Animal Farm Russian Revolution

The foundation of a nation or society always rests on shaky ground. Men, women, and children alter the future of a society and the way it runs. From Mesopotamia to the 1920’s to the Russian Revolution; these events happened because of people. Animal Farm describes the non-picturesque society built up by the corruption of leaders and the ignorant and highly susceptible animals/people. Napoleon represents a leader’s contribution to a dying society and Boxer represents the working class and someone who is not very educated and is easily swayed.
. The foolish sheep started giving Napoleon the title, “Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon” (Orwell 93). Before the revolution, the majority of animals were treated with the barest means to survive possible.
Propaganda was used constantly during the duration of Napoleon’s reign and if particular leader-like citizens were able to be convinced then that would cause other animals to believe it as well. Boxer is one of those leader-like figures who was strong and dependable but was not all that bright and he was easily manipulated into everything being told to him. When Boxer talked about always getting up early to get a head start on work or a new rule came into play that would influence other animals to do the same because they did not know what else to do. “I will work harder!” and “Napoleon is always right!” (Orwell 61) are Boxer’s two known mottos. Boxer’s motto of Napoleon always being right causes animals to believe him and possibly disregard their own doubts about Napoleon. After hearing Boxer’s mottos, Napoleon made it known that he was always right. “On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D” (Orwell 33). Boxer is one of the many uneducated and which this has led him to be easily victimized. Every animal was taking the reading and writing class and was literate to some degree, but none of the animals were as smart as the pigs, which led to widespread manipulation throughout the farm,
Animal Farm sheds light on government and what can and frequently happens behind closed doors. Through that many millions of years the world has had their share of downfalls and the majority of those reasons fall back on the government.It is really hard to have a perfect society that balances the opinions of leaders and followers, but everyone in the world at some point trys their best to live up to that and we can one day, hopefully achive a utpoian society, and everyone can do their part in making the world a better