Totalitarian Governments In George Orwell's Animal Farm And 1984

A dishonest action that leads to greed, destroys peoples trust, and has fraudulent conduct. This happens to be the perfect definition of corruption. In the end, corruption ties back to cupidity and the general idea of greed. The book Animal Farm written by George Orwell demonstrates a perfect example of corruption through one specific character in the book named Napoleon. The quote "absolute power corrupts absolutely" is true because one only thinks of themselves, one will not know when to stop or what is enough and one will always want to out-do everyone around them.

Animal Farm by George Orwell which is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and the film adaptation of George Orwell’s novel 1984, which is set in a futuristic dystopian society, directed by Michael Radford uses Symbolism, foreshadowing and irony to convey the central ideas of power, politics, control, fear and they both also portray the dangers of totalitarianism. 1984 follows one main character (Winston) which shows how the society is being controlled whereas Animal Farm does not follow one character specifically. Though there are differences, Animal Farm and 1984 use the language techniques of symbolism, foreshadowing and irony in very similar ways.

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm explores the reality through the abuse of power using the character Napoleon. In order to gain absolute power, Napoleon eliminates any opposition, uses propaganda, and chances the commandments.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs are in control. Napoleon became the official leader after Snowball was chased out by the dogs. Squealer, Napoleon’s sidekick, now has social control over the farm animals. Squealer uses language to confuse and persuade the animals into thinking the commandments did not change, humans are allies and not enemies, and that some animals are more equal than others.

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.

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

People respond to control and power differently for various reasons, however, one of the main reasons is based on their personality; their confidence and intelligence. In, Animal Farm by George Orwell, confidence and intelligence is a big factor for why certain animals obtained power and control and why other ones did not. People with confidence and intelligence are likely to gain most of the control and power. People with little intelligence, but lots of confidence are more likely to have some power or work underneath the leader. People with intelligence, but no confidence seem to have no power at all and shy away from it. Both intelligence and confidence are needed for someone to take total power. Therefore, the amount of confidence and intelligence a person has will decide how they respond to control and power.

George Orwell wrote his best works during the tragic events of the fierce government repression of Communist Russia and Nazi Germany during the 1940’s. He expressed various grievances toward the high authority of these totalitarian governments and the abuse of their powers. In his writings, he alludes to many well known dictators, such as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, and he cynically views them as symbols of corruption and the loss of basic human rights and freedom. In his most renowned novel, 1984, George Orwell insightfully demonstrates how the repressing influence of a totalitarian government ironically amplifies and draws out the natural essence of humanity within the characters, specifically relating to romance, hope and rebellion, and fear and betrayal throughout the novel.

Historically, literature has always echoed the key issues and themes present during that time. In the period which Orwell wrote this novel, totalitarian government was a popular concept seeing implementation around the world such as Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and Mussolini’s Italy. In the novel 1984. While Orwell’s world is a fictional one, it can be said that he uses it as a voice for social commentary, and he predictions as to what a world would be like if totalitarian governments would rule the world. This essay will aim to explore how Orwell goes about doing this.

Hopelessness is a very strong quality present in 1984 and Animal Farm both by George Orwell. Animal Farm is a very literal allegory to the Russian revolution and warns about the dangers of a communist society. It reflects that hope can quickly be lost and people or animals can quickly become what they once fought to be free and independent from. 1984 follows a man named Winston who comes to rebel against his society but in the end is shown how futile his efforts to break away truly are. In each novel literary devices are used to present hopelessness, which is a common theme. With his purposeful and blunt use of irony, tone, and anaphora, Orwell creates an all too realistic dystopian civilization where vivid feelings of hopelessness thrive.

George Orwell’s key objective throughout his novel, 1984, was to convey to his readers the imminent threat of the severe danger that totalitarianism could mean for the world. Orwell takes great measures to display the horrifying effects that come along with complete and dominant control that actually comes along with totalitarian government. In Orwell’s novel, personal liberties and individual freedoms that are protected and granted to many Americans today, are taken away and ripped from the citizen’s lives. The government takes away freedom and rights from the people so that the ruling class (which makes up the government), while reign with complete supremacy and possess all power.

When the new government gradually becomes a violent, turbulent society, the citizens begin to follow the new government with the idea that the former society was worse. In Animal Farm, Napoleon often conjures outrageous rules, telling the animals to follow or Jones would come back; the animals of course comply. The vision of the past society is unclear, so the animals accept this new society, assuming their past government was worse. Despite what the new society would become, the animals just let their issues be and were glad to not have the old society. In Lord of the Flies, Piggy is killed after being crushed by an intentionally dropped boulder, and the members of Jack's society do not even question the murder. As innocent children,

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a life lesson book to read. It makes you sit back and think: are animals and humans really alike? Do they have the same environment and government's day to day problems just like us humans? Are animal mistreated like humans? Animals and humans do face similar problems such as treated unfairly, having a leader to obey/follow.

Having lived through World War II and seeing the evils of socialism and communism first hand George Orwell is left with a bitter taste and takes to the pen. Orwell is probably best known for his works Animal Farm and 1984. In Animal Farm Orwell satirically portrayed animals as trying to create a communist utopia after overthrowing their human masters, and how they were ultimately oppressed again. In George Orwell's 1984, he once again shows the dangers of communism and socialism through the lense of a dystopian future. He portrays a world where the government has taken control of every aspect of people's lives from how they dress to how they think. The control over a person’s mind is particularly terrifying and interesting. This is accomplished through an onslaught of psychological attacks on the individuals from the time they wake, and arguably even while they sleep. This is accomplished with tools like newspeak, the two minutes hate, removing individuality,and total control over the past and present.

There are plenty of amazing books out there, but what makes the books so great? Well, there are different characteristics that make books definitely worth your time. But, here is the big question: was the book that you love so much influenced by an event, an object, memory, belief, or a person? Whatever your answer may be, it is something to think about, an example of influence are the many books that are influenced with beliefs in many different aspects. A book that demonstrates many times is Animal Farm. Animal Farm, is a well known, award winning novel that uses ridicule to show wickedness or stupidity. Animal Farm is considered a political satire written by George Orwell.,George Orwell had many of his own government and political beliefs influencing Animal Farm. There are many of his beliefs reflected in the novel, but there are three that appear most heavily in his piece of writing. The first one includes the fact that George Orwell demonstrates his dislike towards the Russian government in Animal Farm. Additionally, Animal Farm is written against totalitarianism due to George Orwell’s view of a socialist. Lastly, George Orwell’s goal in writing the book was to make fun of the events during and after the Russian Revolution due to the world always being dystopian.