“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.” A utopia is an imagined place where everything is perfect. A dystopia is an imagined place where everything is bad or unpleasant which explains Animal Farm.The events of Animal farm represented the events of the Russian Revolution. In the book Animal Farm the animals overthrew their human rulers to create their own society. Their new society would be ran by a type of government called Animalism that represented Communism. The animal’s system was based on equality, but the animals quickly became extremely unequal. George Orwell’s novel is a dystopian fable or allegory that demonstrates
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For example, commandments three, four, and five stated, “No animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, and no animal shall drink alcohol” (pg. 43). This exhibits that by not participating in human actions the animals would remain animals and lose sight of human ways. Unfortunately over time the animals began to copy the humans. The animals began to drink alcohol, wear clothes, and sleep in beds which was against the commandments of Animalism. An example of this is in chapter eight when Squealer explained, “Comrade Napoleon was dying” (pg 111). This uncovers how the pigs were breaking the laws of Animal Farm but trying to hide their faults. Quickly after the animals began committing these crimes the commandments were changed. This shows that the rulers of animal farm betrayed their farm by breaking the laws and trying to cover it up. Orwell’s novel is a dystopian fable or allegory that relates Animalism to Communism. Animal Farm was a dystopia and similar political systems will not work because the animals worked in inequality, they were betrayed by their own rulers, and they turned into their own enemies. This shows the unfair treatment of humans and animals under Communist rule and why it is an unfair and unacceptable political
For example, commandments three, four, and five stated, “No animal shall wear clothes, no animal shall sleep in a bed, and no animal shall drink alcohol” (pg. 43). This exhibits that by not participating in human actions the animals would remain animals and lose sight of human ways. Unfortunately over time the animals began to copy the humans. The animals began to drink alcohol, wear clothes, and sleep in beds which was against the commandments of Animalism. An example of this is in chapter eight when Squealer explained, “Comrade Napoleon was dying” (pg 111). This uncovers how the pigs were breaking the laws of Animal Farm but trying to hide their faults. Quickly after the animals began committing these crimes the commandments were changed. This shows that the rulers of animal farm betrayed their farm by breaking the laws and trying to cover it up. Orwell’s novel is a dystopian fable or allegory that relates Animalism to Communism. Animal Farm was a dystopia and similar political systems will not work because the animals worked in inequality, they were betrayed by their own rulers, and they turned into their own enemies. This shows the unfair treatment of humans and animals under Communist rule and why it is an unfair and unacceptable political