Animal Farm: Society Symbols and History
November 6th, 2012
Animal Farm: Society Symbols and History A story does not solely reside in one dimension; it exists in multiple dimensions brought forward through symbolism. Symbols are put in place to give a deeper meaning to words and expresses key points in the novel. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses symbolism to relate and reflect upon human society and its history. Orwell uses the farmhouse, the barn and the windmill to symbolize the ultimate power of the pigs and to reference points in Russian history. Moreover, the farmhouse represents the authority and corruption in society as well as the Russian Kremlin. It symbolises authority because only specific personnel were allowed in. In Animal Farm pigs were the only ones who could go into the farmhouse which was formerly owned by Farmer Jones. The house stands in which where the leader of the farm lives, in the past it was Farmer Jones and then changes to be Napoleon and the pigs. This house give the permission for the pigs to do as they want, because they themselves are the rules, meaning no one has authority over them. They became the thing they despised the most; Farmer Jones. After the revolution, the animals vowed to never stoop to the level of men, but in the end they did just that. The pigs became just as greedy, vile and angry as the men: “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike...the creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell, 95). The farmhouse intoxicated the pigs; they had everything at their disposal and that included power. The pigs became corrupted by luxuries of powerful, and conclusively changed into humans, there was no line between humans and pigs, they had one thing in common; they were corrupted. The farmhouse also takes a literal representation of the Russian Kremlin. The farmhouse is reserved solely for the leader of
Animal Farm: Society Symbols and History A story does not solely reside in one dimension; it exists in multiple dimensions brought forward through symbolism. Symbols are put in place to give a deeper meaning to words and expresses key points in the novel. In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell uses symbolism to relate and reflect upon human society and its history. Orwell uses the farmhouse, the barn and the windmill to symbolize the ultimate power of the pigs and to reference points in Russian history. Moreover, the farmhouse represents the authority and corruption in society as well as the Russian Kremlin. It symbolises authority because only specific personnel were allowed in. In Animal Farm pigs were the only ones who could go into the farmhouse which was formerly owned by Farmer Jones. The house stands in which where the leader of the farm lives, in the past it was Farmer Jones and then changes to be Napoleon and the pigs. This house give the permission for the pigs to do as they want, because they themselves are the rules, meaning no one has authority over them. They became the thing they despised the most; Farmer Jones. After the revolution, the animals vowed to never stoop to the level of men, but in the end they did just that. The pigs became just as greedy, vile and angry as the men: “Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike...the creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell, 95). The farmhouse intoxicated the pigs; they had everything at their disposal and that included power. The pigs became corrupted by luxuries of powerful, and conclusively changed into humans, there was no line between humans and pigs, they had one thing in common; they were corrupted. The farmhouse also takes a literal representation of the Russian Kremlin. The farmhouse is reserved solely for the leader of
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