Animal Farm Research Paper
LITERARY ESSAY : Animal Farm – George Orwell
TOPIC : Animal Farm does not represent a very optimistic view of human life. Typical weaknesses and faults (displayed by the animals) are emphasized. Discuss exactly how George Orwell achieves this end.
Animal Farm is a satire of totalitarian governments in their many guises, however this book was composed for a more specific purpose: to serve as a cautionary tale about Stalinism. The allegorical characters of the novel represent specific historical figures and different factions of Imperial Russian and Soviet society. These include Karl Marx (Old Major), Vladimir Lenin (Old Major), Leon Trotsky (Snowball), Joseph Stalin (Napoleon), Adolf Hitler (Frederick), the Allies (Pilkington), the peasants …show more content…
Following Old Major’s death, the pigs, who represent the Bolsheviks, are the ones that take on the task of organising and mobilising the other animals because they are ‘generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals’. At first, the pigs are loyal to their fellow animals and the revolutionary cause. However, it is not long before the intelligence and education of the pigs turn from tools of enlightenment to implements of oppression. The moment the pigs are faced with something material that they want, they abandon their morals and use their superior intellect and knowledge to deceive the other animals. The intelligence and education of the pigs allow them to bring the other animals into submission through the use of propaganda and …show more content…
Violence is one of the yokes from which the animals wish to free themselves when they prepare for the Rebellion. Not only does Jones overwork the animals and steal the products of their labor, but he can whip or slaughter them at his discretion. Once the pigs gain control of the animals, they, like Jones, discover how useful violence and terror can be. They use this knowledge to their full advantage. The foremost example of violence and terror in the novel is the pattern of public execution. Orwell’s allegorical executioners, the dogs that kill cruelly, portray the bloody and inescapably animalistic side of execution. Terror comes also in threats and propaganda. Each time the animals dare to question an aspect of Napoleon’s regime, Squealer threatens them with Jones’s return. The other major example of fear tactics in the novel is the threat of Snowball, who is pegged as a terrorist, responsible for the infringement on the rights and liberties instigated by the
TOPIC : Animal Farm does not represent a very optimistic view of human life. Typical weaknesses and faults (displayed by the animals) are emphasized. Discuss exactly how George Orwell achieves this end.
Animal Farm is a satire of totalitarian governments in their many guises, however this book was composed for a more specific purpose: to serve as a cautionary tale about Stalinism. The allegorical characters of the novel represent specific historical figures and different factions of Imperial Russian and Soviet society. These include Karl Marx (Old Major), Vladimir Lenin (Old Major), Leon Trotsky (Snowball), Joseph Stalin (Napoleon), Adolf Hitler (Frederick), the Allies (Pilkington), the peasants …show more content…
Following Old Major’s death, the pigs, who represent the Bolsheviks, are the ones that take on the task of organising and mobilising the other animals because they are ‘generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals’. At first, the pigs are loyal to their fellow animals and the revolutionary cause. However, it is not long before the intelligence and education of the pigs turn from tools of enlightenment to implements of oppression. The moment the pigs are faced with something material that they want, they abandon their morals and use their superior intellect and knowledge to deceive the other animals. The intelligence and education of the pigs allow them to bring the other animals into submission through the use of propaganda and …show more content…
Violence is one of the yokes from which the animals wish to free themselves when they prepare for the Rebellion. Not only does Jones overwork the animals and steal the products of their labor, but he can whip or slaughter them at his discretion. Once the pigs gain control of the animals, they, like Jones, discover how useful violence and terror can be. They use this knowledge to their full advantage. The foremost example of violence and terror in the novel is the pattern of public execution. Orwell’s allegorical executioners, the dogs that kill cruelly, portray the bloody and inescapably animalistic side of execution. Terror comes also in threats and propaganda. Each time the animals dare to question an aspect of Napoleon’s regime, Squealer threatens them with Jones’s return. The other major example of fear tactics in the novel is the threat of Snowball, who is pegged as a terrorist, responsible for the infringement on the rights and liberties instigated by the