There is some immediate conflict between two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball. For a while they work together to help liberate the farm, but soon napoleon starts behaving rather oddly doing things like: drinking the milk which the animals had gathered and stealing away bluebell and Jessie’s puppies for himself. He manages to turn all of the other animals on snowball and takes control of the farm himself. He ‘alters’ the seven commandments and by the end you cannot tell the difference between the humans and the animals. The entire book is an allegory for the Russian revolution; he uses small metaphors to symbolize some of the things which happened during the Russian revolution.
Background of Napoleon Napoleon was a Berkshire pig, who ruled the Animal Farm. However, his name comes from the French general Napoleon Bonaparte, who George Orwell considered to be a dangerous power seeker and dictator. He is a fierce boar who always gets his own way. He led the revolution but the power went to his head. After Old Major died, Napoleon changed the rules so they reflected well on him, and gave him the freedom to do what he liked, whereas he left the other animals with no food, and no time to rest and continued to make them work while he sat back and did nothing.
Animal Farm is first called Manor Farm; however, the name changes after a rebellion among the animals, as they overthrow their leader Mr. Jones. The inside of the farm is like any other, with barns for the animals, and a manor house for the farmer. The farm is an imaginary one located in England in a rural area near the town of Willington, however, no specific year is given in the novel. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that the story took place in the late 19th century due to the tools that the animals had access to. The farm is close to two other farms, the farms of Mr. Pilkington and the farm of Mr.
Often times literature has a deeper meaning and it can also represent events that have happened in the past. Although George Orwells novella “Animal Farm” is known for being an allegory to the Russian Revolution and how power can be used for good or absolute evil, it is also similar to how things are in North Korea.“Animal Farm” is about a group of animals who rebel against the farmer, Mr. Jones, and create their own type of government called Animalism. As the story progresses the new leader of the farm becomes more like a dictator, but all the other animals don’t seem to realize what is actually going on. They believe that they are living in a utopia, but it’s more of a dystopia. It is very similar to the way things are in North Korea because they also rebelled against their government and appointed a new leader.
The rebellion itself is led by two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball who are inspired by Old Major, the old pig. However, because Napoleon does not like Snowball, he makes a plan to put Snowball away from the farm. According to Orwell, this story has a reflection of Russian Revolution of 1917. Some of the characters in the story are believed to be a representatives of certain famous or infamous people. Moreover, this story has been adapted to be a movie.
What goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend...All animals are equal.” (Orwell 9). Animal Farm deals with a group of animals revolting against the farmer. They do lots of different way of revolting for example they chase him out off the property, and take over the farm. The rebellion was led by two main pigs consist of Napoleon and Snowball. Snowball teaches other animals to read and write.
From the beginning Napoleon starts to build up his power over Animal farm. As soon as Jones is kicked out he finds in the farmhouse just by “luck” Black puppies which he sneaks out and hides from Snowball and the other animals. He will them use them later on in the book to try take power and keep order in Animal farm. He uses them like a lot of leaders through history as his elite troops like Hitler had the SS. Stalin the KGB and Emperor Napoleon had the Imperial Guard.
This is exemplified by the amoral actions that both utilized in order to gain and hold power, witnessed in the case of Napoleon during his inquisition and execution of certain farm animals, all in order to instill fear in the other animals. This is very similar to the case of Stalin during his execution of innocent people he had labeled as enemies of the state for the purpose of instilling fear in others and promoting obedience to the state. The evil done by Stalin was so great that “measures taken by Stalin to discipline those who opposed his will involved the death by execution or famine of at least 10 million peasants” from 1932 to 1933 alone (Kreis). Later, after gaining power, Napoleon orders that “in future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself”, better showcasing his totalitarian desires (Orwell 26). Thus Napoleon and Stalin are conveyed as mirror-images of each other, as was certainly the intention of the author.
This is what happened in Russia in the early 1900’s. This is what happened in Animal Farm by George Orwell. John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton said it best, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In Animal Farm, the animals, representing Russia’s people, were upset with the management of the farm. They were eating only enough to stay alive, so they finally had a breakthrough and Rebelled against the humans on the farm, representing the Royal Family in Russia. When the pigs came into power they had seven commandments by which all of the animals need to live.
Animal Farm Essay As is normal for people not to take for granted what other’s do for them so is the same in the story animal farm. The pigs take indecent advantage of the other not as intellectual animals. Animal farm is a fable using animals instead of humans, playing roles quite similar to powerful men such as Josef Stalin, Leon Trotsky and Karl Marx. This essay will talk about the main characters that helped strengthen napoleon’s regime in the book Animal farm By George Orwell. In the beginning of the story we see a type of government emerging, in the story it was called animalism this can be compared to a real life government of the early 50’s totalitarianism.