On The Road And Animal Farm

On the Road by Jack Kerouac and Animal Farm by George Orwell are two very subjective novels written by two very acclaimed authors and published in the mid 1940’s to late, 1950’s. These novels argue the concept of social change, by exploring situations past and present, and that may hold values to certain people, by exploring certain topics and events, these books highlight different forms and effects of social change. People often attempt to escape from the portrayal of society and its norms, changing their way of life, the way they think and the way believe, and even though people try to escape however, they often find themselves returning to the way they were before, if changing anything at all. Social change is a challenge to the status

On the Road is a well renowned novel written by Jack Kerouac entirely on one continuous scroll of paper. This novel attempts to and succeeds quite well at conveying the ideal of social change through the themes and events that take place throughout the text. In the book, we see ourselves watching through the eyes of the main character throughout his participation in the road trips he takes with his friends. Throughout these trips we see the characters change and develop, true agendas become present and different beliefs cause conflicts. Adding to this the events that take place throughout the story allow us to watch the way these characters change and the way they are affected by what is going on around them. We see the main characters try to “escape” (Kerouac 1957, 145) from the idea of social conformity to “live” (Kerouac 1957, 26) how “he wants” (Kerouac 1957, 27) to and how

In the novel we see the animals create their own way of living, by removing humans from the farm. The return to conformity is represented through the progression of the pigs, as the story progresses and we’re left with the final pig, we see it begin to break the rules put in place by their new government, beginning to act out as normal people would, drinking, wearing clothes and using bedding just being a few. They create their own government under a communist rule. However these themes are never directly “stated” (Orwell 1945, 34), they are present through similarities and are “comparisons” (Orwell 1945, 44) towards the Russian “revolution” (Orwell 1945 54). Eventually however the animals return to the way things once were, returning to conformity. In the novel, animals represent the different classes of civilians during the revolution, with the overarching theme within the book representing the Russian revolution. The story relies heavily on the understanding of the events that took place during the time of revolution, but at the same time takes an effective approach at explaining them in a very simple to understand way that not only represents the revolution itself but also the idea of social change. The poem Change by Unknown is an effective piece of writing that reflects the view of certain individual and the views others have on