Use Of Syntax In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Animal Farm is not only a novel about rebellious animals; it is a study of the corruption of society and humanity in an enclosed environment. The actions of the anthropomorphic animals that now rule Manor Farm represent the human society as a whole. Animal Farm by George Orwell is a novel which contains syntax that exemplifies power and hierarchies and diction that portrays character’s will and intention. Orwell’s use of purposeful syntax shows the pig’s subliminal control over the unassuming animals and the original purpose of the rebellion. Old Major warns the animals in the beginning of the novel that they must “remember also that in fighting against Man, [the animals] must not come to resemble him” (Orwell 21). The objectification of …show more content…

The cat “was seen one day sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her each. She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but he sparrows kept their distance” (Orwell 39). The cat used this word to try and persuade the sparrows to land on her paw, so that she may eat them. Using the word tactfully she tried to manipulate them into their death, which the sparrows narrowly avoided. Napoleon, after his human transformation, states that the “animals on the farm had had a rather foolish custom of addressing one another as ‘Comrade.’ This was to be suppressed” (Orwell 127). This phrase was used to symbolize unity as equality, but now that the pigs view themselves as above other animals they deem it as inappropriate. This symbolizes the final separation between the pigs and the animals. The pigs no longer view themselves as animals and identify more with the humans. After the humanization of the pigs, they change a long-standing rule about animal equality to “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 123). From the very beginning Old Major warned that equality of all animals must stay intact. The pigs did not wish to completely upset the animals be blatantly stating that they are better, so they chose to confuse the unassuming animals by using the same words. Even if the pigs were suggesting all pigs are equal, that is not true because it is clear that Napoleon rules over them. The animal’s word choice and diction portray their own wants as well as how willing they are to get