Critical Review of Animal Farm
“Animal Farm”
Bibliography:
Orwell, George. “Animal Farm.” New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 1989
Introduction and Summary:
Animal farm is an animal fable with a deliberate purpose. It is very realistic about society and its politics. There are a number of conflicts in Animal Farm: the animals versus Mr. Jones, Snowball versus Napoleon, the common animals versus the pigs, Animal Farm versus the neighbouring humans, but all of them are expressions of the underlying tension between the oppressors and oppressed classes and between the naive ideals and harsh realities of socialism. In the novel, the animals throw off their human oppressors and establish a state called Animal Farm; the pigs, being the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and government of the farm; Snowball and Napoleon engage in ideological disputes and compete for power. Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm with his trained pack of dogs and declares that the power to make decisions for the farm will be exercised solely by the pigs. Squealer emerges to justify Napoleon’s actions with skilful but double-dealing reinterpretations of Animalist principles; Napoleon continues to consolidate his power, eliminating his enemies and reinforcing his status as supreme leader while the common animals continue to obey the pigs, hoping for a better future.
Evaluation and Analysis: The book does flow very smoothly. It affected me because on reading it, I waited impatiently to see if the animals would eventually revolt or leave the farm for real equality. But unfortunately, they conformed and adjusted to mistreatment. The story is told from the point of view of the common animals of Animal Farm, though it refers to them in the third person plural as “they.” The writer style is omniscient. He analyzes the characters and tells the story in a way that shows that he knows more about the characters than they know about themselves. The tone of the novel is objective,
Bibliography:
Orwell, George. “Animal Farm.” New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 1989
Introduction and Summary:
Animal farm is an animal fable with a deliberate purpose. It is very realistic about society and its politics. There are a number of conflicts in Animal Farm: the animals versus Mr. Jones, Snowball versus Napoleon, the common animals versus the pigs, Animal Farm versus the neighbouring humans, but all of them are expressions of the underlying tension between the oppressors and oppressed classes and between the naive ideals and harsh realities of socialism. In the novel, the animals throw off their human oppressors and establish a state called Animal Farm; the pigs, being the most intelligent animals in the group, take control of the planning and government of the farm; Snowball and Napoleon engage in ideological disputes and compete for power. Napoleon runs Snowball off the farm with his trained pack of dogs and declares that the power to make decisions for the farm will be exercised solely by the pigs. Squealer emerges to justify Napoleon’s actions with skilful but double-dealing reinterpretations of Animalist principles; Napoleon continues to consolidate his power, eliminating his enemies and reinforcing his status as supreme leader while the common animals continue to obey the pigs, hoping for a better future.
Evaluation and Analysis: The book does flow very smoothly. It affected me because on reading it, I waited impatiently to see if the animals would eventually revolt or leave the farm for real equality. But unfortunately, they conformed and adjusted to mistreatment. The story is told from the point of view of the common animals of Animal Farm, though it refers to them in the third person plural as “they.” The writer style is omniscient. He analyzes the characters and tells the story in a way that shows that he knows more about the characters than they know about themselves. The tone of the novel is objective,
Bibliography: Orwell, George. “Animal Farm.” New York: Penguin Books Ltd, 1989 Introduction and Summary: