The Use Of Satire In George Orwell's Animal Farm

The book Animal Farm is a very interesting and maybe somewhat perspective changing book. Some may try to argue whether the symbolism which the book is known for is actually apparent or not. This is commonly caused by the lack of knowledge or perspective of by which the book is symbolically proceeding, When educated in the aspects of communism and how they were used throughout human experiences, it shouldn't be hard to pick out some similarities

In the beginning Manor Farm was run by old Mr. Jones who was a drunken farmer. The animals worked day after day until Old Major, the oldest and wisest of the pigs, gathered the animals together as one to tell them his vision. He dreamt of a place where animals ruled and united together as one to work in unison. He sparked the idea of Revolution into the animals minds then three days later, he died. The pigs, being the smartest of the animals, took over and planned a Revolution. The animals overthrew Mr. Jones and ran him out of the farm and as a result the pigs were in charge. Napoleon and Snowball were the two smartest pigs and constantly battled it out for ultimate power. Napoleon finally won and Snowball was exiled from the farm. With Napoleon in charge the farm atmosphere
This is Animal Farm when read at one level. A satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and mock people’s stupidity conversely, particularly in the subject of politics and other topical issues. Orwell used satire in Animal Farm to a great extent with every character or event being a carefully picked animal to correspond to the real person or event. Orwell chose a drunken farmer, Mr. Jones to represent Tsar Nicholas II because obviously a drunk farmer would not be able to run a farm very well. Orwell believed that Tsar Nicholas II wasn’t very good at running a