Satire Animal Farm

However, this is where we start to see a bit of betrayal and authority presented by the pigs. According to Orwell, he says, "The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervi sed the others" (12). The pigs are, in other words, replacing the humans-Mr. Jones and his men- who they wanted to overthrow so badly. They are ordering the animals as they perform labor work. They are abusing their wiseness as the other animals are not smart

Orwell shows the difference in those with absolute control and those without the ability to express themselves by describing how “the pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge, it was natural that they should assume the leadership”(35). By including this quote within the making of the new farm, Orwell expresses how the pigs took advantage of their authorial positions so they could force the others to work, while they dominated Animal Farm with their own rules. The pigs’ power allowed them to have freedom to do anything they wanted, but caused the other animals to be restricted further in their lives, work, and individual rights. This resulted in the exploitation of the other animals, forcing them to have lose any hopes of having an equal society. Still, the other animals did not protest, and instead believed the pigs should be in power because of their intelligence. Their actions lead to the oppressive, dictatorial society shown as Animal Farm progresses. Soon, the inequity between the pigs and other animals develops to a point where “all rations were reduced, except those of the pigs and the dogs. A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of Animalism”

The sub theme of power corrupting people is very eminent in animal farm. The leaders on the farm - the pigs, were the brains of the farm. The animals let the pigs lead the farm, thereby placing them into a position of power. This power corrupted them as they became more and more greedy and their ideology became more and more corrupted. Also, the pig’s transgressions of the rules of animalism worsen as they grow in power.

The novel ‘Animal Farm’ created by George Orwell heavily expresses the ideals of a prolonged cruel or unjust treatment and the exercise of authority. The exponential ignorance of the farm animals towards the actions and ideas of the pigs (Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball) prove the incentive that it is easier to conform to the ideals/ways of the ‘New England’, than to rebel, as well as through the exposure to propaganda and the distortion of reality. This therefore leaving them docile, numb, and oppressed.

To fully take control over Animal Farm, the government spread the message that the farm could not prosper or function without the pigs. This message allowed the pigs to gain many privileges in the farm without question. From the very beginning of the story, the other animals regarded the pigs as the smartest of all the animals in the farm. Because of this, it was naturally assumed that the pigs should lead the farm into rebellion against the humans and guide the animals into a better life. However, the pigs gained more control than the other animals thought they would. The pigs, especially Squealer, convinced the other animals that they should be allowed special privileges because they were shouldering the most “burdens” of all the

One of the major social problems that are currently present but that reflect the great situations witnessed throughout history for hundreds of years is the struggle for power and the most direct means to access that power is politics which allows to maintain the full exercise of power for as long as desired. It is precisely one of the strong criticisms made by the writer Georges Orwell in his book Animal Farm. He shows as the desire or ambition to seize certain territories makes people go into politics and pass over all common interests to achieve their own.

People play an enormous component in our lives and the choices we make. In George Orwell's “ Animal Farm” there are several people that show leadership and guidance. The Leaders of Animal Farm start off with good intentions, but as the story goes on it becomes obvious the leaders have grown power-hungry and have become the 'superior' animals, showing that equality does not exist. This source of power has been used by leaders at the expense of their followers for their own personal gain, like Napoleon, whose first sign of corruption occurred early in the book when he seemed to be the main leader of them all.

For example, Squealer fools the animals into believing that the apples and milk are specifically reserved for the pigs. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs need the apples and milk for their brainwork. The animals contemplate that the apples and milk are to be equally shared amongst all animals. "Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples this has been proved by science comrades contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig" (Orwell 23). Squealer uses the excuse that him and many other pigs don't like milk and apples, but in actuality, he is reserving the apples and milk for his and the pigs own indulgence. Also, Squealer threatens the animals that if the pigs don't get the apples and milk for their mash, they won't be able to work, which would result in Jones to come back. On the farm, the pigs are known as the wisest of all animals, therefore, they are the leaders of the other animals. "Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!" (Orwell 23). Squealer jeopardizes and scares the animals by saying that Jones would return, if the pigs don't get the food they need in order to function healthily. Squealer lies to the animals simply for the pigs own

