quick reviews please. help me edit this essay. animal farm as a political allegory of the russian revolution.
The novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell explores the nature of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Every character in the novel represents a human that participated in the revolution. The main ideas, plot and schemes of the story are all following the horrible underlying narration that was based on a past history. Animal Farm is a complete political allegory.
The story begins with the animals wanting more power and equality. The farm resembles Russia, as each of the animals living in the farm resembles a Russian politician. Old Major, the prize-winning boar whose vision of a socialist, taught the animals Animalism and died before the revolution began. Old Major represents the German political economist Karl Marx as he invented Communism and died before the Russian Revolution. Old Major left Snowball and Napoleon, the other two boars in charge. Snowball, being a good speaker, wanted a better life for the farm but gets chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs. As Snowball wanted a better life, Leon Trotsky also wanted to improve life for all in Russia and was a pure communist. He got chased away by Lenin's KGB secret police that supported Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was not a very good speaker and just as Napoleon cared for power, they both killed opponents, and they both used propaganda to be more in control. The main characters represented a perfect past politician during the Russian Revolution.
For the corrupted Revolution to be achieved, propaganda was used. Squealer, the pig represented propaganda and spread Napoleon's propaganda among the other animals. "Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others." (pg.23) He spread false statistics for the farm's success. Power was very important to Joseph Stalin and with a secret police force on his side; he kept the country quite throughout the year. This is exactly how Squealer worked his way around the farm. He would keep the animals quite while changing and manipulating the commandments. "All orders were now issued through Squealer."(pg.62) Propaganda worked for Stalin to support his image and convinced the people to follow Stalin. The plans to achieve the same effect were used and with the farm getting out of control without the animals noticing is a perfect example of propaganda.
Both the Russian Revolution and the Rebellion in Animal Farm went wrong. The Principles of Animalism was being forgotten, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." (pg.90) All the animals just agreed with the leader and followed their every instruction. As to Communism in the Russian Revolution, all people were said to be equal, but clearly Communism cannot be attained when wanting more power. Joseph Stalin fell short and didn't treat everyone as equals. As Napoleon takes over, he starts to beat other animals, trade with the humans and forget about the 7 commandments. Gaining power was both the leaders' intention, creating the Revolution to be a failure.
The Animal Farm is a political allegory and a dystopian novel. George Orwell wrote this book based on the Russian Revolution and basically showed how pathetic it became. Power took over the leaders and made life in Russia or in the Farm an appalling, astonishing event.
The novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell explores the nature of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Every character in the novel represents a human that participated in the revolution. The main ideas, plot and schemes of the story are all following the horrible underlying narration that was based on a past history. Animal Farm is a complete political allegory.
The story begins with the animals wanting more power and equality. The farm resembles Russia, as each of the animals living in the farm resembles a Russian politician. Old Major, the prize-winning boar whose vision of a socialist, taught the animals Animalism and died before the revolution began. Old Major represents the German political economist Karl Marx as he invented Communism and died before the Russian Revolution. Old Major left Snowball and Napoleon, the other two boars in charge. Snowball, being a good speaker, wanted a better life for the farm but gets chased away into exile by Napoleon's dogs. As Snowball wanted a better life, Leon Trotsky also wanted to improve life for all in Russia and was a pure communist. He got chased away by Lenin's KGB secret police that supported Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was not a very good speaker and just as Napoleon cared for power, they both killed opponents, and they both used propaganda to be more in control. The main characters represented a perfect past politician during the Russian Revolution.
For the corrupted Revolution to be achieved, propaganda was used. Squealer, the pig represented propaganda and spread Napoleon's propaganda among the other animals. "Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations to the others." (pg.23) He spread false statistics for the farm's success. Power was very important to Joseph Stalin and with a secret police force on his side; he kept the country quite throughout the year. This is exactly how Squealer worked his way around the farm. He would keep the animals quite while changing and manipulating the commandments. "All orders were now issued through Squealer."(pg.62) Propaganda worked for Stalin to support his image and convinced the people to follow Stalin. The plans to achieve the same effect were used and with the farm getting out of control without the animals noticing is a perfect example of propaganda.
Both the Russian Revolution and the Rebellion in Animal Farm went wrong. The Principles of Animalism was being forgotten, "All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." (pg.90) All the animals just agreed with the leader and followed their every instruction. As to Communism in the Russian Revolution, all people were said to be equal, but clearly Communism cannot be attained when wanting more power. Joseph Stalin fell short and didn't treat everyone as equals. As Napoleon takes over, he starts to beat other animals, trade with the humans and forget about the 7 commandments. Gaining power was both the leaders' intention, creating the Revolution to be a failure.
The Animal Farm is a political allegory and a dystopian novel. George Orwell wrote this book based on the Russian Revolution and basically showed how pathetic it became. Power took over the leaders and made life in Russia or in the Farm an appalling, astonishing event.