Animal Farm

In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses Napoleon and the pigs to demonstrate how fear and intimidation are used to gain control over a society. Napoleon makes an example out of those who refuse to obey him in order to create fear amongst the animals and preventing more animals from rebellion. After witnessing the slaughter of multiple rebelling animals, the animals “were shaken and miserable. They didn’t know which was more shocking- the treachery of the animals who had leagued themselves with Snowball, or the cruel retribution they had just witnessed.” (84). Napoleon kills the rebels in front of the animals to secure his authority and assert dominance . Knowing that Napoleon would execute them if they disagreed with him, the animals were more

The best theme for Animal Farm by George Orwell is absolute power corrupts absolutely. According to “Animal Farm” by George Orwell it states, “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy,” (pg.43) and later on in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell it states, “...came out Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side (pg.132)…All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (pg.133). The quote on page 43 shows how Napoleon has had rules set in order so that the farm would be under control. The quote on page 132 shows Napoleon standing on his hind legs, which is against the rule. The quote on page 133 it shows the new rule that allows Napoleon to do what he wants. Napoleon took his power as the one in control and used to do what he wants and not what was best for all the animals. He changed the rule, so that he could do what he wants and not get reprimanded for it. Another quote in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell is“...giving birth between them to nine sturdy puppies. As soon as they were weaned, Napoleon took them away from their mothers saying that he would make himself responsible for their education” (pg.51) and later in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell it states, “Napoleon stood up and, casting a particular sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper of a kind no one had ever heard him utter before. At this there was a terrible baying sound outside. And nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came

Orwell here shows himself to be an excellent craftsman. The plot is well-knit and produces a concentrated effect because there are no side interests or sub-plots in the novel. This made following along with the novel simple enough so that I, the reader was able to focus on more important symbols and their significance. The structure of the novel is extremely compact, and is characterized by an extreme economy. The simplicity of the style is on of the biggest merits of the book. Orwell’s style here may be compared to a window pane. The satire becomes much more pointed and effective because of the qualities of compactness, brevity, and

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satirical allegory through which he presents his cynical view of human nature. He uses the animal fable effectively to expose the issues of injustice, exploitation and inequality in human society.

Having too much power can corrupt people. Mr. Jones is the owner of Manor Farm. One day he forgets to feed the animals and they rebel. Then the farm’s name is changed to Animal Farm and it is run by animals and the pigs take leadership. The pigs brainwash the animals into believing what is not true and manipulate the other animals on the farm. In the end the pigs act just like humans. In order to secure a life of luxury for Napoleon and his fellow pigs, Napoleon (with Squealer as his spokesman) uses language that intimidates, language that distorts the truth, and language that appeals to the emotions of the others to manipulate the gullible animals of Animal Farm.

George Orwell, in his novel ‘Animal Farm’, develops an idea through Napoleon. The boar grows more thirsty for power and inevitably corrupts his nature and well-being. This idea is emphasised through his manipulating control over the animals, arrogance in his leadership and the major unequal differences between himself and the other farm animals.

Napoleon and Squealer use lies manipulate the other naive animals, leading to unjust treatment of the workers. when the windmill is knocked over by a heavy storm, Napoleon takes advantage of the situation and blames Snowball. “ ‘Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown the windmill? SNOWBALL!’ he suddenly roared in a voice of thunder. ‘Snowball has done this thing!’”(70). As shown, Napoleon is blaming Snowball for the farm’s failures, instead of taking the blame for mediocre planning of the windmill. Orwell uses auditory imagery combined with a metaphor to convey how manipulative Napoleon is, reacting emotionally when telling a lie. Here, Napoleon is using his eloquence to give a convincing argument and wrongly persuade the simple-minded animals into believing that Snowball was at fault. These actions demonstrate the dangers of an uneducated and gullible working class, ready to believe anything, making them believe that the leaders could not be at fault. In addition, after many years,

In George Orwell’s allegory, Animal Farm, the characters portray important people from the Russian Revolution. One of the main characters, Napoleon, has become a tyrant. He suppresses all ideals as a rebellion and makes his own rules. He overthrows fellow animals to become a leader with power. Moreover, with Napoleon as a leader, he has become a unfaithful, cruel, and manipulative pig.