Published in 1945, Animal Farm, is a political satire of the Soviet Union (Gottlieb 141). Prior to the Russian Revolution, Russia was ruled by Tzar Nicholas II who believed in feudalism, a form of government where the nobility controls the land and where the population had to be at the service of their ruler. Under the ruling the Tzar Nicholas II thousands of people were suffering from hunger until the Bolsheviks led a revolution to establish communism. In George Orwell’s satirical novel, the author creates an allegory to criticize totalitarian regime by using the setting of a farm and creating oppression on the lower class and individual characters, by demonstrating corruption, and by creating levels of classes. Orwell presents a class

Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell. It is an allegory in which animals play the roles of Russian revolutionists, and overthrow the human owners of the farm. Once the farm has been taken over by the animals, they are all equal at first, but class and status soon separates the different animal species. This story describes how a society’s ideologies can be manipulated by those in political power, to cause corruption by those in leadership.

In George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”, the pigs as the farm leaders, use unknown language, invoke scare tactics and create specific laws, thereby enabling them to control other animals, to suit their greedy desires, and to perform actions outside their realm of power. Because of the pigs’ use of broad language, and the implementation of these tactics they are able to get away with avoiding laws, and are able to convince other animals into believing untrue stories that are beneficial to the pigs. The first method in which the pigs use language to abuse their power is by using extensive detail and using vocabulary foreign to most animals. An example of the pigs using unknown terms can be found when Squealer explains to the other animals about how hard the pigs need to work to keep the farm running. “There was, as Squealer was never tired of explaining, endless work in the supervision and organization of the farm. Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand. For example, Squealer told them that the pigs had to expend enormous labours every day upon mysterious things called ‘files,’ ‘reports,’ ‘minutes,’ and ‘memoranda’…” (Orwell 129). In this scene, the animals, being exhausted, hungry, and overworked, are told about how the pigs work just as hard as they do. Although this is completely untrue, seeing that the pigs only occupy themselves in self-centered and self-beneficial engagements, the other animals believe it to be true because they

Comparably, before Mr. Jones was deforced out of Manor Farm, he was a leech feeding off of the majority of animals, who were diligent workers. Basically, the idea expressed is that wealth and integrity cannot coexist (Kathleen Elkins 2). Money is not valued enough to buy manners, morals, respect, character, trust, class, and love (Frank Sonnenberg 2). Moreover, Napoleon resists to divide up his portion of sugar that was placed on his table with the other pigs, due to making “them fat” (Orwell 116). Similarly, in the human nature, beings formulate various forms of excuses to fit their desires, ensuring that priority reflects their own self first before others, a key factor to signify selfishishness. The irony pointed out is that Napoleon declares sugar to be the cause for the pigs’ gain in body weight, despite the fact that he is considered as part of their species. Corrupt and avaricious pigs care less about the animals, availing the privileges of acquiring power.

Tyranny has always been present in human history from Joseph Stalin to Adolf Hitler they have all taken advantage of the public and used them to their own advantage and personal needs. In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell this tyrannical, totalitarian, and corrupt form of government is seen. In the story the tired animals organize a rebellion against their owner and drive him out. They create their own government, with the pigs assuming control. But the corrupt pigs take advantage of this power entrusted to them, and oppress the animal for their own benefit. Even though the pigs abused the power they had, The naive and gullible animals themselves were the ones responsible for the pigs’ quick rise to power and control because the animals were tricked into supporting the pigs evil plans, they were too braindead to organize and execute a rebellion even after they realized the pigs were up to no good, and they were so foolish that they even supported the expulsion of snowball, the only good pig that worked for the good of the other animals.

Animal Farm is established with moral intentions. The neglected animals of the farm rise up to overthrow Jones, and imagine a society of fairness based on the experiences of old major, in which all animals will have justice and won’t be demoralized by the people anymore. Old Major quickly establishes that “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend” (Orwell 11). He also reminds them that the ways of man are completely immoral, and they must not ever implement any of their habits. Giving the animals a shared enemy is an effective way to control the population. That is the first sign of a totalitarian state emerging in Animal Farm. Instead of the entire farm determining rules together, two pigs frame the rules of Animalism for the supposed utopian-like Animal Farm. They read:

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.