Leon Trotsky

The 1946 novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is famous for its metaphorical critiques on dictatorships, and is specifically comparable to the events in Russia after the rebellion against the Romanov empire thirty years prior. However, another dictatorship could also be easily compared to Orwell’s book; modern-day North Korea shares many common traits of dictatorship with Animal Farm. In the story of Animal Farm, the animals of the Manor Farm lived under the care of the alcoholic…

Regina Emeli Honors English 9 Motinola Agunbiade 1 September 2015 Animal Farm Does the overthrow of a corrupt government or leader solve the issues embedded within that society? In Animal Farm, this was believed so. “Is it not crystal clear, comrades that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of man, and the produce of our labor would be our own” (Orwell 9). This belief allowed for the leaders of Animal Farm to abuse their power while the other…

An allegory to me is when a book is written when the author does not come out and just states something point blank. They say it in a roundabout way. When you are trying to interpret what Orwell was trying to say to his audience of readers, you have to ask yourself what is Animal Farm an allegory of? It is representing the Russian Revolution and Animal Farm is a tale of where the animals are based upon certain figureheads and leaders from that time period. It was published in the 1940s when the…

The plot of Animal Farm is closely linked to the Russian Revolution of 1917. It started off with good intentions of trying to get the animals better living conditions for a situation where the animals themselves are exploited by the very animals whose ‘duty’ was to protect and care for them. Before the animals had any power at all, they were all living in constant fear of Farmer Jones as he was abusive and did not care about the wellbeing of the animals in his farm. The old Major provides the…

One of the violent scenes that contribute to the meaning of the novel is Snowball getting chased out of the farm. Snowball, representing Trotsky, was chased out by the dogs (secret police) in orders if Napoleon (Stalin). Orwell uses this scene as if to show the start of the injustices caused by Stalin and his idea of the secret police as Stalin did run Trotsky out in order for him to be in charge with the Soviet Union after the death of Vladimir Lenin. Orwell seemed to choose the animals…

In Animal farm there were seven commandments these were the basic ideas and laws that all animals on the farm were to follow. These would be the foundation though because after snowball was overthrown napoleon started to make changes. In the next few paragraphs I will discuss the following topics. What commandments were changed. Why they were changed. Finally the effects of the changes to the animals. Napoleon's rise to power happens fast and gave him complete power. He started by changing the…

The excerpt for ”He got game” relates to the animals' complacent attitude as the commandments change and the way of doing things on the farm change for the worse by complacency. In “He Got Game”,” Everything approved/ People used/ Even murders excused.” In the book Animal Farm the commandments were no animal shall kill another, then when Napoleon becomes leader after running Snowball off then he finds out that the hens and a few of the other animals have been helping Snowball in his revenge,…

I think power does corrupt. Have you ever felt like someone is controlling your life. So you couldn't take charge of anything that goes on in your own life, and nothing can be done about it. Power does corrupt because when some people have a power they take advantage of it and they make sure that what they want happens and no one can change it. In the story ‘‘ Animal Farm’’ when Major dies the two pigs Napoleon and Snowball took over the farm when they kicked out Jones (the farmer). The pigs…

In Animal Farm, strong leadership is expressed through the people maintaining the farm. Animal Farm, an allegory from the Russian Revolution Era, has connections with true, historical characters. For example, Napoleon has similarities with Joseph Stalin and Boxer represents the working force of Russia. Strong leadership is an important quality to have in a society because it keeps citizens determined. In the novel, Animal Farm, George Orwell shows strong leadership in the text when the animals…

As I look up at the sky, which is blood red like the sun stabbed it so it could get away from its eternal partner,I begin to hear the horrible noises of these sky creatures. Their horrible squealing draws everything's attention because it sounds the an incantation to summon the devil from the pits of the underworld. The howling wind joins in trying to make the summoning happening quicker but instead it makes me feel like my ears are going to bleed and starts to cast a sleeping spell on anyone…