Animal Farm Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, and the film Animal Farm illustrates a couple similarities, but they contain more differences throughout the novel and the film. The novel and the film include many similarities such as the meeting that Old Major creates, the process of writing the Seven Commandments on the farm, and also the development of the flag. Before Major’s death, he organizes a meeting about his dream. The meeting mainly focuses on the Rebellion and all of Major’s beliefs. Major’s meeting both occurred in the novel and the film. Additionally, the process of the Seven Commandments, located on the farm, acted upon the pigs. The commandments originally came from Major’s meeting before his death. Furthermore, the creation of the …show more content…
On the other hand, many differences appear throughout the novel and the film. For instance, in the film, Jessie knocks Jones off his feet, Old Major dies differently, Jessie narrates the film, all the animals espy how the pigs end up like, Jessie demands for the return of her puppies, and Jessie realizes different intentions. In the beginning of the film, Jessie bombards Jones to the floor because he hurt Boxer. That event never occurred throughout the novel; in fact, in the novel, Boxer and Jones never really encountered in the beginning of the novel. In addition, Major possesses a tragic death in the film; Major gets shot by Jones without his acknowledgment during the meeting. On the other hand, in the novel, he died peacefully in his sleep three nights after the meeting. Additionally, it seemed that Jessie, the dog, narrated the film. Throughout the film, she talked about her thoughts and Napoleon’s schemes. The novel does not consist of a narrator, it just established what came about the farm. After the animals took over the farm, the animals went to go see how the humans lived. The animals went into the farmhouse and saw all the dead pigs hanged up and Old Major’s head in a

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