Imagine a story where the children actually side with the animals, but not understand it is an allegory about political and social intentions. George Orwell's purpose in writing the novel Animal Farm is to put communism and the Russian Revolutionary War into a better perspective. The themes that are developed in this novel are, gullibility, lies, and deceit. The animals that are supposed to represent people in this time era along with the events taking place in the novel, are various elements that reveal the purpose and theme about this story.
Orwell's purpose in writing this novel is to put communism and the Russian Soviets and their two dictators into an allegorical perspective. For example, Napoleon made the animals “laboriously …show more content…
In Animal Farm, Orwell does not simply come out that each animal is someone in the Russian Revolutionary and the two dictators, Joseph and Stalin, you have to infer these things due to the time he wrote this book was in 1944 and the actions taking place in Animal Farm.Two of the most important themes are lies and deceit. The animals had the seven commandments “written on the tarred wall with great white letters(15).” which could be seen from yards away. When the pigs changed up the wordings and tried to make excuses about the commandments, the animals believed them. The pigs knew they could have the animals do what they want and believe what they say if they twisted the truth. Propaganza was a big thing to make people believe Joseph Stalin. Napoleon used Squealer as propaganza to earn the animals as …show more content…
I have also learned that things are not always as they seem, and this is portrayed through Napoleon’s ‘comrade’ status that is delusive. I feel as though Animal Farm still relates to our modern day society due to the fact that we are still surrounded by scandals and abuse of power by the government. George Orwell says the moral of his story is “to be that revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert and know how to chuck out their leaders as soon as the latter have done their job.” What he is trying to say is, you can not have a revolution until you do it yourself and to get rid of the leader as soon as they get the job done because the power can go to their head, just like Napoleon and Joseph Stalin did to the
Orwell's purpose in writing this novel is to put communism and the Russian Soviets and their two dictators into an allegorical perspective. For example, Napoleon made the animals “laboriously …show more content…
In Animal Farm, Orwell does not simply come out that each animal is someone in the Russian Revolutionary and the two dictators, Joseph and Stalin, you have to infer these things due to the time he wrote this book was in 1944 and the actions taking place in Animal Farm.Two of the most important themes are lies and deceit. The animals had the seven commandments “written on the tarred wall with great white letters(15).” which could be seen from yards away. When the pigs changed up the wordings and tried to make excuses about the commandments, the animals believed them. The pigs knew they could have the animals do what they want and believe what they say if they twisted the truth. Propaganza was a big thing to make people believe Joseph Stalin. Napoleon used Squealer as propaganza to earn the animals as …show more content…
I have also learned that things are not always as they seem, and this is portrayed through Napoleon’s ‘comrade’ status that is delusive. I feel as though Animal Farm still relates to our modern day society due to the fact that we are still surrounded by scandals and abuse of power by the government. George Orwell says the moral of his story is “to be that revolutions only effect a radical improvement when the masses are alert and know how to chuck out their leaders as soon as the latter have done their job.” What he is trying to say is, you can not have a revolution until you do it yourself and to get rid of the leader as soon as they get the job done because the power can go to their head, just like Napoleon and Joseph Stalin did to the