The Concept Of Revolution In Animal Farm, By George Orwell

He continues to try to convince the animals how terrible humans are by saying “Man is the only creature who consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all animals”. Old Major sang this song to the farm animals “Beasts of England! Beasts of Ireland!

To begin with, man is controlling the animals, and the animals are providing for man, but man does not respond to the animal’s needs as he only provided them with “so much food as will keep the breath in [their] bodies.” (7) This a clear indicator for the animals that they are being mistreated and not provided for properly, thus influencing a revolution. Furthermore, in the farms, the animals believe that “No animal in England knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.” (8) The blame assigned to man for the terrible lives that the animals lead is clear. It is also evident that Old Major feels that the needs of the farm animals would be met with greater success if the animals ruled themselves.

The animals are being cut up and re-shaped. Cries from the animals can be heard from outside of the building, clearly Dr. Moreau does not even give them pain medication as he performs these horrific acts. That is due to the fact that Dr. Moreau does not believe in pain. He seems to think that pain is useless, it is simply “our intrinsic medical adviser to warn us and stimulate us,” (Wells 55). He doesn't care that the animals are in pain, because he sees it as them simply warning themselves of the harm being

They never challenge what they are told and when they do and are severely punished they never rise up against their new oppressor. Orwell is showing that the workers never actually recognise their collective strength and use it. The animals need to be led. Consequently they are at the mercy of whoever is strong enough to dominate and govern. This is probably the most pessimistic message of the novel and the most troubling for the reader.

In his speech, Old Major claims that “Man serves the interest of no creature except himself… All men are enemies. All animals are comrades” (1). He tells the animals to never work with humans and to never listen when they say that man and animals have a common interest. Disregarding Old Major’s warnings, Napoleon continues to work with humans for his benefit. He engages in business with humans, and he also does it without considering the others’ opinions.

She has no female friends on the ranch leading her only option to talking to men on the ranch. Curley is an aggressive guy and doesn’t like the fact that his wife is out of the house all the time. In the beginning of the book, Steinbeck introduces the idea of loneliness by how men work on ranches living temporary lives, with no goal in life. Although Lennie’s and George’s goal is to have their own land and have all different types of animals and of course “how I get to tend the rabbits” says Lennie (pg. 14).

The animals started to realise that the pigs were not doing any work. The majority thought there must be an excellent reason for them not doing any work. “We pigs are the brain-workers. The whole management and organization of the farm depends on us” After hearing this, the animals understood that they were there to do the hard work, but they thought that was because they couldn’t run the farm as well as the pigs. They did not mind lying to the animals and not doing any work while the other animals are.

With his strong control over the animals he is referred to as “our leader” or “Comrade Napoleon”. The pigs worshipped him and by giving him formal titles, the animals believe Napoleon is a supreme leader - walking with a whip and dogs surrounding him). Thirdly, the animals are brainwashed into distrusting the outside world. Napoleon makes sure the mantra of, “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy”. But in Old Major’s speech he says, “No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engae in trade”, is broken when ultimately the animals look into the farmhouse and see the pigs socilising with the humans from the other farm.

The creature never had an inclination to be murderous, and “becomes violent only after he is repeatedly rejected by society” (Nocks). Failing to win companionship by attempting to understand people and learning their language, he turns to his creator. The monster explains that he is just like the people who hate him, with the same desires and emotions. After developing all these ideas of society and emotions, he learns that there is no way for him to express them. Following his many attempts to fit into the world, he realizes that he will never be accepted by humans, and vows to destroy all of mankind.

When a decisive moment came in the Animal Farm, “Jones and his men suddenly found themselves being butted and kicked from all sides. The situation was quite out of their control.” (Orwell 15). Just like Czar Nicholas, Jones is incapable to see a need for change, just before the rebellion; He treats the situation as he ever treated, neglecting the needs of the animals. Thirdly, Czar Nicholas didn’t want to see that he was losing power, he ruled as an autocrat, although he wasn’t anymore. In the revolut... ... middle of paper ... ...poleon about the windmill, Snowball is forced to flee from the farm, never having the chance to come back later, as Trotsky exile.