Dictatorship Animal Farm

Animal Farm is a short novel that was written by George Orwell and published in 1945. In this book, Orwell demonstrates his views on communism, by showing the progression of a farm. This allegory is a wonderful demonstration of how a society can fall into communism without the citizens noticing it. Animal Farm is packed with symbolism, demonstrating Orwell’s views through the different animals in this story such as: the pigs, the dogs, and the other animals. The animals representing the political power and the elites in this novel are the pigs. The pigs in this novel are intelligent, manipulative, and cunning. Though the pigs would manipulate the other animals, they also would enforce their rules by force. Napoleon, the main pig in this story, assumes the role of the dictator in this novel, which is suggested by his name sake. This character starts off by winning the other animals over to his side by participating in debates and going along with the democracy. However, later in the story Napoleon takes his power by force after waiting. Even after taking power Napoleon and his pigs still manipulate the

These dogs were raised by Napoleon after he took the puppies from their mother claiming he was going to take charge of their education. The puppies were not seen by the other animals until Snowball, Napoleons political opponent, is removed. On page 52 you are introduced the puppies for the first time since they are first mentioned. Orwell describes them as “… enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars…”. These dogs cause the other animals to become nervous to argue with anything Napoleon or any other pigs says, this is mostly because of fear. These dogs also follow Napoleon around as his body guards, and act towards Napoleon like the dogs use to act toward Mr. Jones. The dogs have no other purpose in this novel other than as the enforcers of the pigs’ agenda and protecting