Equality In Animal Farm By George Orwell

In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, he uses animals to show that true equality can never be reached without corruption of the society. In the novel, the old pig, Old Major, tells the animals about a dream he had of a world where animals are free from human rule. “Man is the only creature who consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals” (Orwell 8). Old Major elaborates about how he may not live long enough to see the rebellion he so greatly desires, but after he passes away the animals carry out his rebellion. This is the moment that sends them spiraling into destruction. With the false notion of equality
The pigs give them false notions about how they’re all equal. The pigs make up these rules or commandments that tell the animals that if they have or do anything that is in any way related to a human quality they will be punished. “7. All animals are equal.” (Orwell 25). The animals that aren’t as smart as the pigs get taken advantage of because of their lack of brains; they pigs can lie to them and they wont even notice. This is similar to a society with a tyrant for a ruler. The ruler will do whatever he wants and the unsuspecting followers wont have a clue; but once clear-sighted citizens start asking questions, the ruler will simply have the incoherent citizens side with him to prove that nothing has happened or gone wrong. In similarity to this, Orwell uses sheep to be the blind followers, literally the unquestioning sheep who blindly follow the shepherd. If there is one leader there will never be equality. In Animal Farm, the pigs, Snowball and Napoleon run the farm. For a while things go well other than the disagreement between the two, until Napoleon has Snowball run off by a pack of dogs that he raised; crating a new order on the farm. One where food rationing and fear are the dominant
There are many similarities between Orwell’s novel and Soviet Russia but it can relate to any society that has a corrupt way of governing its people. Communism can be seen by the public eye as the worst possible way to run a country; in reality it’s actually a great concept. People getting equal pay, equal opportunities, and equal housing is a wonderful way to avoid poverty and homelessness. On paper it may sound wonderful; but once it’s put into action, it falls apart because of its ruler, the dictator. In the book, old major subtly suggests an indirect form of communism for the animals but without a human