Animal Farm Symbolism Essay
Smit Kataria
Hon. Eng. 10
Animal Farm The Power of Symbols
5/4/14
How many times in your life have you seen symbols? Symbols are everywhere, and they have many different meanings. Symbols can symbolize words, emotions, people, places, events and more. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, symbolism plays a huge role. The entire story symbolizes the Russian revolution. The people, animals, places, events and ideas all have a significant meaning relating to the revolution. First of all, the people in the story represent a group of people. Mr. Pilkington is the owner of Foxwood and he represents all the leaders of England at the time. Mr. Frederick is the owner of Pinchfield and he represents the leaders of Germany. …show more content…
The first major one was animal farm, it represented the Soviet Union (USSR) and manor farm is Russia before the revolution. The two next important places were Foxwood and Pinchfield. The book depicts Foxwood as “a neglected, old-fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition. Its owner, Mr. Pilkington, was an easy-going gentlemen farmer who spent most of his time hunting and fishing according to the season.”. This is a direct resemblance to England and its people. Pinchfield is described as “The other farm, which was called Pinchfield, was smaller and better kept. Its owner was a Mr. Fredrick, a tough shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.” This is a direct resemblance to Germany and its evil leader. A really significant place was Sugarcandy Mountain, which is an obvious reference to ‘Heaven’. In the novel, Moses "...claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. It was situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds, Moses said. In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place". Suagercandy was a sacred place. At first the pigs didn’t like Moses (the church) telling the animals about it, but then they let Moses come back to the farm and tell them all about it. The pigs believed that if they gave the animals false beliefs about a mystical place after death, then it would make their wretched lives more
Hon. Eng. 10
Animal Farm The Power of Symbols
5/4/14
How many times in your life have you seen symbols? Symbols are everywhere, and they have many different meanings. Symbols can symbolize words, emotions, people, places, events and more. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, symbolism plays a huge role. The entire story symbolizes the Russian revolution. The people, animals, places, events and ideas all have a significant meaning relating to the revolution. First of all, the people in the story represent a group of people. Mr. Pilkington is the owner of Foxwood and he represents all the leaders of England at the time. Mr. Frederick is the owner of Pinchfield and he represents the leaders of Germany. …show more content…
The first major one was animal farm, it represented the Soviet Union (USSR) and manor farm is Russia before the revolution. The two next important places were Foxwood and Pinchfield. The book depicts Foxwood as “a neglected, old-fashioned farm, much overgrown by woodland, with all its pastures worn out and its hedges in a disgraceful condition. Its owner, Mr. Pilkington, was an easy-going gentlemen farmer who spent most of his time hunting and fishing according to the season.”. This is a direct resemblance to England and its people. Pinchfield is described as “The other farm, which was called Pinchfield, was smaller and better kept. Its owner was a Mr. Fredrick, a tough shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.” This is a direct resemblance to Germany and its evil leader. A really significant place was Sugarcandy Mountain, which is an obvious reference to ‘Heaven’. In the novel, Moses "...claimed to know of the existence of a mysterious country called Sugarcandy Mountain, to which all animals went when they died. It was situated somewhere up in the sky, a little distance beyond the clouds, Moses said. In Sugarcandy Mountain it was Sunday seven days a week, clover was in season all the year round, and lump sugar and linseed cake grew on the hedges. The animals hated Moses because he told tales and did no work, but some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain, and the pigs had to argue very hard to persuade them that there was no such place". Suagercandy was a sacred place. At first the pigs didn’t like Moses (the church) telling the animals about it, but then they let Moses come back to the farm and tell them all about it. The pigs believed that if they gave the animals false beliefs about a mystical place after death, then it would make their wretched lives more