Animal Farm Comparison :: Animal Farm Essays

Most directly one would say that Animal Farm is an illustration of Stalinism, growing out from the Russian Revolution in 1917. Because it is cast as an animal fable it gives the reader/viewer, some distance from the specific political events. The use of the fable form helps one to examine the certain elements of military personnel nature which can produce a Stalin and enable him to seize power. Orwell, does however, mass his fable in familiar events of current history. Old study, a rarefied pig on the Jones farm, is regarded as the wise superior by the otherwise animals. He has had a strange dream and calls the other animals in concert to babble about their disastrous situation. Old major declares Let us nervus it, our lives are miserable, laborious and short. He declares in Marxist terms that while is the problem Only get rid of the Man, and the produce of our labour would be our stimulate. Almost everyplacenight we could be rich and free. What then must we do? Why, fash ion night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race That is my heart and soul to you, comrades. Rebellion The simple, but emotional appeal, gets trough to the uneducated and plain animals and, as in all revolutions, the planning begins in euphoria and idealism. No parting is raised to ask relevant question or call for a considered debate. The appearance of rats at the meeting raises a question Are rats comrades? A democratic vote results in a ringing Yes. And Old Major proclaims, No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. exclusively animals are equal It was however generally understood that the pigs were the cleverest of the animals, so the control of organising for the Rebellion fell naturally to them. Especially two pigs take over leadership Napoleon and Snowball. The pigs developed Old Major&8217s teaching into a complete system of thought Animalism. Rules of equality, formality, and hard work was proclaimed and encoded in The Seven Commandments - an unalterable law. The animals enthusiasm was expressed through and through a hymn, Beasts of England. The Rebellion comes sooner then it had been excpected and the successful animals join together with a will to build a new and better world. To stage the new day the name of the farm is changed from Manor Farm to