The Allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 in Animal Farm

In Communism’s “Communist Manifesto” Communism also talks about a change that must occur. The animals hated the dictatorship of the humans and wished to rule themselves where all animals were equal. Communism was also based on the belief that all people were equal. The common people were tired of the rich getting richer while the poor kept getting poorer. Animalism supported the ... ... middle of paper ... ...erts it back to “The Manor Farm.” Even after the revolution and all the changes made, the animals reverted back to the same way of life as before it all started.

He dreamed of a land where animals could work and produce things for ... ... middle of paper ... ...nging of the last commandment. It originally read that all animals are equal. However, after years of Napoleon’s corruption and greed the commandment was changed to, “All animals are equal, but some more than others.”(Orwell 123) George Orwell shows us that “absolute power corrupts absolutely”. Napoleon had all the power on the farm and was corrupted by it. Orwell’s novel also proves Adlai Stevenson right when he said, “Communism is a corruption of a dream of justice.” These dreams were furthered by Snowball.

Like the animals in Animal Farm the people want a great change, and are willing to stop at no cost. However, like the Russian people they soon find out that by using communism to free them from bondage, they are only slaves to a new master and lose all reminisce of past culture. The winter of 1917 was one of the harshest winters Russia had faced in years. Food was scarce and the people were ravaged with disease. Peasants morosely toiled in the fields only to see their harvest consumed by the aristocracy.

For instance, the word "comrade" is used often. The pigs mostly use a Russian accent, but the other animals mainly use an American accent.Animal Farm is about a farm in England during the Russian revolution. The animals on Manor Farm are fed up with the way they are being treated. Inspired by a speech given to them by a late animal named Major, the animals revolt. The animals drive the owner off the farm and take over.

So throughout the book Animal Farm, the morlas for which the animals fought for, such as equality and freedom, begin to disappear as gradually they lose their rights and their freedoms. The equal and perfect world that these animals ished and dreamed for became worse than what it was before when the farmer ran the farm. All of the animals wanted what they were promised by their selfish and brainwashing leader Napoleon. The animals wanted an equal share of power, but instead Napoleon wanted everyone under his power and he achieved this by pushing all of the animals till they couldn't go anymore, such as in the case of the boxer, and using as much force and manipulation that was needed. Napoleon made the animals believe that he was in power because he knew what was best for the animals as well as the

An outcry for revolution from the animals begins early in the novel when their lifestyle is rapidly transformed into a means of slavery. The animals are poorly fed and over worked. Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is constantly drunk and regularly forgets to take proper care of the animals. The withholding of food is what finally forced the animals on the farm to rebel. In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused many civilians to demonstrate rebellion.

It all started when neglected barn animals rebelled against their master, Farmer Jones. Under their own rule, they create an animal society were every thing they do is for their own benefit, but everything is not what it seems on the utopia of animal farm. George Orwell wrote a compelling novel about the Russian Revolution through the personification of animals. The book has helped young people understand what Russia had to go through in its early years of freedom from monarchy. This novel is the very best Animal Farm.

Places, objects, and events of the Russian Revolution are also symbolized in Animal Farm. One of the main characters of Animal Farm is an allegorical parallel of Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is the pig that emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. He represents the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Animal Farm, but can easily stand for any of the great dictators in world history. Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader, but he is eventually overcome by greed and becomes power-hungry.

Both Major and Marx died before there revolutions both, dreaming of a paradise on earth in which all men/animals are free, equal and can enjoy a sufficient standard of living. In Conclusion, Orwell?s reason for writing this novel, was to educate people about the atrocities being committed through his own experiences during the Russian revolution. Snowball, Napoleon and Old Major were made as pigs ? the smartest of barnyard animals? to show that even the strongest people can be corrupted by power.

Mr. Jones tried several times to try and take back the farm. This was where the animals tried their best to keep it under control. Further on in the story you see how the pigs rule over the farm and the animals, and take all the privileges for themselves, whilst leaving the rest of the animals to work restless hours and feed on rations. They soon realize that life on animal farm is just as worse, if not more worse that when the farm was ... ... middle of paper ... ...t in the story. In the story it is clear that the writer has created a message in the story.