The book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a satire the Russian Revolution from 1917 to 1953. Its intent was to criticize Stalin and Stalinism. It is an allegorical fable, in which animals resemble the Bolshevik party members. Napoleon and Snowball (the leading pigs) represent Stalin and Lenin respectively. After a speech from Old Major (an old pig, which stated Man was evil and in the future all animals would be free), the animals start a Revolution on Manor Farm. They overthrow the owner; Mr. Jones (represents the Tsar). The animals set up a list of commandments, with the general rule of "All animals are equal." At first, all animals are equal, but soon the different species and classes become disproportionate, and quickly afterwards the commandment changed to "All animals are equal but some are more equal than others." The book describes the changes that can happen in a society due to the corruption of power when everybody should be equal. I have chosen to discuss the contrast and comparison between the two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon. These pigs lead the Revolution from the start. Snowball takes initiative at first, and leads the animals with devotion and great plans. Napoleon stays a bit in the back, and only becomes active later.
Snowball, unlike Napoleon, had interest in the whole animal farm. He had taken over the ideas of Old Major and wants to improve the ways of the animals. His role on the farm is characterized for Leon Trotsky in the early years of the Russian Revolution. He believed in a free world for animals with even rights and tried to stir up revolutions on other farms in England. He also wrote the first Seven Commandments, which were later adjusted by Napoleon. Even though he is only shortly in the scene, he has good intentions and had very efficient plans. One of his plans is to build a windmill to increase production. He and Napoleon were opponents from the very start, which is clear due to the fact that they always disagree on each other’s plans (Napoleon was against the windmill). He was driven off the farm and exiled by Napoleon early in the book and blamed for all different kind of problems by Napoleon afterwards. He makes the animals believe that Snowball is a comrade of Man, their worst enemy. He is not seen again, and it is unknown if he is alive or dead afterwards, as he is not seen again.
It was was a dark night, all the animals huddled around Old Major to hear what he had to say about his dream. It turns out Old Major talks about rebelling against man so that all animals can have a better life. Ironically, after Rebellion, no one except Napoleon has a better life and he makes their lives even harsher. This is a story of communism, this is the story of Animal Farm.
Although George Orwell’s Animal Farm was created in order to mimic individuals as well as occurrences that took place during the Russian Revolution period, it is still possible to gain a comprehensive understanding of the text without a past knowledge of history through the exploitation of human nature’s imperfections. Following the publishment of his novel, Orwell confirmed that his goal in writing this fable was to expose the wrongdoing of the Soviet Union as well as the treachery of the true ideas of the Revolution. Nonetheless, there have been several other examples of events such as the French Revolution that can effortlessly be contrasted against components of the allegory. However, we need not to dig no deeper than to the fundamental faults in human nature to witness the catastrophic consequences that attributes such as hierarchy, propaganda and betrayal have on today’s society.
Many forms of propaganda are used in Animal Farm, such as fear, repetition, appeal to authority, bandwagon, and ad hominem. These examples of propaganda in Animal Farm can be constantly seen in everyday life. Fear, and Repetition are used in Animal Farm in many ways, smoking commercials and parts of Politician Donald trump's speech are used for modern day propaganda examples and comparison to Animal Farm.
There is a substantial amount of conflicts that occur in this satirical story. Often these conflicts are between the pigs and the rest of the animals. Only a minute portion of the animals didn’t really have some sort of conflict with Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer, or the rest of the dominating pigs. Overall, Snowball was a better leader than Napoleon, yet the animals reacted differently to Napoleon than to Snowball.
Pigs walking on two feet, horses and sheep talking. This is how George Orwell satirizes human nature in his classic novel Animal Farm. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The title of the book is also the setting for the action in the novel. The animals in the story decide to have a revolution and take control of the farm from the humans. Soon the story shows us how certain groups move from the original ideals of the revolution to a situation where there is domination by one group and submission by all the others. The major idea in this story is the political corruption of what was once a pure political ideal. Orwell uses satire to ridicule human traits in his characters such as Napoleon and Squealer. There are several different characters in the novel utilizing animals as symbols of people in real life during the Russian Revolution. Napoleon is the leader of the pigs that ultimately come to dominate the farm. The characteristics that we associate with pigs , lazy, greedy, and pushy are meant to symbolize the characteristics that the leaders of the Russian Revolution exhibited. Napoleon is admired by all of the animals because he is their leader. All of the animals believe that their leader wants to fulfill all of their needs. They also are convinced that Napoleon’s decisions are made the best interest of the animals. Napoleon’s piglike qualities are shown throughout the story. He exhibited greediness when he sold the dying horse, Boxer to a slaughterhouse for money so that he and the other pigs could purchase whiskey. Orwell ridicules human nature through Napoleon in the sense that he is trying to show how the greedy and power hungry eventually end in corruption.
