Analysis Of Animal Farm, By George Orwell

George Orwell is a author well known all over the world. He is known for his pessimistic writing and strong beliefs against communism. He has had two major selling novels. These are Nineteen Eighty-four and Animal Farm. In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, he uses the characters and storyline to represent the Soviet Union during Communist rule. The symbolism and allegory in the novel show what life was like for common people in the Russian Revolution. George Orwell was born on June 25, 1903, in India. He was born as Eric Blair. The name George Orwell was adopted later in his life. Eric’s mother took him to England in 1904. Eric Blair grew up spending the first nine years of his life with his mother. He only saw his father once in nine years.(Hopkinson) He attended a primary school in Sussex, England. This school was where he received all of his early education. He received a scholarship to go to a private boarding school called Eton. Eric Blair was known as a mediocre student. He learned to resist authority at Eton, which shaped his thinking for the rest of his life. After Blair failed to receive a scholarship to a
He believed everyone should do something to help their own country. He requested to join the British army, but he was rejected for health reasons. Since he could not join the army, Orwell joined a broadcasting company. Orwell saw this time of war as an opportunity for the middle class to stand up against totalitarianism. Orwell soon was aware that his hopes of a revolution were slim.(Rossi) Orwell left the company in 1943 to write Animal Farm. It took Orwell only three short months to write this novel. Orwell said that Animal Farm was the easiest book to write, but also the most stressful. He did not know whether people would be on his side or outraged by his thinking. This book became widely popular around the world, but some places have now banned the book for political reasons.