Animal Farm
By Carolyn O'Halloran
The Plot
The plot of the story is about animals rising up against Mr. Jones, who they believe has been abusing them. They want equality for all the animals. The pigs then take control of the farm. They begin to make seven commandments for the animals to follow. Snowball, one of the pigs, decides to designs a windmill because it can help with electricity and crops. Napoleon on the other hand did not like the idea very much, so he uses this as an excuse to get rid of Snowball. As time goes on, Napoleon and the pigs start to abuse there power in the same way as Stalin and his regime did in the Soviet Union. By the end of the novel, it is clear that the equality the animals fought for does not exist. This is summed up well by the only remaining commandment:
"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"
The idea of a perfect animal society is dead.
"ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL
BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"
The idea of a perfect animal society is dead.
Fun Features!
Did you know that George Orwell's real name was Eric Blair?
Animal Farm has been translated into seventy languages.
Orwell faced cchallenges getting the book published because of the political environment of the time.
The book is a allegory for the Russian Revolution and Stalin's reign of terror.
It takes place on an imaginary farm in England.
Each character cleverly represents a figure or aspect of the Russian Revolution.
Animal Farm has been translated into seventy languages.
Orwell faced cchallenges getting the book published because of the political environment of the time.
The book is a allegory for the Russian Revolution and Stalin's reign of terror.
It takes place on an imaginary farm in England.
Each character cleverly represents a figure or aspect of the Russian Revolution.
.....But some animals are more equal than others.
The book shows how society's ideas of equality can be changed by the animals to favor the ones that are in positions of power; in this case the pigs. Orwell through the final commandment shows that all animals are not created equal and the different types and classes eventually will emerge. The pigs are represented in the book as the power hungry dictators who abuse the rights of all the other animals.
Satiric and Allegorical Connections
Animal Farm is a allegory of the Russian Revolution. The story is satiric because of the writer's feelings about socialism in the Soviet Union and how he portrays the characters and their actions. He tells the entire story by using animals to show how people can't live in classless societies and that people are corrupt, and that the ideals of Communism are doomed to fail. By using the animals instead of people, he is able to show this in a humorous or satirical way.