The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a group of talking animals. Rather, the tale seeks to use specific animals to symbolize Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian government. George Orwell, in Animal Farm, expresses the bad actions of Stalin through the operations carried out by a fierce-looking Berkshire boar that goes by the name of Napoleon. Orwell depicts Napoleon as a villain in order to reveal the corrupt doings of Stalin such as his intense greed, manipulation, and use of terror tactics in order to keep control over the Russian people with help from the Soviet Press and Soviet Secret Police. Orwell’s novel is an allegorical writing that uses a fairy tale format in order to expose the wrongdoings of Stalin. Napoleon, a greedy pig, is used to show Stalin’s selfish and corrupt nature through activities such as stealing all the milk and apples for the well being of the pigs instead of for the entire farm. The implementation of selfishness can also be seen at times when the pigs decide to alter the seven commandments in order to benefit the pigs while also continuing to attempt to make them seem as fair to the rest of …show more content…
Not only were they both able to demonstrate their large amount of power but they were able to gain more and more control over their people. Napoleon presented terror tactics in the scenes in which he uses the dogs to enforce his decrees and rid the farm of any traitors, similar to Stalin’s use of the Soviet Secret Police. Not only was the use of dogs extremely effective but also, Napoleon’s action of sending Boxer to the slaughterhouse was the perfect illustration of how easily he is able to get rid of others without leaving behind evidence of their death for the other animals to see. Stalin worked towards ridding Russia from any traitors or spies and was easily able to implement terror throughout his country because many people didn’t want to risk facing their
Animal Farm is a written allegory story by George Orwell. The novel is about what happened during the political time of Russia; the Bolshevik Revolution and show the betrayal of Joseph Stalin. This novel shows a lot of symbolism throughout and the main one is how Napoleon and Joseph Stalin are similar.
In the Novel animal farm by George Orwell he tells a story about a farm that is taken over by animals, an allegory of the Russian revolution. In this essay I will show how Napoleon represents Stalin and what he did during the Russian revolution.
His main way of getting people to listen to him is by using his dogs to force people to do the required task or else they will get their heads bitten off along with the sheep saying ¨four legs good, two legs better¨ (Orwell, pg. 134) to help reinforce the idea that pigs are superior to the other animals. Another way Napoleon uses fear to gain the control over the animals at the farm is he threatens them with starvation. Both of these methods used by Napoleon were also used by Joseph Stalin to gain control over the masses. If society gives in to these methods then they are just giving more power and control to the higher power. Napoleon also threatens the animals with saying jones is going to come back and that is a reference back to when Stalin told his people that if they didn’t do what he wanted the old way of living was going to come back to them. With that much power and having all those people listen your commands can make you feel like you are unstoppable and greedy.
The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition, I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts, their rise to power, how they maintain power, and how they use and abuse their authority.
The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a talking pig who takes over a farm. Rather, the tale seeks to show the fear factor in which the citizens under Joseph Stalin’s totalitarian government lived with. George Orwell, in Animal Farm uncovers the truth about how the people under Stalin’s rule were constantly threatened to be killed if they did not dedicate their lives to helping Stalin with his plans. As Napoleon, an allegory for Stalin, takes control of the farm, animals lose their lives, are manipulated to fight the humans and are living in constant fear of getting killed.
George Orwell, in his novel ‘Animal Farm’, develops an idea through Napoleon. The boar grows more thirsty for power and inevitably corrupts his nature and well-being. This idea is emphasised through his manipulating control over the animals, arrogance in his leadership and the major unequal differences between himself and the other farm animals.
It’s impossible to read the book “Animal Farm” without comparing it to the Russian Revolution occur in Russia in 1917. After reading the book I decided to learn more about the consequences of the Russian Revolution and mainly research about Stalin, represented in the book as Napoleon, the leader of Animal Farm and my favourite character. Because I was so intrigued by Napoleon’s character I decided in this book task to contrast him with the Soviet dictator Stalin.
Orwell chooses an animal that is usually seen as a lazy, filthy and greedy pig to portray Joseph Stalin. Orwell in Animal Farm says “Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals any richer except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs.” Napoleon (Stalin) was known for being selfish and not caring about the animals unless they were his own kind or helped him. The dogs (the Soviet police) were to provide the pigs with “protection” and in return they were given privileges the animals didn’t have. The Russian revolution had several bystanders who were either too afraid or they
Joseph Stalin can be compared to Napoleon in Animal Farm because of their similar tactics of fear, using a new government system to install faith in their inferiors, and manipulation of everyone around them. Joseph Stalin believed that Leninism, which was an extended version of Marxism, could
Animal Farm is a mockery about the Russian Revolution and how it collapsed. Napoleon is very similar to Stalin because they both abused the power of propaganda to stay in power, both killed or persecuted anyone that opposed them, And they used power to create a totalitarian state. Napoleon and Stalin both used propaganda to stay in power. The media said that Stalin was the friend of the youth. It was said that he would guide the minors though their
The novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian Revolution. The character that really stood out in this novel, is Napoleon which plays Joseph Stalin in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon is a power-hungry, sneaky pig who wants to control the farm in his ways of ruling and changes the commandments to his ideas. The real life figure of Joseph Stalin is similar to the Animal Farm character Napoleon because they both were cruel, brutal, and selfish in so many ways.
In the novella Animal Farm, George Orwell has skilfully allegorised the Russian Revolution and particularly the Communist dictator Joseph Stalin. The novella effectively satirises totalitarianism regimes and political corruption to convey the abuse of power. Orwell effectively uses character representations to show the abuse of power. The three characters that are satirised are Napoleon the corrupt leader, Squealer the propagandist and Boxer, the acquiescent worker.
Beginning with the obvious, Napoleon the pig represents Joseph Stalin, the former dictator of the Soviet. During the Battle of Cowshed, Napoleon chases Snowball off the farm grounds. This moment symbolizes when agents of Stalin exile Trotsky, who was an ally of Lenin.. As observed, this is the beginning of the takeover. Eradicating the main enemy from the whole country, or even farm, makes ruling much more simplistic, which means that changing laws to benefit the elite is effortless.
The machiavellian nature of the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm is to blame for the failure of Animalism. The pigs, for the whole book were deceiving and malicious towards the farm animals. Napoleon, who was the main pig in this novel, the the main source of corruption of Animalism. Napoleon is based off of Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin. This shows why he is so selfish and why everything he did on the farm was to benefit himself.
Though Animal Farm can be considered nothing more than a charming animal fable depicting a doomed rebellion, its origin is actually of a more serious and political nature. It is not only the tale of Napoleon and Animal Farm, but a satire and commentary on that of the Russian Revolution, Stalin and Communism. For a person to gain a true understanding of Orwell's meaning in Animal Farm, it is best that he or she has an understanding of the political parties and history surrounding Communism, Stalin, and the upheaval and fear that followed Stalin's rise to power.