Examples Of Allegory In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Through the animal allegory Animal Farm, Orwell describes his satiric attack of human nature using animals. He combines political purpose with belief, that people can only change tyrants through revolutions but the system remains the same. He believes that it is only a dream, an ideal that people can achieve a perfect society with revolutions. He thinks this ideal that begins as utopia always fails since human nature is corrupt. In a society where people have no voice Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. Causing the ideal to change since what happens in the end turns out to be the opposite of what the original revolution idea was supposed to be. The dream was that everybody would be equal and free, having freedom and equality but the reality is dictatorship. The first chapter of the book introduces Old Major, the prize boar, who tells the animals about his dream. His dream is that the animals can take over the farm and crete and equal society. They get rid of Jones and rename the farm as Animal Farm. All the animals participate in the rebellion. The pigs, who consider themselves the smartest decide to take rule. They write the principles of their new system called Animalism on the wall. The principles are reduced to Seven Commandments. According to these

Napoleon and Snowball, the two pigs, compete for the leadership but when Jones and the other farmers assault on the animals, the animals stand together. After the animals come together, Snowball and Napoleon disagree on the direction of Animal Farm. Although Napoleon seems to oppose the idea of the windmill, after he pushes Snowball out of the farm he pretends he has supported the idea of a windmill the entire time. After Snowball is pushed out, life gets worse on the farm. The pigs and the dogs are cruel and let the other animals do all of the work while they abuse the farms