Most books usually convey a message to their audience. For example, many dystopian novels convey how not to govern, how not to behave as a society. Some of the novels are based on real events, real societies and governments that existed when the book was written, like communist regimes for instance. Two of the most famous dystopian novels are Animal Farm and 1984. Surely, these two books have a lot in common like how both books were set in England, written by George Orwell, and based on the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. Despite their similarities, both books have many differences as well. Animal Farm and 1984 differ in characters, plot, and society in the book.
Animal Farm and 1984 differ in their characters. In Animal Farm many of the characters represent real life people. Four of the main characters …show more content…
In Animal Farm, inspired by Old Major and his ideas of Animalism, the animals on Manor Farm overthrow Mr. Jones and establish Animal Farm. At first, Animal Farm is a utopia for animals, as each animal supports one another, their work is for themselves and not for humans, and all animals are equal. Later on, however, the pigs take advantage of their power and the other animals and the animals in Animal Farm suffer more than they had under Mr. Jones. The most important aspect of Animal Farm is that it is a satirical allegory of the Soviet Union from the February Revolution to the Tehran Conference. The expulsion of Mr. Jones represents the February Revolution, the Battle of the Cowshed represents the Russian Civil War, the expulsion of Snowball represents the exile of Trotsky and the rise of Stalin, the building of the windmill and the industrialization of the farm represent Stalin’s Five-year plans, the Battle of the Windmill represents the Eastern Front of World War II, and the feast with the pigs and the humans at the end of the novel represents the Tehran Conference (“Animal Farm Symbolism, Imagery,
Animal Farm and 1984 differ in their characters. In Animal Farm many of the characters represent real life people. Four of the main characters …show more content…
In Animal Farm, inspired by Old Major and his ideas of Animalism, the animals on Manor Farm overthrow Mr. Jones and establish Animal Farm. At first, Animal Farm is a utopia for animals, as each animal supports one another, their work is for themselves and not for humans, and all animals are equal. Later on, however, the pigs take advantage of their power and the other animals and the animals in Animal Farm suffer more than they had under Mr. Jones. The most important aspect of Animal Farm is that it is a satirical allegory of the Soviet Union from the February Revolution to the Tehran Conference. The expulsion of Mr. Jones represents the February Revolution, the Battle of the Cowshed represents the Russian Civil War, the expulsion of Snowball represents the exile of Trotsky and the rise of Stalin, the building of the windmill and the industrialization of the farm represent Stalin’s Five-year plans, the Battle of the Windmill represents the Eastern Front of World War II, and the feast with the pigs and the humans at the end of the novel represents the Tehran Conference (“Animal Farm Symbolism, Imagery,