III. Characters (Tell me about the characters in the book. You are to include their role in the book, a physical description of their appearance and a description of their personality)…
When people give what little they have to a cause, hoping that it is a precursor to a better life, the leader of said cause is entrusted with bringing those hopes and dreams into fruition. In the metaphorical masterpiece that Animal Farm by George Orwell, the storyline closely follows actual events that occurred during the Russian Revolution in a very comedic yet sad way. George Orwell characterized the anger and frustration of the Russians into a group of animals that people could understand and relate to. The communist ideologue was characterized into the animalistic zealot Old Major and the highly despised Czar Nicholas II into Farmer Jones. There are many more allegorical figures and plenty of events to mirror those of the Russian Revolution.…
The novella by George Orwell, Animal Farm, is an allegory, or a piece of literature with a hidden meaning, of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm follows the events of the farm animals and their uprising against the farmer. Despite the obvious differences between, Animal Farm, and the Russian Revolution, they are very much similar. Characters from the novella can be compared to historical figures from the revolution. While the novella is not limited to these characters, these are the most significant. These characters are: Jones and Czar Nicholas II, Old Major and Karl Marx, Snowball and Leon Trotsky, as well as Napoleon and Joseph Stalin. In addition, certain events of the Russian Revolution can be compared to those of Animal Farm.…
Vladimir Lenin once said “Sometimes - history needs a push”. What Lenin is referring to in this quote is revolution, which is just what the animals on Mr. Jones’s farm plan to do in belief that animals are superior to humans and should be treated better than slaves to man in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. Mr. Jones treats the animals on his farm with little to no respect for their well-being, seeming to only care about the income they supply for him. When the idea of taking what they feel is rightfully theirs is brought on by a wise pig, Old Major, the animals start a rebellion. Sometimes together and sometimes not, the animals learn to manage the farm on their own and survive together without the help of humans. George Orwell uses specific parallels in the novel to connect the characters and events on Animal Farm to their equivalents in the Russian Revolution. Both figuratively and literally, the main figures in Animal Farm are directly linked to real life people who took part in the Russian Revolution through how they acted, what they did, and what they believed in to show a different representation of running a civilization and war.…
Animal Farm by George Orwell is parallel to the Russian revolution. It shows how evil people achieve and maintain power and explains the way the masses are controlled. The leader of Animal Farm Napoleon and his parallel, the dictator of Russia, Joseph Stalin both make it dangerous to speak out against government tyranny. They do this to be able to control the masses so they can stay in power and continue to use it to their personal advantage.…
Orwell mirrors Napoleon's characteristics to those of Stalin. Napoleon, the greedy, lazy pig, was made leader of the farm, after he had conquered Snowballs (his opponent) out of power. Napoleon who…
Question 3: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” To what extent does this saying apply to George Orwell’s Animal Farm?…
Napoleon is the leader of the pigs that ultimately come to dominate the farm. The characteristics that we associate with pigs , lazy, greedy, and pushy are meant to symbolize the characteristics that the leaders of the Russian Revolution exhibited. Napoleon is admired by all of the animals because he is their leader. All of the animals believe that their leader wants to fulfill all of their needs. They also are convinced that Napoleon’s decisions are made the best interest of the animals. Napoleon’s piglike qualities are shown throughout the story. He exhibited greediness when he sold the dying horse, Boxer to a slaughterhouse for money so that he and the other pigs could purchase whiskey. Orwell ridicules human nature through Napoleon in the sense that he is trying to show how the greedy and power hungry eventually end in…
Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a satire, which criticizes the Russian leaders, government, communism, and world powers. It shows how an uneducable lower class can lead to social corruption in the fictional world and real world. Orwell shows Stalin and Trotsky as the leaders of Russia, in a way, in which the nation of Russia and the world had never seen before; he portrays the world leaders as animals on a farm that wish for a rebellion. Mr. Jones treats the animals on the farm atrociously and consequently they long for freedom from the humans. However, the animals later realize that their freedom was not everything they wish for. The book includes many ideas from the Russian rebellion, the injustice of communism, and the struggles of the lower class in Russia. Animal Farm demonstrates that when many leaders come together and others blindly follow, social corruption and inequality may occur.…
Napoleon uses Squealer to be his mouthpiece for propaganda. Napoleon, Squealer and Snowball first codify Old Major's sayings into "Animalism". This give the animals some kind of guide and explanation for changes made to the Animal Farm. However, Napoleon is not opposed to changing some of the tenets of animalism to suit his own purposes. Using Squealer as his voice, he has explanations for why the pigs need the milk, and why the commandments keep changing. His biggest coup is changing history to include the idea that Snowball was really an enemy of the revolution and never received the order of "Animal Hero, First Class." Napoleon also has Squealer teach the animals a new song to replace Old Major's original anthem. The new song explains why the pigs are walking on their hind legs. Like all good propaganda,the changes are instituted slowly with just enough time in between to allow the animals to absorb the change and not to question the next change.…
English political language has become deceptive, unclear and uncreative enabled by writers and speakers who use confusing words to appeal to their audiences. In his essay “Politics and the English Language,” George Orwell states “The English Language is in a bad way”; He uses “Animal Farm” to show practical examples of his claim through the Pigs’ use of dying metaphors, pretentious diction and meaningless words.…
In the Russian Revolution, blood purges can be defined as the elimination of Joseph Stalin’s opposition or anyone who criticized or opposed the Bolsheviks. Stalin believed that he was threatened by the people inside Russia who disliked him or the government. The purges were not planned at all and were random. Victims of them included anyone who had sympathy, acquaintance, or association with the Trotskyites (the enemy), or anyone who doubted or opposed Stalin’s government. Stalin would hunt down any person who was even the slightest bit suspicious (The Great Purges 1 and 3).…
In this journal entry I will be comparing and contrasting how life was before and after the revolution on animal farm. Even though a lot of things changed after the rebellion, I find that overall everything is still just as difficult for most animals, while some animals have higher power on the farm.…
Following is an excerpt from a letter from George Orwell to Dwight Macdonald, written in December 1946, soon after the publication of Animal Farm in the US. According to the editor of the letters, Peter Davison, who also supplied the footnotes, Macdonald wrote Orwell that…
Have you ever imagined a farm ran by greedy pigs? Animal Farm is a novel that shows why animals cannot govern themselves. The novel was written by George Orwell. George Orwell was an English novelist and critic. Most of his work was on the government. He often criticized it as shown in the novels Animal Farm and 1984. George Orwell’s Animal Farm portrays the futility of the Russian Revolution through the themes of abuse of power, greediness, and ignorance.…