In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the windmill that the animals build symbolizes totalitarian triumph, highlights the novel’s Soviet parallels, and emphasizes various themes and character traits. The windmill reveals the despotic and megalomanic tendencies of the pigs, particularly Napoleon, and the hardworking and naïve nature of Boxer, the horse. It also brings the themes, such as the abuse of language to bolster power, and the danger of a naïve working class, to light.

Animal Farm is a book written by George Orwell in 1945. It was made into an animated movie in 1954. It is an allegory about real life political situations that have occurred around the world. In this essay I will discuss how it relates to actual political circumstances, how particular techniques were used in the film to enhance the meaning and comparison of real events, how Farmer Jones ruled, how the animals proved their resentment towards Farmer Jones, how their communist system operated, how egotism took over Napoleon, how he was biased towards the pigs, how the system fell apart, how corruption occurs, what a fair society could look like and how it could potentially be achieved.

For example, the pigs would lie about Snowball’s misdeeds to the farm, and use him as a scapegoat to take all the blame. Furthermore, they retold stories about Snowball to make him look cowardly and horrible, while making Napoleon more heroic and brave. This is evident in the story as Squealer, one of the pigs said, “And do you not, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of Death to Humanity and sank his teeth in Jone’s leg” (Orwell 90). He changed up a lot of the story, and it he successfully made the other animals believe it, which only made them more loyal to Napoleon. That’s not all, they even changed the rules to best fit their ideals. One example of this is that one of the farm rules was that no animal is allowed harm another animal, But that changed when the pigs slightly added a few words. In the story, it said, “Muriel read the Commandment for her. It ran: No animal shall kill any other animal without cause” (Orwell 98). This way, the pigs killed many other animals thought to be traitors, and used that fear to have more control of the farm. These slight change in rule ultimately entirely changed how the farm works, with the pigs now as pretty much their absolute

The critic V.C Letemendia states, “In the last scene of George Orwell’s “fairy tale”, Animal Farm, the humbler animals peer through a window of the farmhouse to observe a horrible sight: the pigs who rule over them have grown indistinguishable from their temporary allies, the human farmers, who the originally fought to overthrow” (127). The animals’ vision of prosperity becomes demolished once Napoleon converts the farm into what they were all trying to escape from. The animal executions, private army, and manipulative tactics used by Napoleon progressively transforms the Animal Farm back into the Manor

The animals had no other way to get information, so they believed every word that came out of Squealer’s mouth. Even when the animals noticed that the truck that took Boxer away had the words, “Alfred Simmons: Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon” (Orwell 101) on it, Squealer worded his way out of that tricky situation by telling them that the van had previously belonged to a horse slaughterer but now belonged to a vet. Squealer would even tell the animals that if they did not believe and follow what he was telling them, they were traitors. This is one of the reasons why Napoleon’s Show Trials had so many deaths. It was not the animal’s fault for believing Squealer because they had no other source, but in fact Squealer’s, or even all of the pigs fault for not giving them another source to get news from.

George Orwell put many different types of conflict in his book Animal Farm such as; character vs character, character vs society, and character vs nature. Both Snowball and Napoleon want the animals to be free from the humans. Napoleon wants to be the leader

George Orwell includes a strong message in his novel Animal Farm that is easily recognizable. Orwell’s Animal Farm focuses on two primary problems that were not only prominent in his WWII society, but also posed as reoccurring issues in all societies past and present. Orwell’s novel delivers a strong political message about class structure and oppression from the patriarchal society through an allegory of a farm that closely resembles the Soviet Union.