What Are The Similarities Between Animal Farm And 1984 By George Orwell

George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm and 1984, wrote his first poem at age four. He was born Eric Arthur Blair, June 25, 1903 in Motihari, India and a year later moved to England. As a child, Orwell went to a boarding school(Biography.com). There he was known for his poverty and for being a smart student. Growing up in the lower middle class, he was often sick with bronchitis and the flu. He later, at age fourteen, went to college at Eton. At Eton, he wrote college periodicals, or magazines (Britannica.com). Four years later, Orwell left Eton to go to Burma, India to work for the Indian Imperial Police, like his dad. He left India for good to be a writer and live among the vagrants, or homeless people(britannica.com). Living with the homeless
For example, in Russia while Stalin was in charge he had a group of secret police(Shmoop Editorial Team).”...there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn[where all of the animals were]”(Orwell 52-53). The dogs represent Stalin’s group of secret police. Besides the dogs there are other relations to Communist Russia, such as the pigs and what they did to the other animals. “They [many animals] were all slain on the spot. And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s [pig;leader of the farm] feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood,” (Orwell 84). The pig, Napoleon, represents Joseph Stalin. He would kill anyone who confessed a crime or was a threat to him(litcharts.com). The dogs and Napoleon the pig are just two of the many allegorical items in Animal
At the beginning of the book, the animals on the farm have hope to overthrow the humans. “After only a minute or two, they [Mr.Jones, the owner of the farm the animals live on, and his men] gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels...all five of them [the humans] were in full-flight...with the animals pursuing them in triumph” (Orwell 20). During the first fight with the humans the animals had to overcome some difficulties and stay strong to get rid of them. Boxer, the horse, had two mottos. “His [Boxer] answer to every problem, every setback, was ‘I will work harder!’-- which he had adopted as his own personal motto.”(Orwell 29). “Napoleon[pig; leader of the farm] is always