Satire In George Orwell's Animal Farm

"All oppression creates a state of war" -Simone de Beauvar, French Philosopher. Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. Each animal was a key character in the Revolution such as Napoleon being Joseph Stalin, Mr. Jones being Tsar Nicholas and Boxer, being an ignorant. Mr.Jones was run off the farm because the animals were tired of the drunken man mistreating them. What the animals didn't know was that they went from one dictator to a whole group of them. The pigs. Ignorance contributes to political and social oppression and is proved by the inability to comprehend what the pigs are doing to the other animals. The animals cannot read or write as well, are perplexed easily, couldn't see the blemishes in the pig's leadership, or how the pigs changed things and didn't see or completely ignored how the pigs had acted.

Throughout the story, you see the way that the pig, Squealer, gives information to the “lowly” animals. He tells them what the leading pig, Napoleon, wants them to know, but he tells it in a way that it seems they are benefitting. Squealer had a way of persuading the other animals to listen to him, through his actions and manipulation. “The best known among them was a small, fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, which was somehow very persuasive. The others said of Squealer that he could turn black to white.”

In chapter 7 Napoleon began punishing and executing the animals who he believed to be traitors, by forcing them to confess to “crimes” that they committed. Through this, it is obvious that although the pigs goal is to keep humans out of animal farm, and make sure that the animals are safe, it is causing a sense of fear and terror in the animals. This also shows how the animals have no freedom of

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.

There are pigs that are also controlled by Napoleon to enforce his rules and orders, enjoy luxuries that other animals don't have, and become more and more like humans. Squealer's characterizations is used to express the theme manipulation of language by how in the book he distorts the truth.

The power of the pigs is justified throughout the book. In a speech to the other farm animals, Squealer says, “I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this

Instead of speaking up against Napoleon and the pigs, they convince themselves that Napoleon’s ideas are still better than the way things were when Mr. Jones was in charge. Since they greatly fear the thought of Mr. Jones coming back, the pigs decide to use this to their advantage. “Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop” (Orwell 56). Their ignorance at the beginning of Napoleon’s rule leads him to becoming even more powerful. Even when they have a feeling something is wrong, they excuse the pigs’ actions instead of speaking up about it, just like Napoleon and the other pigs

These animals are meant to display the perfect utopia, however fail in doing so, and the credibility of this can go to Napoleon and Snowball. These are the two pigs who go against each other in order to become the ruler of Animal Farm. Napoleon overpowers Snowball and soon, Animal Farm is under his control. Throughout the course of “Animal Farm,” Orwell uses irony, to mock the communist ruling of the animals in Animal Farm as they overthrow the humans because of their vices, and ironically end up adopting the vices of the human ruling as their own.

They imposed propaganda to alter the animals’ thoughts and actions to the pigs’ favor. The story does not end in a resolution or promise of a revolution. The pigs resemble humans, the last sign of total dominance. The farm continues to run like it had been for years, again with oppressive human leaders. This tale shows that a revolution does not always bring great change or a better outcome.

In George Orwell’s satire of the Russian Revolution, Animal Farm, he creates a microcosm of Russia to be able to depict the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution of 1917 in an uncomplicated manner. Orwell utilizes the literary device, personification or anthropomorphism, to represent certain important figures involved in the spread of Soviet communism. For example, Napoleon is the equivalent of Stalin, Old Major is Lenin, and Snowball can be Trotsky. In addition, Orwell also uses symbolism to correspond certain aspects. For instance, the different barns represent countries involved in the Russian Revolution.

“All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (Animal Farm, 112). When George Orwell wrote the books Animal farm and 1984, he wrote two pieces of satire with the overarching theme of government and Orwell utilizes characters such as Napoleon and Big Brother and similar events to prove that absolute power corrupts. However, he wrote Animal farm as a satire on previous events, while 1984 is a warning to the future. “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute.

In the end, Squealer and Napoleon use their brains to deceive the animals into trusting them. By twisting facts and lying to the animals, the pigs were able to get whatever they want and maintain total

Animal Farm, A novel by George Orwell, tells the tale of the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm, who deal with much oppression from their master then take over the farm for themselves. In the beginning, it seems like the start of a life of freedom and plenty, but ruthless and cunning elite emerges and begins to take control of the farm. The novel critiques revolutionary Russia and idealism betrayed by power and corruption. Anthropomorphism is applied to the animals, they speak and do everything such as humans can. They fight, have daily jobs and have even set up a government that fulfills their needs.

George Orwell’s novella, Animal Farm, is a fable about a herd of animals living on a farm together. Orwell uses humor and irony to support the topic of oppression among the farm animals. Throughout the novella, Orwell uses humor in situations that are actually much more serious and tragic than funny. In the beginning of the novella, the farm animals stage a rebellion against Mr. Jones, the farmer, and Mrs. Jones, his wife, and they chase them off the farm. The animals rebel against the farmer because they view him as a drunken, careless ruler.

The pigs appointed themselves the positions of upmost authority -living in the farm house, sleeping in the beds the humans had once slept in, drinking alcohol as Jones had, and slaughtering the animals as they vowed they wouldn't, after some of them had recognized how the actions of Napoleon contradicted all of Old Majors expectations for the future. Squealer and Napoleon were even responsible for the changing of the seven commandments to their advantage. They rewrite most of them so that they are beneficial to the pigs, deceiving the more gullible animals into believing they weren't breaking any of the rules that had seemed the be set in stone.