Ignorance In George Orwell's Animal Farm

In the novella, Animal Farm, George Orwell positions readers, through the use of allegory to view political ignorance as a major contributing factor in the establishment of a dictatorship. Orwell conveyed this message to readers by utilizing these three elements of fiction allegorically: Character, plot, and theme. Character - in the characters, their personality, actions and certain ideas they represent, plot - in the key events of the novel that present greater secondary moral and political messages, and theme - in the underlying meaning of the text conveyed by Orwell's ideas and values.
Through allegory, Orwell develops characters who represent ideas such as the strong, hardworking but ignorant, Boxer. Orwell uses this character to parallel the

Orwell uses the pigs as the ones with power on the farm right from the beginning of the revolution as he writes, “The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals.” This shows that because the pigs were the ones who were literate, it instantly gave them full control and were able to manipulate and control the animals through their naivete and ignorance. This control allows the pigs to benefit themselves. Orwell further develops this idea as he writes, “It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back.” This is a great example of the animals being manipulated to benefit the pigs. They first told the animals that they were the ones who needed the apples and the milk, followed by the threat of Jones returning. The threat shows how ignorant the animals were and how easy it was to get them to do what the pigs wanted and therefore establish a