Animal Farm is the Orwell’s least personal of all of his writings. It is due to the unknown narrator who is notable for being prejudiceless and eccentricity. It is the only Orwell’s work where the author is not a major character or a narrator himself. The story is set in an unspecified time period and without many historical references but it is a short allegorical, satirical fable on the political situation around Russian Revolution which was, assumably, the time setting of the story, and it must be mentioned that this was probably the recent past and present at the time of writing, as the book was published in 1946, yet, written in the past tense. Orwell definitely understood the significance of the story as immediate. However, Animal Farm
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From the beginning of the writing, Napoleon appears to be extremely corrupted “pig” who tries to get power or an advantage in every situation. Napoleon lusts for power and is obsessed solely by his well-being. He doesn’t care about the prosperity nor strength of the Animal Farm. He does not devote himself to the farm nor does he add anything to the welfare of the farm’s society. He never contributed to the ideology nor dealt with the struggles, and he never worked nor done anything himself. Napoleon trained his pack of dogs to do the dirty jobs for him. That is the only thing he has done with energetic interest and eager. He trained the little puppies for his own good and he had no intention to teach them for their own good nor for the good of others, but again, as his secret army which he used to control others and obtain what he wanted. The name Napoleon comes from the French general Napoleon, who was not loyal to the principles of democracy, conceivably turning into the same ruler using his unlimited power over people cruelly and unfairly as the dictators he …show more content…
He represents Leon Trotsky who, according to Orwell, is a frank person who commits himself into a hard work in order to contribute to the society, to make it better and improved, and spread particular ideology and principles, he very strongly believes in and tries to follow them carefully, worldwide. Nonetheless, he is no equal for Napoleon who rules with violent effort. Depending only on his rationale was not enough and led him to his destruction. Even though Snowball is shown in a good way, he might have turned into a power chasing despot if he was not casted out of the farm which is indicated by his single-minded enthusiasm for windmill project and the acceptance of pigs’
From the beginning of the writing, Napoleon appears to be extremely corrupted “pig” who tries to get power or an advantage in every situation. Napoleon lusts for power and is obsessed solely by his well-being. He doesn’t care about the prosperity nor strength of the Animal Farm. He does not devote himself to the farm nor does he add anything to the welfare of the farm’s society. He never contributed to the ideology nor dealt with the struggles, and he never worked nor done anything himself. Napoleon trained his pack of dogs to do the dirty jobs for him. That is the only thing he has done with energetic interest and eager. He trained the little puppies for his own good and he had no intention to teach them for their own good nor for the good of others, but again, as his secret army which he used to control others and obtain what he wanted. The name Napoleon comes from the French general Napoleon, who was not loyal to the principles of democracy, conceivably turning into the same ruler using his unlimited power over people cruelly and unfairly as the dictators he …show more content…
He represents Leon Trotsky who, according to Orwell, is a frank person who commits himself into a hard work in order to contribute to the society, to make it better and improved, and spread particular ideology and principles, he very strongly believes in and tries to follow them carefully, worldwide. Nonetheless, he is no equal for Napoleon who rules with violent effort. Depending only on his rationale was not enough and led him to his destruction. Even though Snowball is shown in a good way, he might have turned into a power chasing despot if he was not casted out of the farm which is indicated by his single-minded enthusiasm for windmill project and the acceptance of pigs’