Social Oppression 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.

When one acquires a position of extreme power, it is only a matter of time before it is maliciously abused for personal benefit. As socialized power, the power used to benefit others, transitions to personalized power, the principle of morality is lost as the leader becomes unable to discern from right and wrong.

What is power? Power means the strength and the right given of controlling anyone else. However, when too much power is given to someone, dictatorship cannot be avoided. In the book “Animal Farm”, George Orwell used a lot of events happened on the farm to illustrate that how did the ‘animalism’ turn into “totalitarianism” and well defined the sentence “Absolute power corrupts absolutely”, which also reflects how the society was like at that time. Therefore, in order to find out the reason why George Orwell wrote the story, this essay will talk about how power is abused and the effect on other "comrades" by using several events and the examples of language features used in the story.

Many authors have written books where the government is an all oppressing force. This view has been popular among readers simply because they refuse to see that the people of that society were at fault as well. The readers sympathize with the character's struggles and living situations because the readers feel that they are in similar situations. In 1984, Animal Farm, and Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell, the forms of governments were oppressing their citizens by withholding essential information and promoting half lies that had adverse effects on the population. It cause for people to oppress themselves by their ignorance and attitudes that prevent them from progressing onwards.

Squealer explains, “The van had previously been the property of the knacker, and had be bought by the veterinary surgeon, who had not painted the old name out… Then went into further graphic detail of boxer’s deathbed and admirable care Napoleon paid without a thought as to the cost. animals sorrow that they felt for their comrades death was tempered by the thought that at least he died happy” (Orwell 86).

To follow suit, Orwell and Twain both use characters to embody cruelty. Both novels illustrate cruelty in two different ways, the first of which is through physical harm. In Animal Farm, one of the first characters to be introduced is Mr. Jones and he is introduced as a drunkard who neglects his animals. Although this may seem unfair and inhumane, he reaches a point of unbearable cruelty when it is narrated that “he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions” (Orwell 38). His irresponsible and inhumane nature make Mr. Jones an unfavorable character but once he physically abuses his animals, it is possible to see how truly wicked he is. Without remorse or thought for their well-being, the

Throughout time, we have witnessed the destruction and reconstruction of governments such as the Russian Revolution and more recently, The Egyptian Revolution. Blind conformity is a useful asset to having control over a country. To have your people comply with any idea is the perfect position for any leader. A similarity that these powerful leaders possess is the ability to differentiate between their people's weaknesses and strengths. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon utilizes many forms of manipulation to his advantage, which leads to blind conformity practiced by animals of Manor Farm.

In the allegorical and dystopian novella, “Animal Farm” written by George Orwell has opened up our knowledge and perspective on events leading up to the Russian Revolution in a deeper meaning. The overall perspective that the story is told around is a far,. Within this farm are animals who rank higher than others based on their so called “qualities.” This book was able to teach us new meanings about the government and how it works in somewhat modern society. Due to this knew knowledge we were able to understand leading events as well as follow along with how things would go about in a whole new perspective. We followed along to find how “Government” would apply to an animal living on a farm.

“It’s always tough being the fat kid in school, it must be extra tough being the only fat kid in you entire country.” This is a quote about Kim Jong-Un who is notorious for being one of the most corrupted dictators ever. The reason he is corrupt is one simple word: power. The importance of our argument is that power corrupts those who posses it. There are corrupt people in this world who will do anything to gain power. This argument is based upon the themes represented in Animal Farm, created by George Orwell, it is an allegorical, satirical, dystopian novel. Power corrupts those who possess it because it leads to a destroyed society and an oppressive dictatorship, and much

Throughout history society has had multiple problems with equality. Not just in the U.S., but the whole world. For example the civil rights movement, Russian Revolution, Arab Spring and many others. All of these Revolutions were caused because they wanted the same rights as the person next to them. The civil rights movement was the one that was based more in America. They had famous characters like Malcom X, Martin Luther King jr, and Rosa Parks.They had many problems with segragation, and violence they protessed agaianst many white men and women who thought they didn’t deserve the same rights that they had. Arab spring was a quick revolution Finally the Russian Revolution where characters like Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball (animal farm)

This extended essay is based on research on the novel ‘Animal Farm’. It seeks to find out how power leads to social oppression in the text, in order to prove that anyone can be misled when given high positions of power. Thus, the story of ‘Animal Farm’ can be related to real life and has significance beyond the Russian Revolution which is the focus of the text, to wherever there is a system of leadership and governments that rely heavily on maintaining power. In the text, Orwell responded to the power structure set up by political leaders, he describes the characteristics of the animals and their behaviour in relation to these structure to show their social oppression. This essay explores the different responses of the animals in this situation where power is abused. It also touches on the impact of power on

For some people, life is a constant battle to achieve greatness. People try to be better than everyone around them, because that gives them confidence and a feeling of control. In a perfect world, everyone would be equal, but this is not a perfect world. Most people who accomplish more in life would not like to receive the the same amount of recognition as someone who sits around all day doing nothing. The people who do nothing would gladly like to feel as special as those who work hard in life.

In the novel, Animal Farm, the animals of the Manor Farm work hard to get rid of the one enemy, Man, whom old Major informed them about before he died. The speech old Major had given that night gave the animals deep thought about what was yet to come. They came to believe that anything that goes upon two legs is an enemy, but whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. (pg.11) In fact, they made it part of their seven commandments. They kept these seven commandments in the barn where they held secret meetings once the owner of the farm, Mr. Jones, went to sleep each night. The secret meetings were held by the new “leaders”, Napoleon and Snowball, who have very different views on how the farm should be run.

George Orwell’s Animal farm tells a satirical tale of animals who revolt against their human captors and hope to start a new life of prosperity. Unfortunately, the challenge of animal equality become too much for a few power thirsty animals and the new life they envisioned themselves doesn’t look as prosperous as they might’ve expected. Animal Farm, despite being a tale about animals on a farm, allegorically retells the events of the 1917 Russian Revolution and depicts Orwell’s views on the matter. The themes of equality, oppression and corruption displays Orwell’s views and the input of certain characters to correspond to their real life counter parts will be analysed. George Orwell exhibits equality as an obligatory piece in order for the animals to succeed in revolutionizing their lives.

Throughout time authors and books have been the cause of controversy over topics such as life or government. When George Orwell wrote his book Animal Farm, it sparked lots of controversy over government. The book was written as a satire to mock the communist regime that was installed after the Russian Revolution. The book does not directly say it is about the revolution but is almost the same tale. George Orwell used subtle ways such as symbolism and anthropomorphism to represent history in a different way.