Political Allegory in Orwell’s Animal Farm: A Note Arpan Adhikary In Animal Farm (1945) George Orwell adapts and subverts the conventional form of ‘Fairy Story’ while satirizing the ethico-political irony in between the theory and practice of revolution with implicit reference to the Stalinist regime in the USSR from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 onwards. Though it can be read as a critique of any kind of totalitarian doctrine and political hypocrisy‚ Animal Farm abounds with numerous judiciously
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Following the death of Old Major‚ two pigs‚ Napoleon and Snowball rise to the ascension. Both differ in ideals to administer the farm and this leads to Napoleon getting rid of Snowball and the eventual detonation of The Animal farm. “How has the author George Orwell portrayed ideological conflicts in the novella‚ ‘The Animal Farm’ ” The main idea of portraying ideological conflicts between two or more strong minded individuals is the one of the clear motives of the author. Why has this been made
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same as Karl Marx. In the Battle of Cowshed which parallels the Russian revolution‚ one pig named Snowball stood out among all the others. Snowball was a natural leader‚ well educated‚ a good speaker and a firm believer in animalism (communism/socialism). Snowball has all of the same traits as Leon Trotsky. In the battle‚ Snowball was the pig who took charge and organized a defense. Because of Snowball the animals ultimately won the battle against the men. After the battle‚ the animals celebrated
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country. They were the philosophers of change‚ that died before their idea was fully carried out! If the two would have lived to set up the government maybe it wouldn’t have gone so south. When old major died‚ snowball and Napoleon fought to take his place‚ when Karl Marx died‚ Stalin and Trotsky fought to take his place. Napoleon one and became leader‚ as did Stalin. The replacement leader started with communistic ideas in mind‚ but slowly switched to a totalitarianistic government without the citizens
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the act of revolution itself. It also shows how potential ignorance and indifference to problems within a revolution could allow horrors to happen if a smooth transition to a people ’s government is not achieved. Plot summary Snowball ’s revolution Old Major‚ the old boar on the Manor Farm‚ calls the animals on the farm for a meeting‚ where he compares the humans
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like a human dictator‚ making it as if Snowball‚ Leon Trotsky‚ never existed. Modifying‚ and manipulating the standard commandments‚ Napoleon makes the farm his own. “All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.” (pg.9) This is the basis for Napoleons drive to rid the human race‚ and build the animals strive for power. Napoleon begins to realize that he must create this change for the benefit of the animals. Napoleon disagrees with almost all of Snowballs decisions‚ and yet tries to overtake the
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government and characters such as Napolean‚ the sheep‚ and the pigs. The sheep represent the followers who follow anything a specific leader says‚ while Napolean represent Joseph Stalin. The pigs represent the capitalists who were working with Stalin. Snowball and Squealer were also big characters and Squealer represented the Soviet media who was spreading
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supreme power. The characters in the novel stand for significant figures in twentieth-century Russian history. Napoleon stands for Josef Stalin the ruthless dictator who eliminated his close friend and associate Leon Trotsky. Snowball who is forced to flee "Animal Farm" represents Trotsky who had to flee Russia. Also Frederick represents Germany. Secondly‚ the rhetorical components of this allegory is the fact that the animals learned from fellow comrades. The main animals take charge and begin a leadership
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anyone who opposed him. Squealor‚ by his contemptuous actions‚ implied that he was a spy and he informed Napoleon about any activity against him. Napoleon could be compared to Josef Stalin‚ the madman of Russia. He was not as educated or convincing as Trotsky. Yet Stalin was a brutal man who craved power. He killed millions of people and used the KGB (indoctrinated dogs) to punish dissenters. Napoleon also used Moses‚ the tame raven‚ to control the animals. Moses represented the Church where he constantly
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then the maintenance of power and I shall use quotations from the book to help explain my thoughts. The first obstacle Napoleon has to get rid of to obtain total power is Snowball. Snowball stand as his political opposition‚ this is because Snowball argues against any rule of ideas Napoleon might sets‚ so getting rid of Snowball ensures total domination on political terms. This also allows Napoleon to be in complete control of the farm. This was necessary to do because of the following quotes. The
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