Absolute Power In Animal Farm
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Symbolism is used to create a deeper meaning in a story, such as George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”. This story is an allegory told in a fable-like manner.. The whole Farm itself is a symbol for Russia and the Soviet Union while under communist rule. The animals’ lives start out under the rule of the farmer Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones overworks the animals and makes their lives “ miserable, laborious, and short” (Orwell 2). Mr. Jones symbolizes a dictator in a communist society. However later in the story after they drive Mr. Jones out of the farm, the animals start to take over. The animals create what they think is an ideal society, however as time goes by and new problems arise, they essentially create a communist society. One pig in particular, Napoleon, takes charge and starts to resemble a dictator, taking charge and making all of the other animals believe that “ Napoleon …show more content…
The theme of this story is that absolute power leads to corruption and oppression. This theme is revealed through character change throughout the novel. Once the animals drove off Mr. Jones, the pigs “assume[d] the leadership” and started to control the farm (Orwell 11). At the start, everyone was content and “work of the farm went like clockwork” (Orwell 11). However, when Napoleon took power, everything changed. Napoleon announced that there would be “ work on Sunday afternoons” which was previously their day off (Orwell 24). Napoleon made this work voluntary, but those who did not show up “would have his rations reduced by half” (Orwell 24). Slowly Napoleon started taking over the farm and changing it to fit his needs. By the end of the book, the pigs had slowly developed into becoming more like the humans and eventually make an agreement with the humans that what they wanted was “ to live at peace and in normal business relations with their neighbours” (Orwell
Symbolism is used to create a deeper meaning in a story, such as George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”. This story is an allegory told in a fable-like manner.. The whole Farm itself is a symbol for Russia and the Soviet Union while under communist rule. The animals’ lives start out under the rule of the farmer Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones overworks the animals and makes their lives “ miserable, laborious, and short” (Orwell 2). Mr. Jones symbolizes a dictator in a communist society. However later in the story after they drive Mr. Jones out of the farm, the animals start to take over. The animals create what they think is an ideal society, however as time goes by and new problems arise, they essentially create a communist society. One pig in particular, Napoleon, takes charge and starts to resemble a dictator, taking charge and making all of the other animals believe that “ Napoleon …show more content…
The theme of this story is that absolute power leads to corruption and oppression. This theme is revealed through character change throughout the novel. Once the animals drove off Mr. Jones, the pigs “assume[d] the leadership” and started to control the farm (Orwell 11). At the start, everyone was content and “work of the farm went like clockwork” (Orwell 11). However, when Napoleon took power, everything changed. Napoleon announced that there would be “ work on Sunday afternoons” which was previously their day off (Orwell 24). Napoleon made this work voluntary, but those who did not show up “would have his rations reduced by half” (Orwell 24). Slowly Napoleon started taking over the farm and changing it to fit his needs. By the end of the book, the pigs had slowly developed into becoming more like the humans and eventually make an agreement with the humans that what they wanted was “ to live at peace and in normal business relations with their neighbours” (Orwell