George Orwell is one of the most perused writers from the 20th century who led a captivating life and had complex political views. George Orwell’s life was reflected in his books Down and Out in London and Paris and An Homage to Catalonia. 1984 and Animal Farm are also both works of literary art that Orwell wrote which reflect his political views. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Soviet Union and its ironies, and 1984 is a dystopian novel that shows a not so distant future from our own. George Orwell’s fascinating political views are engrossing and fun to explore as they are reflected in his works. George Orwell was born on June 25th, 1903, in Motihari, India. He was the son of a British Civil servant and lived in India until he went to
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Animal Farm is an allegory for the Communist Revolution in Russia all the way up to Stalin Era U.S.S.R. Animal Farm is a popular novel to use in History and English classes because it is a superb allegory and satirical novel that is easily accessible to all. It is also a great novel to display the ironies of the Communist system. One of the ironies that the book shows is how the Animal revolution turned into the thing it despised because of the pigs’ inner corruption. This is exemplified by the quote, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” This quote is meant to show that the Communists tried to create a new system, but ultimately ended up the same as their previous oppressors. The onlooking animals had no choice but to sit and see the cycle repeat again. This book also reflects George Orwell’s political opinions which are indicative of his global upbringing as a lower middle class child and a tramp in London and …show more content…
These political stances appear in his novels, 1984 and Animal Farm. His anti-fascism and anti-totalitarianism appear in 1984 by showing what a truly fascist and totalitarian dictatorship looks like and why we need to avoid this type of government, but really we most see George Orwell’s political views come out in Animal Farm. In fact, it is theorized that the old cynical goat named Benjamin is an allegory for George Orwell’s own political views of the Communist Revolution. George Orwell’s anti-communist ideas are shown in the way he writes the novel to highlight that the Communist Revolution was just as oppressive as other Capitalist nations it claimed to be superior
Animal Farm is an allegory for the Communist Revolution in Russia all the way up to Stalin Era U.S.S.R. Animal Farm is a popular novel to use in History and English classes because it is a superb allegory and satirical novel that is easily accessible to all. It is also a great novel to display the ironies of the Communist system. One of the ironies that the book shows is how the Animal revolution turned into the thing it despised because of the pigs’ inner corruption. This is exemplified by the quote, “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” This quote is meant to show that the Communists tried to create a new system, but ultimately ended up the same as their previous oppressors. The onlooking animals had no choice but to sit and see the cycle repeat again. This book also reflects George Orwell’s political opinions which are indicative of his global upbringing as a lower middle class child and a tramp in London and …show more content…
These political stances appear in his novels, 1984 and Animal Farm. His anti-fascism and anti-totalitarianism appear in 1984 by showing what a truly fascist and totalitarian dictatorship looks like and why we need to avoid this type of government, but really we most see George Orwell’s political views come out in Animal Farm. In fact, it is theorized that the old cynical goat named Benjamin is an allegory for George Orwell’s own political views of the Communist Revolution. George Orwell’s anti-communist ideas are shown in the way he writes the novel to highlight that the Communist Revolution was just as oppressive as other Capitalist nations it claimed to be superior