published in the year 1945. It is a story about farm animals who rebel against the farmer
Mr. Jones, who treated them cruelly, they were spurred into rebellion by Major (an old
boar) who gave a speech before he died as how the humans were parasites and why
they should be defeated. Later on two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball lead the rebellion
against the farmer and they consequently won as the farmer drove away, and they then
formed a set of seven commandments for as a set of guided instructions for the running
of the farm. Napoleon being power hungry spread false lies and started a propaganda in
order to become the sole leader of the whole farm , by saying …show more content…
Napoleon later on started taking
credit for work done by snowball and started altering the seven commandments and
history as it suited him so as to ensure total control over the farm and also replace the
revolutionary song with a song that singed praises of him as a form of propaganda.
Napoleon ensured that no one could usurp his power by making snowball as a scape
goat for all the wrongs happening in the farm. Finally the animals themselves couldn’t
see the difference between the pigs and the human farmer, as the pigs started carrying
whips and wearing clothes and treated all animals in a brutal manner.
This novel of George Orwell is similar in some terms with his other books like 1984, in
that work of fiction as well he spoke of propaganda of leaders by 2 minute hate ,
patriotic songs, blaming all the bad things happening on a person and call him a