Tensions Between America And The Soviet Union In George Orwell's Animal Farm

George Orwell stimulated the interests of readers when his novel Animal Farm became publicated in 1945. The style persuades the reader to think wider than usual about the context and depth of the book. Tensions between America and the Soviet Union were still high when the novel was wrote. Fables are short stories, typically with animals, that show a story of a moral or a set of morals. In Animal Farm, Orwell does just this. Mostly, though, he used symbolism to convey a story of the historical events happening at the time. Writing the book in such a way, shows the readers to confusion, however, it could’ve been a canny decision.
Based on knowledge about the tensions between the Soviet Union and America at the time, publishing a book like Animal Farm, would, consequently, be “adding more fuel to the fire”, if so to speak. As there were already an abundance of issues between the two countries, an author publishing a book demeaning people such as Stalin would cause much controversy. However, using the symbolism allows Orwell to write about Stalin in an unfavorable way, while still captivating readers who support him. Orwell can extend to multiple people by
Orwell’s choice in style of writing made the piece appeal to multiple readers by: avoiding further conflicts with the Soviet Union, making it effortless for readers to follow, and making it sympathetic to a widespread group of people. Notably, Animal Farm has been adapted to film twice, put on radio productions twice, transformed into two stage productions, incorporated into 9 music artists’ work, and an episode has been based off of it for 6 different television programs since its publication. Being written as a fable, caused Animal Farm to obtain an excessive amount of popularity. It could’ve never peaked to the heights it has today if it was wrote as a political