Totalitarianism In Animal Farm, By George Orwell

"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.

Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell. The story takes place in a farm full of animals. Eventually, the animals rebel against the humans, which leads them the make their own government. As the book progresses Orwell uses many types of literary devices to communicate his opinions and thoughts specifically about the government in the society. In Animal Farm Orwell uses satire through the animal allegory, and irony, commenting on the the Russian Revolution, to show a connection between the individuals of a society and a totalitarian government and to create a cautionary tale that warns the readers about abuse of power.

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.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is, first and foremost, a political satire warning against the pursuit of utopian desires through unjust and oppressive means. Operating under the pretense of an animal fable, Orwell disparages the use of political power to poach personal freedom. He effectively alerts his readers to the dangerous price that can accompany the so-called “pursuit of progress”. And he illuminates how governments acting under the guise of increasing independence often do just the opposite: increase oppression and sacrifice sovereignty. While the cautionary theme Orwell provides proves widely applicable, in reality his novel focuses on one tale of totalitarian abuse: Soviet Russia. The parallels between the society Orwell presents in his Animal Farm and the Soviet Union – from the Russian revolution to Stalin’s supremacy – are seemingly endless. Manor Farm represents Tsarist Russia, Animalism compares to Stalinism, and Animal Farm, with the pig Napoleon at its helm, clearly symbolizes Communist Russia and Joseph Stalin. But Orwell does more than simply align fiction with fact. He fundamentally attacks Soviet Russia at its core. And in so doing he reveals how the Communist Party simply replaced a bad system with a worse one, overthrowing an imperial autocracy for a totalitarian dictatorship. This essay will demonstrate that Orwell’s Animal Farm is

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 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.

Animal Farm is an allegory of the period in Russian history between 1917 and 1944. It is a satirical story written in the form of an animal fable. In writing Animal Farm as a fable, George Orwell is able to present his subject in simple symbolic terms by treating the development of communism as a story that is taking place on a single farm with talking animals. The characters of Animal Farm represent figures in Russian history during the Russian Revolution. Places, objects, and events of the Russian Revolution are also symbolized in Animal Farm.

In Animal Farm and 1984, by George Orwell, societies control the way people live so they can maintain power. They eradicate relationships between anyone but Big Brother so the party could control how the people feel. They Destroyed the relationship between Winston and Julia so they could regain power they had before. Another way these books maintained control is using different types of propaganda to change and control people’s thoughts. In Animal Farm they used songs and made up documents while in 1984 they changed their documents to fulfill their current agenda. Altogether, these books have similar ways to maintain their authority over their people.

The Tyranny of Animal Farm Pigs are said to be one of the most filthy and overall dumb animals on earth. They are known to roll around in mud and eat almost anything that they can find lying around on the ground. Although George orwell depicts them as being very smart in the end destructive. I the novel Animal Farm the pigs were responsible for the downfall of the animal utopia. Firstly, Squealer decided to play mind games on the animals forcing them to always think otherwise.

Johnny was pounding at my door! He was begging me to go outside to play hide and go seek. He wouldn’t take no for an answer, so I quickly ran out the door before he broke it down. Johnny decided all the rules before we started. When Johnny was found first, he quickly came up with an excuse for him not to be it. Johnny, the fastest kid in fifth grade now decides it is hide and go seek tag. Now Johnny wasn’t it in the first round. In the text Animal Farm by George Orwell animals don’t like how they are being treated, so they begin a rebellion. The rebellion resulted in a two pigs running the farm, Snowball and Napoleon, although Napoleon was so control hungry that he had to disagree with Snowball on everything! Snowball was eventually kicked out of the farm by Napoleon, so now Napoleon is makes all the decisions and changes rules of the farm just so that he can do whatever he wants. The theme of Animal Farm by George Orwell is that absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Tyrannical leaders have taken advantage of citizens to benefit their needs since the beginning of government societies. In the allegory, Animal Farm, by George Orwell there is a farm in England called Manor Farm run by an old drunk named Mr. Jones. The animals decide to rebel and take over the farm, leaving Mr. Jones in the dust. A new leader, Napoleon the pig, soon assumes his new position and over time becomes hungry for more power. Napoleon quickly starts putting his needs before the other animals in the newly renamed, Animal Farm. This novel based on the evil rulings of Joseph Stalin, demonstrates that a government’s ideology can ruin the lives of its citizens.

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.

One of the most major conflicts between two of the characters on the farm, was the struggle between Napoleon and Snowball having leadership over the farm. A pig versus pig battle. Eventually leading, to Napoleon getting his comrades to drive snowball out of the farm. His plan worked, which then assumed his power over animal farm.

In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, the author explains how absolute power corrupts absolutely. Orwell uses the animals on the Manor Farm to represent this. The animals are upset because they feel they aren’t receiving good treatment on the farm by Mr Jones. They decide one night to rebel against the farmer and successfully overthrows him, which leads them to pick a new leader. This starts the feud between the two prize pigs Napoleon and Snowball. After a long debate the animals pick Napoleon to be the leader, and he proceeded to run out Snowball. Napoleon became corrupt and continued to take away rations and increased working hours. He started to make relations with humans and by the end started to walk like a human. Orwell presents this idea of power makes people corrupt, which would conclude that if given a chance Snowball would present the same actions.