed about new ideas for the farm and most importantly, accept them with few questions. Along with this acceptance to the introduction of Animal Farm’s ideals, the animals find inspiration in Boxer’s actions and words to pave their own individual work ethics. With the introduction of a bitter winter, “the other animals… [find] inspiration in Boxer’s strength and his never-failing cry of ‘I will

“Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the scene, and root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever,” (Orwell 7), says Old Major, the twelve-year-old pig. In the book, Animal Farm by George Orwell, an enemy and a scapegoat are necessary in a revolution. They give an individual a cause to fight for, changing their way of thinking. The humans are the enemies of the animals.

Conformity and Education and Animal Farm George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a wonderful commentary on the importance of objective education for the masses in combatance of true ignorance and loss of individuality. As the pigs educate themselves to a higher degree they all but only pretend to teach the animals beneath them. These animals assume that they are capable of less because that is what they are told and that is what they see at work when they attempt to learn. The pigs teach all of the animals simple mottos and provide them with arguably demeaning tasks, all of which they think are well-suited for them and their limited capabilities. The pigs have a way of brainwashing the rest of the animals on the Animal Farm to conform into one ignorant and mindless unity, all of which could have been avoided with a proper education.

The characters in George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm, are constantly being paralleled with life during the early 20th century, in which communism was stirring in Russia. For example, two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, were allegories that represented Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Napoleon and Snowball competed for authority after the eldest and most respected pig, Old Major, died. Similarly, Stalin and Trotsky competed for power after Vladimir Lenin died. The allegories go on, but one trait that stands in almost every animal from Animal Farm along with almost every human in today’s society is self-preservation. Self-preservation comes in many forms. Whether it be greed, selfishness, deception, or a more passive form, self-preservation is everywhere

In the novella Animal Farm, by George Orwell the lives of the farm animals living on Manor Farm are beginning to shift as the morals they had been living under their whole lives were challenged. Obviously frightened the animals look for a leader, as they had already run Mr. Jones, the former owner out of the farm. The characters Snowball and Napoleon, though with different intent both stand up and try to give the animals some source of leadership. Snowball a younger pig is deeply devoted to the ideas of “Animalism” and is determined to spread this great philosophy worldwide. On the other hand, there is a clever pig named Napoleon, he does not care so much about the well-being of the animals or the spread of Animalism he just wants power.

Animal Farm satirises politicians, categorically their rhetoric, insistent desire for power and capability to manipulate others. Despite Napoleon’s ‘professedly’ charitable motives, He is portrayed as the embodiment of a megalomaniac who conceals all of his actions with the justification that they are done for the ‘betterment’ of the farm. His stealing of the apples and milk, for example, is masked by the lie that the foods have nutrients imperative to the pigs, who need this nutrients to persevere with their ‘directorial’ work. His edging Snowball off the farm is justified by the lie that Snowball was an imposter, working for Jones, and that the farm’s state will improve without Him. Any time that Napoleon and the other Pigs hoped to break

It is evident from the beginning of the novel that the animals’ attempt at a new society based on the principles of Old Major would fail because Orwell refers to their endeavors as a revolution. “The animals listen to first to Napoleon, then to Snowball, and could not make up their minds which was right; indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who is speaking at the moment” (66). Unfortunately, like most revolutions, the ideals that form the revolution are often distorted to serve the purposes of the individuals leading the revolution. In this case, Napoleon and initially Snowball, seek for the betterment of the pigs and not all the animals as a whole. Eventually, due to the disagreement and lack of collaboration between the two, Napoleon drives Snowball from the farm because he sees Snowball as a threat to his autocratic rule. After the battle of the windmill, the surviving animals are in shock and huddle together around Clover, who starts crying and thinking about how different this is from what they dreamed of before the

During the early 1900’s wars and revolutions were raging all around the world. George Orwell in Animal Farm expresses the political tendencies of those who have and those who lack education through characters such as Squealer, Napoleon, Muriel, and Benjamin. In Animal Farm, the message George Orwell sends to his audience is that there is power in obtaining an education that saves one from being bamboozled. The first way Orwell expresses the importance of education is through the pigs, who were the most educated animals on the farm. Within “three months” the pigs had “taught themselves to read and write,” which leads to them having the most power (Orwell 23).

The reason the Russians started a rebellion was due to how the Russian Government was taking advantage of them and abusing its power. In Animal Farm, old Major says, “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing," (Pg. 7) This quote alludes to how the Russian Government would take everything from their hard working citizens and give them the bare minimum in return. When the Soviets party was inspired by Marx and Lenin, it gave the citizens a dream to fight for. After they achieve their dream and Stalin forms his Communist government it becomes worse than it was before.

George Orwell's allegorical novel ‘Animal Farm’ demonstrates the rapid shift from hopeful Utopian Dream, to reproachful dystopian nightmare as a result of fundamental flaws in human nature, such as avarice, selfishness and the thirst for power over others. In the novel, the animals are promised a better life if they revolt and institute the system of Animalism, then they are promised a better life if they build the windmill and, if all else fails, the raven promises a better afterlife on ‘Sugarcandy Mountain’. However, the animals ultimately never achieve their utopia because of the avaricious and power-hungry nature of Napoleon