Essays about the book Animal Farm, a satirical allegory by George Orwell, published on 17th August 1945. The story is about a group of farm animals that rebels against its human farmer and seeks to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. These essays are free to download and use as inspiration (for personal use). Scroll down for a guide on Animal Farm including the most important themes to include when writing your own essay.
In the two books, Lord of the Flies, and Animal farm, many differences may be seen between the books, but as well, many comparisons. An example of this is both of the book’s character’s main goal: A Utopian society made from scratch free from a previous dominant reign that had affected them before. In Animal … Read more
Have you ever sought out to change something for the better but ended up making it worse? In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, animals take over a farm. The leaders of the new farm want to be nothing like humans but end up practicing many of the practices that were hated. Orwell’s story … Read more
II. Rationale Animal Farm is “an argument” because it dictates the contrasting ideologies of the infamous leaders Trotsky and Stalin of Russia during the Russian Revolution of 1917, as well as many other contrasting political viewpoints. In Animal Farm, one of the arguments is Orwell try to show how political leaders with seemingly noble … Read more
Mia Pakola June 23, 2018 English 10H Teacher… Animal Farm Characters/Character Traits: Mr. Jones is the (previous) owner of the Manor farm. Mr. Jones was an incompetent farmer and never took care of his farm or the animals. He is lazy, mean and cares more about himself than others. Lazy individuals never go far … Read more
In this report, I will be relating the novel ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell with the concept of Totalitarianism, fascism and socialism. Animal farm is a fable, a satire, where many characters are related to historical figures of Imperial Russia and the Soviet society. The characters in Animal farm can be related Stalin and … Read more
Dongyi He Professor Ashraf English 130 02 December 2017 Throughout the world, censorship occurs in our society with its media, teaching and other manipulation tools to stop one from having individualism. Through media, information displays unique viewpoints and ideas, and when consumer only intake one source, they become bias towards other views. Similarly, … Read more
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a “historical” fiction novel that is told in the form of an extended metaphor. The setting is post-WWII and the topic is the rise of communism in Russia, an issue ever-present to the society of America at that time. The main characters in the story are the pigs, who … Read more
Growing up in school we are taught that we have to write a certain way, read a certain way, talk a certain away, act a certain way, and if we do not follow the rules, we are punished. Since we have been doing these manipulated tasks, they have become part of our culture and they … Read more
Built On Lies And Broken Promises Manipulation is art in the form of controlling others’ thoughts, feelings, ideals, actions and personalities without the person’s knowledge or consent. Many leaders use forms of manipulation to control the people of their nation. Tyrannical leaders manipulate themselves to avoid feeling guilt over their actions. Animal Farm was written … Read more
George Orwell symbolized Karl Marx, the founder of communism as Old Major who founded animalism. Old Major was thought to be the wisest animal at Manor Farm. George Orwell cleverly expressed Karl Marx’s ideas in the context of Animal Farm through Old Major’s speech to all of the animals at Manor Farm. This speech laid … Read more
Literature And Composition 1H-4 07 December 2017 The Power Of Persuasion According to Cathy Benjamin, a reporter for Mental Floss, sixty percent of people can’t go ten minutes without telling a lie (Benjamin 1). Persuasion can be a large part of dishonesty and lying. If you can't convince someone of your lie then they … Read more
George Orwell’s Animal Farm would not nearly be the same without a character like Squealer. The novel seeks to show how a society where all lives are entirely equal has not been, and cannot be achieved. The main character and also the dictator of the farm, Napoleon, deceives the animals and abuses his power for … Read more
Animal farm is a story of an animal rebellion written by George Orwell. Mr. Jones, who is the owner of the farm, is an old man characterized for being a heartless man. He was in charge of taking care of the animals. In the novel an animal rebellion occurred against humans, and the whole story … Read more
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is written about how actions can give a misleading ideal of freedom and equality. The animals on the farm were inspired by what Old Major had told them before he died. The animals dreamed about being free but after the rebellion, they ended up being completely obedient to there new masters, … Read more
Animal farm by George Orwell (Penguin, 1945) Before reading I honestly don’t know what to expect from the book but it’s written bij George Orwell so it should be good. I actually chose the book because I’m reading 1984 at the moment (which I will be writing a report about), which is also written by George … Read more
Eric Arthur Blair, better known as George Orwell, was and still is one of the best authors the world has ever known. In the year 1945, Orwell publish one of his final books called Animal Farm. His allegorical novel is best known for its representation of communist Russia under the rule of Stalin. Orwell decided … Read more
Animal Farm Analysis The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is about a farm originally run by humans taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. The animals set to create a socialist community in which every animal is equal and should cooperate with others to achieve a paradise where every animal is free. Willingdon Beauty, … Read more
Philip K. Dick once wrote that “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.” In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, a farm run by pigs symbolizes the communist revolution. Once … Read more
Taking place on an English farm known as Manor Farm, the story begins at night, when Mr. Jones makes his way to bed. As the animals gather together, an elderly boar, Old Major, shares his strange dream, in which humankind cease to exist. He brings forth the idea of Rebellion, stating that animals will one … Read more
Plot – The system, “animalism,” is originated from pigs as they are caught in the oppression of animal cruelty from humans. The life of an animal is comprised of anguish and misery – no animal can be free or happy. Animal Farm expresses a specific moral through the animals of the farm versus the pigs. … Read more
