Theme Of Anthropomorphism In Animal Farm

Let Them Eat Slop! Anthropomorphism is often used to convey a message in an easily understandable manner. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in 1946. At this time, World War II had just concluded. The Russian Revolution had recently occurred as well. The Russian Revolution was a time period in which the laboring class was over worked, and the ruling class was pampered. Workers held riots and resented their factory owners. Animal Farm often shows this theme throughout the novel. The author’s purpose was to translate a historical event through the use of anthropomorphism. In Animal Farm, Napoleon the pig overthrows Snowball and seizes control over the farm just as Stalin did. Neglect of the lower working classes was immensely present throughout the novel. Their leader was so egotistical that he devoted a holiday to celebrate his birthday, all credit was to be given to him, and a poem was created to honor him. “It had become usual to give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement and every
He used propaganda to manipulate the other animals. He forced his beliefs upon the farm with the use of dogs. This put himself above others with his dogs, that resemble Nazi soldiers, at his side, fighting and mauling those who did not agree with napoleon. The horses in Animal Farm worked exceedingly harder than the remainder of the working class representing Proliteariots. They continued to persevere repeatedly stating, “... ‘I will work harder’...” (Orwell 125). The laboring animals were enslaved and mistreated just as the Jewish were in World war II. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”, the weaker people were manipulated by those higher than them. The enslaved “... go hunting. [They are given] a supply of food and an excellent hunting knife…” (Connell 9). Those who are higher in power, receive “... a pistol of the smallest caliber and range”, which gives an unfair advantage (Connell