The plot of Animal Farm is that Old Major has a dream of a governing just for animals with no human assistance. The farm holds a meeting and Old Major tells them about his idea Animalism. After he tells the animals his idea and passes away a couple days later. Then, Old Major’s disciples Snowball and Napoleon started leading for the preparations for the rebellion. The determination of the revolution is to create a nondiscriminatory society made by animals. Animalism is founded on seven commandments such as “Four legs good, two legs bad” and most importantly: "All animals are equal” (Orwell 21; ch.2). After the animals run Mr. Jones out of the farm they change the name Manor Farm to "Animal Farm”. Once Napoleon and Snowball take over Squealer …show more content…
Jones reappears to take back his farm, and the animals overthrow him in the victory known as the “Battle of the Cowshed”. As the story progresses Snowball and Napoleon struggle with the power over the farm. Snowball purposes a windmill to help the farm and Napoleon rejects the idea. Then, Napoleon takes puppies to go teach them about Animalism, but later the reader finds out that he was using the dogs to his own advantage by making them his guard dogs. Continuing, with the idea of the windmill, Snowball makes a speech at the farm meeting and Napoleon gets the dogs to run Snowball out of the farm. After that, Napoleon gains full leadership of the farm. Boxer the noblest and dedicated worker starts to say "Napoleon is always right." (Orwell 48; ch.5). One day as it rains the windmill falls over and Napoleon blames Snowball thinking he came back for vengeance. So defending his farm Napoleon sends his attack dogs to kill Snowball. Unfortunately, we later discover that Napoleon starts to behave like a human by drinking whiskey and making trades with other human neighbors near the farm. But in the seven commandments of Animalism animals do not drink alcohol or work with humans. However, Squealer justifies Napoleon’s actions to the animals saying it’s okay if he does …show more content…
This shows the corruption by the pigs and how they are influenced by the humans and lose sight of Animalism. Animal Farm demonstrations a series of conflicts: Snowball versus Napoleon, the animals versus Mr. Jones, and the common animals versus the pigs. But all these conflicts exploit the ideals and the harsh reality of socialism. Some major themes in the book were false alliances: an example of Napoleon and Mr. Fredrick as there both trying to cheat each other. This shows how injustice certain character are. Then, the role of authority: Boxer is a compassionate character, but his ignorance allows rulers like Napoleon to grow stronger. Napoleon having great power over the animals makes him too strong to overthrow. My response to the work when first reading the book in high school I honestly did not understand the concept behind it with socialism and totalitarianism. But being in high school I did like the novella. It was very engaging and left me wanting to read more. That’s why now having George Orwell as a topic for my discussion I chose him because I recognized his name and his works. Now as an adult and actually understanding and being interested in history Animal Farm has to be one of the best books I read in the time frame it came out. The book made me feel an emotional attachment to the characters, and sometimes that can
In the middle of the 1930s, Adolf Hitler began his rise to power in Germany, initiating the start of the Second World War and spread fear across Western Europe. During this time period, George Orwell began writing his novella, Animal Farm, which has been said to represent the events of the communist revolution; yet according to an analysis of the new historic lens, no book, no matter the style, can escape the hindrance of social context; proving that the air surrounding the war, impacted the literature written in this time. While it may not be about World War Two, Animal Farm, like all other writings was impacted by its surroundings. An analysis of George Orwell’s Animal Farm reveals that his work, being written in the 1940s, was greatly influenced by the events surrounding World War Two, which took place across all of Europe.
There are several themes in Animal Farm, some including: Leadership and corruption, control of naïve working class, lies and deception, and dreams and hopes. The main themes in Animal Farm leadership and corruption. Animal Farm portrays the history of the Russian Revolution by retelling the development of communism. In the novel, by overthrowing Mr. Jones, the animals give the power to the pigs who take complete control of the farm. The struggle for superiority between Leon Trotsky, a Russian revolutionary, and Stalin, a Soviet statesman, is portrayed by the rivalry between the pigs, Napoleon and Snowball. In both cases, the less powerful one, Trotsky and Snowball, is eliminated by the more superior one, Stalin and Napoleon. Stalin's rule and abandonment of the founding principles of the Russian Revolution are portrayed when the pigs adopt human traits and behaviors, which they originally tried to escape. “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from ...
...he beginning the pigs start out as animals who have no more power than any other animal on the farm, and they all have the same ideas. The animals create order and freedom, and then happiness is no longer enough. Shortly after, Napoleon takes the spot light and takes charge along with the other pigs. He argues that dishonesty becomes present within the environment and their ideas and their views are all different. In this story the animals send away the unkind humans out of the farm, and change the name of their home from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. George Orwell embodies the Russian corruption of communism into the pigs upon the farm. Mr. Jones was irresponsible to his animals by letting them starve, and very cruel by beating them with whips. He was compared to Czar Nicholas II who was a poor leader compared to the western kings, and also a cruel man who was brutal to his opponents. The pig who was named Old Major taught animalism which was compared to Karl Marx beliefs in communism. All animals were equal in Animalism, they had no owners, they were not rich nor were they poor and workers received a better life. In Communism all people were equal, the government owned everything and the people owned the government. Napoleon is the pig on the farm that wants all the power after the humans are kicked out. He was not a good speaker; he killed his opponents and used certain animals to control other animals on the farm.
...ect to read for fun. I think George Orwell purposely does this to make sure the reader grasps onto the message of Animal Farm. In my opinion this book is really important for society to read because maybe some how they can relate. For example I was able to relate to Clover because she was too scared to say anything to Napoleon and sometime I am too shy. However reading this book help me recognize the importance of having your say. Thus, this another great reason to read this book because of the simplicity and how you can make connections.
The story of Animal Farm is not just one of a bunch of farm animals getting along and enjoying each other. Rather, the tale gives us insight into who is the real villain during the Russian Revolution, as the farm animals represent certain groups George Orwell, in Animal Farm, reveals the villain as a good character in the beginning of the novel, but as we get deeper into the story we figure out that the good animal has been the greedy, self-centered, and cruel villain the whole time. Orwell exposes the injustices that occurred under the rule of Joseph Stalin, through the act of Napoleon becoming a dictator who is lying to the animals and switching the rules for the farm.
Three younger pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism. These fairly civilized beasts devise a political system to fight their oppression and have the intent to overthrow the human rule in society.
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.
I am going to skip the obvious conflict between the animals and the farmer and move on to Napoleon and Snowball. Though the characters are animals, the conflict is still man-vs.-man. They both want to rule and the one with the least amount of a conscience wins. Napoleon is willing to do anything to succeed while Snowball shows signs of morals. Napoleon steals the windmill idea and tries to kill Snowball. Snowball escapes and never returns which tells me he was a very smart and knew he would not win and survive against Napoleon and his army of dogs.
Snowball and Napoleon held a great deal of contrast between the way they each ruled over “Animal Farm/Manor Farm.” The only thing he did lack, was the ability of pursuasion to the other animals. Snowball had all the right ideas, all to better the whole farm. Napoleon, on the other hand, had a knack for stealing other animals’ ideas, then telling the rest it was his and getting credit for it. His ideas only seemed to benefit the pigs and not the animals. It was this, that led to the crumbling of the farm. Napoleons obsession with becoming the ruler is what got Snowball nearly killed by the dogs...in a plot made by Napoleon. Which then produced a whole new rebellion not of the animals to the humans, but of the animals to the pigs. So for these reasons, Snowball showed better qualities for leadership than Napoleon because he wasn’t selfish and thought about the future of “Animal Farm.” First, the dominated farm animals viewed Napoleon and Snowball differently at different times throughout the book. The way the animals reacted to each leader brought upon new problems of the farm. The animals respected Snowball, and believed that his teachings were all true and had a good cause. Although Snowball and Napoleon had superior qualities leadership, it was clearly Snowball who had the better qualities for running a farm. Under Snowballs’ rule, the animals were generally content with what was going on and were all for it if it was to better the farm. It was obvious that Napoleon had the better half of getting his own way on the farm. However, the animals had some problems with Napoleon but they didn’t know haw to express their feelings and show him that they didn’t like the way he ran things. It was the animals’ ignorance that helped keep Napoleon in rule for as long as it was. The responses were so different between the animals that it must have been a drastic change between Snowball and Napoleon.
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.
Surrounding the premise of the barn were a whole army of animals. Walking up to the barn was a pig that was old but could still be recognized. “Where is Napoleon, the dogs and the other pi….” Snowball never realized until now that the farm house was burned down and all the new advancements to the farm. “Well…. I guess I didn’t need to waste 12 years of gathering an army to take Napoleon and all of them down, when I’m guessing that you all took care of them…” All of the animals finally gathered in front of the old Snowball and Snowball cleared his throat, “Today, I will be your leader, but I will make this place a democracy! Where all animals are free to do whatever and that they get a right to vote!” The animals didn’t seem to disagree when they gave a cheer in response. After that, England’s animals left their farms and went to the Animal farm. Where they all made a large civilization that was remember for centuries. For it was the first civilization of
When Major dies the animals’ end up rebelling against their human master managing to overthrow him. After the rebellion the most outspoken pig, Napoleon, manages to become the leader along with Snowball, who is the most eloquent pig. Napoleon figures out a way to get Snowball kicked out of the farm so he can be the leader himself. Napoleon is a back-stabbing traitor. He becomes just like the humans and dominates over the other animals. Napoleon breaks the laws but since he has the other animals in such a strong hold they do not seem to care. Napoleon is the evil character in this novel. He is almost like an animal version of Adolph Hitler because he is doing wrong behind everyone’s back and all the animals still love him but only because they have no idea what Napoleon is really about.
... In the end, George Orwell’s dark brooding fairy tale Animal Farm proves to be a symbolic and understanding book. In its pages we can see the contrast between a supposedly communistic state where everyone is equal and the same, and how in the end it only leads to a total dictatorial establishment of totalitarianism, where everything is controlled by an elite group. Though Animal Farm was established with the idea of every animal being equal, in the end, the voice of the scheming pigs was the only one heard. Secondly, the book powerfully symbolizes key figures that have appeared in history.
The main characters include Snowball, a inventive, effervescent pig, who took over after Jones left. Napoleon is a Berkshire Boar and is vastly different from Snowball. He’s strong minded, selfish, and pompous. He and snow ball are in constant conflict until Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. Other character’s include Jones, the owner of the farm, who was constantly drunk and treated the animals poorly. Squealer, the animal who was constantly rallying the animals and making them believe whatever Napoleon tells them to believe. Boxer, a horse, who was the backbone of the farm.
Animal Farm’ is a novel by George Orwell which carries allegorical aspects. In other words, this novel is mainly focused on the Russian Revolution of 1917. Orwell has portrayed this revolution and the era of Stalin in the Soviet Union (USSR), in a satirical manner. Through out the novel, he has brought out a strong criticism about the power- hungry human kind and the way it affects a nation.