George Orwell's Animal Farm

A)

The Animal Farm by George Orwell is an analogy of the communist revolution that occurred in Russia in the beginning of the 20th century which lead to the creation of the infamous Soviet Union. At one moment in the book, Orwell writes "the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted to roof, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed". Orwell was clearly using the degradation of the farm as an allegory for the degradation of the Russian Empire during the reign of Czar Nicholas II. It makes us feel that Mr. Jones is an awful ruler and he is oppressing the animals. This is similar to the message that was used during and after the revolution.

B)

The entire book rests on the assumption " the Russian revolution like

Let's try to connect the beasts to real people who lived and were important to the revolution. Old Major seems to represent Karl Max because he is the initial promoter of the of the ideas of communism in Manor Farm. Some people believe Old Major represents Lenin who was the propagation of communism in Russia. Maybe it is a connection of the two. Napoleon is clearly Joseph Stalin who eliminated his close friend Leon Trotsky so he could take over Russia. I don't know why Orwell chooses the name Napoleon, but it annoys me in a good way because he has to playing some kind of game with it because unlike Stalin, Napoleon ( the real one ) never conquered Russia. Maybe he uses the name to show his opinion that Stalin never really had taken control of Russia. There is probably an explanation for the name somewhere on the Internet but I decided to leave my thoughts regarding this issue on this answer. I did not come to my attention while I was reading Animal Farm but the fact that George Orwell used pigs to represent the leaders and sheep to represent the manipulated followers is crucial in the book. The pigs are known as

George Orwell must have realized the "absurdity" of the animals communist utopia was an easier way to convey his message to his public. By having people see the problem in a more simplified way he can then use it as a structure for us to start truly understanding the problems of the real word that were affecting real people. Orwell tried to use satire not only to critique but to educate.

D)

I would be destroying my essay if I was to say George Orwell was not a success. He is the GOD for any English student and I guess I have to follow "the sheep" for this