Animal Farm and V for Venedetta
Shawn Persaud Persaud 1
Ms. Hughes-Butler
ENG-4C1
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Animal Farm and V for Vendetta: A Comparison
Mutually, Animal Farm and V for Vendetta express similar themes to each other. They both share the same concept of power and politics. Throughout Animal Farm it is shown that Napoleon, takes over a farm. While in V for Vendetta the Norsefire party takes over the city of London. Both of these stories portray similar themes such as power, danger of an uneducated class and thirdly, propaganda.
Power in Animal Farm is used to control the citizens of the farm. Napoleon carries out the plan that Old Major had dreamt about. His plan was that all animals could live peacefully with no human to oppress them. Old major dies and three pigs - Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer formulate the plan. Napoleon starts off by assigning each of the animals a role to build the dream. Napoleon creates “The Seven Commandments” in which all the animals must obey. He controls everyone by creating an enemy – Snowball. He uses almost every chance that he gets to blame Snowball. Napoleon blames Snowball for the destruction of the windmill, which the animals were currently building to make their lives easier. Squealer is the brought up in the form of the media, telling everyone around the farm what is going on and how other farms are doing. Squealer often tells lies, in which causes false information to spread among the farm. In Persaud 2
V for Vendetta power is represented by the Norsefire party. They use their army to put the political prisoners, homosexuals and other undesirable citizens in concentration camps. Evey, who works for the government is stripped of her power when she is almost raped by a gang of
Ms. Hughes-Butler
ENG-4C1
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Animal Farm and V for Vendetta: A Comparison
Mutually, Animal Farm and V for Vendetta express similar themes to each other. They both share the same concept of power and politics. Throughout Animal Farm it is shown that Napoleon, takes over a farm. While in V for Vendetta the Norsefire party takes over the city of London. Both of these stories portray similar themes such as power, danger of an uneducated class and thirdly, propaganda.
Power in Animal Farm is used to control the citizens of the farm. Napoleon carries out the plan that Old Major had dreamt about. His plan was that all animals could live peacefully with no human to oppress them. Old major dies and three pigs - Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer formulate the plan. Napoleon starts off by assigning each of the animals a role to build the dream. Napoleon creates “The Seven Commandments” in which all the animals must obey. He controls everyone by creating an enemy – Snowball. He uses almost every chance that he gets to blame Snowball. Napoleon blames Snowball for the destruction of the windmill, which the animals were currently building to make their lives easier. Squealer is the brought up in the form of the media, telling everyone around the farm what is going on and how other farms are doing. Squealer often tells lies, in which causes false information to spread among the farm. In Persaud 2
V for Vendetta power is represented by the Norsefire party. They use their army to put the political prisoners, homosexuals and other undesirable citizens in concentration camps. Evey, who works for the government is stripped of her power when she is almost raped by a gang of