Theme Essay If a seven year old read Animal Farm he/she would have thought that it was a sad story about a farm in England. If an older person reads it, however, he/she realizes that this story has much more meaning to it. The story is filled with themes that help us understand the world around us. In this essay, I am going to talk about four themes that Orwell discussed in this story.
Why is propaganda used in everyday life and what kind of effect did it have on people? Propaganda was used in the book the Animal Farm, by Squealer to cover up Napoleon's plan for the farm. If the pigs did something that was against the 7 commandments the other animals would go read the that commandment and it would have extra writing to it. Squealer would change the commandments by the cover of night. One of the ways propaganda is used to determine the terms of the connotative meaning of communism vs. the word agitation.
Nobody is safe from propaganda. George Orwell demonstrates this concept exceptionally in his novel, Animal Farm, with many examples. Even though the animals aim for a model community, a utopia where all animals are to be equal, there are still those hungry for power who manipulate speech. The pigs on the farm are the main figures that use propaganda, primarily with glittering generalities, testimonial propaganda, and hidden fears.
Leadership Qualities of Old Major Simply having a follower base doesn’t make one a leader. A leader is someone who uses their qualities to inspire others. Fairness was one of the qualities that Old Major displayed with the animals. During his last meeting, there was a commotion half way throughout the gathering; caused by the sudden appearance of the rats.
“No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old.” This is an example of simplification and card stacking. Obviously, Old Major has no way of knowing for certain that every single animal in England lives a terrible life. But by assuming that, he is able to make the choice of freedom seem like the better option, because since it is so widespread, obviously the animals should start a revolution to help everyone. Even though there may be animals who are treated extremely well by their humans who would fair much worse without them, by simplifying the situation to only support his views, he can make a very convincing argument.
Writers often use social criticism in their books to show corruptness or weak points of a group in society. One way of doing this is allegory which is a story in which figures and actions are symbols of general truths. George Orwell is an example of an author who uses allegory to show a social criticism effectively. As in his novel Animal Farm, Orwell makes a parody of Soviet Communism as demonstrated by Animal Farm's brutal totalitarian rule, manipulated and exploited working class, and the pigs' evolution into the capitalists they initially opposed.
Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell, was a story of courage and corrupt government. It was set on a farm in England. This setting is very important to the story itself and the characters in it. It made the plot a lot more interesting and influenced all the characters.
It was the glorious speech from Old Major that made the animals want to rebel so badly. Animal Farm, written by George Orwell is an excellent novel that portrays the need for power. It shows how power can be used for either good or evil. The story begins on Manor Farm, owned by a farmer named Mr. Jones. One of the pigs, named Old Major, gives a speech that motivates the animals to rebel. After a while, the animals ended up rebelling, and managed to kick out Mr. Jones. During the beginning of “Animal Farm’s” reign under Snowball and Napoleon’s (main characters) lead, it brought the animals on Manor Farm together into a peaceful world. However, after this initial stance of power, Snowball and Napoleon began to fight for it. In the end, Napoleon ends up with control of the farm and Snowball is never seen again. Power is a corrupting influence in Animal Farm and both Snowball and Napoleon’s way of leading are very different.
Animal Farm was produced in Great Britain in 1954 by Joy Bachelor and John Halas, Gordon Heath was the narrator while Maurice Denham played the voice of all the animals. The plot of the movie has been heavily altered and does not reflect the original events in the book. This in my opinion detracts from Orwell's original motives. In addition the Narrator is way too involved in guiding the movie and there is very little action that occurs directly from the animals. Finally the movie progresses very slowly, the diegetic sound quality is lacking.
When it comes to the building of the windmill, which is Snowball’s plan, he thinks that building a windmill will produce more food and the animals will have a better future, but Napoleon disagrees with him saying that it will cost them a lot. And when the plan comes to the point of being voted, Napoleon with the help of his nine dogs sends away Snowball from the farm, considering him a traitor in the front of animals. So Snowball becomes scapegoat for all the animals of the farm. Animals are surprised by the act of Snowball’s expelling, but there is Napoleon and his spokesman Squealer to convince them that they