Animal Farm Differences and Similarities
George Orwell demonstrates the reader and viewer the many differences and similarities in between both his novel Animal Farm and the 1999 film of Animal Farm. The similarities such as the windmill getting destroyed, Boxer’s death, and Napoleon’s order to the puppies to chase Snowball out of the farm appear clearly in both the novel and movie. To start off, in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the windmill that the animals worked so hard to build does get destroyed. The exact same event happens in the movie. Boxer’s death and the way in which he died also reveals another similarity that both the movie and novel share. According to the novel, Boxer dies due to a trap made by Napoleon and Squealer. The two pigs lied to him saying that they had called a van to …show more content…
The narration of the story, for example, gives the reader and viewer a huge difference between the book and the movie. In the movie, Jessie, one of the dogs, narrates the entire story in her own perspective. She tells the story and how everything happened. On the other hand the novel, written in third person point of view, does not include a narrator at all. The story retains an unanimous narrator.The way Old Major dies also gives the reader and viewer a clear difference of the novel and movie.. The fact that he dies does not change, but the way that he dies does. Rather than dying three days after his speech due to old age in the novel, Old Major gets accidentally shot by Mr Jones while giving his speech in the farm. Although he does pass away in both the novel and film, the causes of his death remain very different. Jessie and Muriel also point out yet another difference among the movie and novel Animal Farm. Unlike the novel, Jessie and Muriel actually survive the
George Orwell demonstrates the reader and viewer the many differences and similarities in between both his novel Animal Farm and the 1999 film of Animal Farm. The similarities such as the windmill getting destroyed, Boxer’s death, and Napoleon’s order to the puppies to chase Snowball out of the farm appear clearly in both the novel and movie. To start off, in the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the windmill that the animals worked so hard to build does get destroyed. The exact same event happens in the movie. Boxer’s death and the way in which he died also reveals another similarity that both the movie and novel share. According to the novel, Boxer dies due to a trap made by Napoleon and Squealer. The two pigs lied to him saying that they had called a van to …show more content…
The narration of the story, for example, gives the reader and viewer a huge difference between the book and the movie. In the movie, Jessie, one of the dogs, narrates the entire story in her own perspective. She tells the story and how everything happened. On the other hand the novel, written in third person point of view, does not include a narrator at all. The story retains an unanimous narrator.The way Old Major dies also gives the reader and viewer a clear difference of the novel and movie.. The fact that he dies does not change, but the way that he dies does. Rather than dying three days after his speech due to old age in the novel, Old Major gets accidentally shot by Mr Jones while giving his speech in the farm. Although he does pass away in both the novel and film, the causes of his death remain very different. Jessie and Muriel also point out yet another difference among the movie and novel Animal Farm. Unlike the novel, Jessie and Muriel actually survive the