Imagine you live in a time when fear is constantly running through everybody’s minds, and blood runs through streets like water. From 1789 to the late 1790’s, this was a reality in France. They were in the midst of a painful revolution. Because of the hatred the citizens held towards the monarchy, the revolution was especially violent. After a long battle, the revolutionaries finally took control and killed the monarch and his family (History.com staff). The French Revolution is very similar to two specific books. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, and Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury. The book Animal Farm is similar to the revolution because the roles of the monarchy and revolutionaries in the revolution exhibit very similar behavior to Mr.
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Likewise, Fahrenheit 451 is similar to the French Revolution because censorship of books in France was a big problem up until the revolution, and in Fahrenheit 451, books are illegal and not allowed; the main character Montag starts to rethink the ideals of society, and wants to revolt and bring books …show more content…
The role of the king and the farmer were very similar because King Louis XVI was the king of France when the revolution began, and he was more or less the biggest reason that the revolution started. Mr. Jones, the farmer on Animal Farm before it was overrun by animals, is pretty similar to Louis XVI in a few ways. When France went bankrupt, Louis started to make some bad decisions: “Louis XVI reverted to his earlier teaching of being austere and uncommunicative, posing no solution to the problem, and not responding to others who offered help,” (Biography.com editors). As stated, once he realized that he was in trouble, he became very isolated, and was not transparent with his citizens. Nobody knew what to do, the country was in trouble and the king seemed as if he did not care. In Animal Farm, when the animals were being worked too hard and not getting fed enough, Mr. Jones did the same. He seemed like he was unconcerned about the welfare of the animals, and eventually that led to his downfall. Orwell talks about how in the beginning of the story, Mr. Jones treats the animals with such disrespect and he does not care about them. In the start of the novel, Mr. Jones was closing up for the night and he “had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes” (Orwell 3).
Likewise, Fahrenheit 451 is similar to the French Revolution because censorship of books in France was a big problem up until the revolution, and in Fahrenheit 451, books are illegal and not allowed; the main character Montag starts to rethink the ideals of society, and wants to revolt and bring books …show more content…
The role of the king and the farmer were very similar because King Louis XVI was the king of France when the revolution began, and he was more or less the biggest reason that the revolution started. Mr. Jones, the farmer on Animal Farm before it was overrun by animals, is pretty similar to Louis XVI in a few ways. When France went bankrupt, Louis started to make some bad decisions: “Louis XVI reverted to his earlier teaching of being austere and uncommunicative, posing no solution to the problem, and not responding to others who offered help,” (Biography.com editors). As stated, once he realized that he was in trouble, he became very isolated, and was not transparent with his citizens. Nobody knew what to do, the country was in trouble and the king seemed as if he did not care. In Animal Farm, when the animals were being worked too hard and not getting fed enough, Mr. Jones did the same. He seemed like he was unconcerned about the welfare of the animals, and eventually that led to his downfall. Orwell talks about how in the beginning of the story, Mr. Jones treats the animals with such disrespect and he does not care about them. In the start of the novel, Mr. Jones was closing up for the night and he “had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the pop-holes” (Orwell 3).