Animal Farm is a fable that uses satire to convey a deeper and more relevant underlying message about Russian communism and Stalinism. This animal allegory written by George Orwell challenges the beliefs and exposes events in the Russian revolution and the cycle of communism. By using animals, he is able to portray this piece of … Read more
Introduction: In this report, I shall be covering Animal Farm by George Orwell, and the specific area that at the end of the book, the pigs were as bad as the human. Throughout the book, the pigs had slowly made the farm go downhill. The other animals’ workload was increased, their food was shortened and … Read more
Books are often seen as key elements to advancing ourselves as people, much less our knowledge. Curiously enough, any book on display at a local Barnes and Nobles store could potentially be on a list of banned books worldwide. These books tend to have ideas or views that are seen as controversial. With controversial books … Read more
An allegory is a join of erudition that coincident an purloin belief in asphalt or curative figure, with the end of lore a in corruptive or a instruct. In metaphorical consignation, execute and dissertation the author will decide to impersonate, give a disposition to separate ideas such as kindness, necrosis and avarice. The origins of … Read more
Introduction A government is a system or organization whose purpose is to govern and authorize a community. The characteristics of a government reflect the collective outlooks of all those part of the society. By understanding and evaluating the different forms of government and their formation one can gain a perspective on the mindsets of the … Read more
The topic of justice has inevitably made its way into the course of history. Whether it be the Protestant-Catholic rivalry in Northern Ireland of the 1920s, or the LGBT movement of today, the topics of injustice and justice still cause turmoil. Simon Wiesenthal, an anti-Nazi activist, and survivor of the Janowska concentration camp, once stated, … Read more
Even though the film Animal Farm (1991) was based off of the book, the film and the book are different for several reasons. The film and the book are similar in many ways, however they’re also different. In the book, Old Major died peacefully in his sleep of old age, but in the film, Old … Read more
George Orwell’s book 1984, has been an important work in the eyes of many critics because of its views on a totalitarianistic society. Peter Firchow states that, “Orwell is one of the great essayists of the period—as well as in his documentary books” (Firchow). Orwell uses a variety of literary tools to embellish his novel … Read more
‘People must stand up against authority’ is a reoccurring theme which is being used in our wider world amongst many others. The text that relate to this theme are Animal Farm by George Orwell, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen and 1984 by George Orwell. Within the novel of … Read more
There are many issues in the world and one of them are the social injustices. According to honorsociety.org, “Social injustice is the way unjust actions are done in the society. Social injustice occurs in a situation where the equals are treated unequally and the unequal is treated equally. Three common examples of social injustice include: … Read more
George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm” was a political satire of the Russian Revolution that took place in the early 20th century. George Orwell criticizes the Russian totalitarian regime throughout the novel by creating an allegory of the book in order to demonstrate his socialist opinions on the Russian Revolution. In many ways, Orwell criticizes the totalitarian regime by creating an allegory and mocking the leader of the Communist party and the methods used to control the people during the revolution.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of the communist party of the Soviet Union and was similar to Napoleon, a pig who ruled Animal Farm in many ways. At the beginning, both leaders were against capitalism and for communism. Stalin and Napoleon both had the full support of their followers and were able to make them believe anything they said. Anyone with an opinion that contradicted their ideology was punished. Napoleon and Stalin both eliminated any opposition leaders, such as Snowball and Leon Trotsky.
For example, Snowball was blamed for any mishap that happened.
“If a window was broken or a drain was blocked up, someone was certain to say that Snowball had come in the night and done it, and when the key of the store-shed was lost, the whole farm was convinced that Snowball had thrown it down the well. Curiously enough, they went on believing this even after the mislaid key was found under a sack of meal.”
Both rulers also used violence and threats to terrorize the people/animals into following them and to remain in control. Stalin used the secret police, the Bolsheviks, and Napoleon used violent dogs. What at first was a commandment that all animals are equal; the commandment changed and soon became “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. This parallels the Russian Revolution, which first started with a promise that everyone was equal and then became a dictatorship, where some were more superior than others. The attempt to create an egalitarian regime failed, and ended with a dictatorship.
Orwell criticizes Stalin by using Napoleon to demonstrate how the communist party soon became a dictatorship, and the dictator soon started to take advantage over his special privileges.
Moreover, in order to remain the leader, Napoleon used harsh methods to control the farm that was comparable to the Russian Revolution. On the farm, the animals were publicly executed and punished if they made the slightest mistake, didn’t work hard enough, formed an opinion that was different than Napoleon’s, or conspired with the “enemy”, Snowball.
“If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak… Instead – she did not know why – they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes.”
This was comparable to the time during Stalin’s reign, where there was absolutely no freedom of expression, and anyone contradicting his ideology was punished by the secret police. On Animal Farm and in the Soviet Union, the citizens were fed propaganda that no one could contradict, in fear of getting punished. Fear was used to control the people in both societies and made everyone more inclined to believe the propaganda. The animal’s terror portrayed in the novel, of the leader, Napoleon, accurately reflects the fear of the people during Stalin’s reign. This demonstrates how critical Orwell was of totalitarianism.
In conclusion, Orwell mocked the totalitarian regime by creating an allegory of the Russian Revolution through the novel, Animal Farm. The characters had different names, and were humans and not animals, but the personality of the leader of the farm, the methods used to control the farm and the plot was almost identical to the totalitarian regime during the Russian Revolution. These comparisons proved Orwell’s opinion on the totalitarian regime; he thought the policies were unjust and ridiculous.
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