Author's Purpose Of Animal Farm By George Orwell

Animal Farm Author's Purpose The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, on the surface appears to simply be a story about anthropomorphic animals uprooting a farm and slowly becoming humans. But behind this strange story is a metaphor that presents a powerful message about human nature. In this book, Mr. Orwell shows us that power categorically corrupts. During the story, the author shows the evolution of the farm as a civilization. In the beginning, the animals have good, altruistic intentions. But as the story progresses, the pigs gain more and more control over the farm and over the other animals. The power gets to their heads and the farm goes from a loose socialist society to a totalitarian regime, ruled by the fear of Napoleon’s dogs. Through this progression, Orwell is able to display the corruption of the pigs, who are an allegory for humans. Through this he shows us that when we have power that we become greedy and selfish. We see this in the beginning with Snowball showing leadership and actually interacting with the animals he led. Then Napoleon takes over, forgets Major’s ideals, and promptly the animals are oppressed again. We go from the pro-animal “four legs good, to two legs bad” to the pro-human “four legs good, two legs better.” This
Pigs are often seen as greedy, lazy, and all-around gluttons. They are portrayed like this in media and popular culture, and shows that people with power become like this. The pigs in the story, who are initially mostly hardworking and do things not entirely for their own benefit, eventually become pigs as portrayed by popular culture. They even start to lose their pig qualities and adopt human-like qualities as they become greedier and more corrupt. This implies that humans are even greedier than pigs. In the end, the pigs essentially become humans. Orwell displays that human nature is naturally