Animal Farm Satire
“So, children what is the genre of Animal Farm?”asked the teacher.
“A fairy tale!” one student shouted.
Another student yelled, “A fable!”
“No, you buffoons! It's a satire!” argued another.
“I think it's an allegory!” exclaimed the final student.
Since the release of George Orwell’s famous book Animal Farm, people have struggled to decide the genre of the story. Throughout the book, Orwell uses different elements like talking animals from fables, universal truths from fairy tales, criticism on a certain individuals from satires, and symbolic messages from allegories to enhance the story. But what is the main genre of the book?
Animal Farm is a story about a group of farm animals who rebel against Mr. Jones, their careless farm owner, …show more content…
A traditional fairy tales contains a conflict between a hero and a villain and finishes with a closed ending while expressing a universal truth aimed towards children. Animal Farm contains several components of a fairy tale like talking animals, and a special setting that takes place in an imaginary farm in England. The book also includes evil villain, who at first is portrayed by Mr. Jones because of his carelessness towards the animals, but as the story progress a bigger antagonist, Napoleon, rises among the animals. Selfish, corrupt, and egotistical, Napoleon shares all the main attributes of a villain as he rules the farm. For example, the readers witness Napoleon's villainy when he executes all the animals who confess that Snowball influenced them to rebel against him. The book also contains protagonists, who are represented by the working class animals like Boxer, a hard working horse who wants the farm to thrives. As Napoleon’s corruption grows very day, we sympathize more with the other animals and encourage them to overthrow their new cruel leader. Like many fairy tales, Animal Farm expresses a universal truth, for example, absolute power corrupts absolutely is one of the main lessons the story teaches as the readers see the pigs mistreating the animals and violating the original principles of Animalism. However, Animal
“A fairy tale!” one student shouted.
Another student yelled, “A fable!”
“No, you buffoons! It's a satire!” argued another.
“I think it's an allegory!” exclaimed the final student.
Since the release of George Orwell’s famous book Animal Farm, people have struggled to decide the genre of the story. Throughout the book, Orwell uses different elements like talking animals from fables, universal truths from fairy tales, criticism on a certain individuals from satires, and symbolic messages from allegories to enhance the story. But what is the main genre of the book?
Animal Farm is a story about a group of farm animals who rebel against Mr. Jones, their careless farm owner, …show more content…
A traditional fairy tales contains a conflict between a hero and a villain and finishes with a closed ending while expressing a universal truth aimed towards children. Animal Farm contains several components of a fairy tale like talking animals, and a special setting that takes place in an imaginary farm in England. The book also includes evil villain, who at first is portrayed by Mr. Jones because of his carelessness towards the animals, but as the story progress a bigger antagonist, Napoleon, rises among the animals. Selfish, corrupt, and egotistical, Napoleon shares all the main attributes of a villain as he rules the farm. For example, the readers witness Napoleon's villainy when he executes all the animals who confess that Snowball influenced them to rebel against him. The book also contains protagonists, who are represented by the working class animals like Boxer, a hard working horse who wants the farm to thrives. As Napoleon’s corruption grows very day, we sympathize more with the other animals and encourage them to overthrow their new cruel leader. Like many fairy tales, Animal Farm expresses a universal truth, for example, absolute power corrupts absolutely is one of the main lessons the story teaches as the readers see the pigs mistreating the animals and violating the original principles of Animalism. However, Animal