History and Fiction “Animal Farm”, a novel by George Orwell is considered to be one of the most popular books nowadays, but in the time when it was written and published a big part of the population could not understand the main idea. They thought that the actions described in it were meant to take directly, so it was often read to children and was considered as an ordinary fable. This was a very big mistake of the society, because this novel is not just an ordinary fable. It has a very deep meaning and needs to be taken very seriously. What Orwell really wanted to describe in his book were the events that took place in early 90’s, in Russia and to be more specific this novel is about communism. Orwell criticizes this ideology and the reader
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Jones must be representative of Tsar Nicholas II who was in head of Russia before the rebellion. We read that Old Major encourages the whole farm to take place In the rebellion and as we know by history Lenin was a good orator, so this is one of the similarities between them. Also Lenin’s purpose was to overthrow Tsar Nicholas and to make a socialistic country, while Old Major’s goal was to overthrow Mr. Jones and give the farm to the animals, so here is another similarity. Mr. Jones worked the animal without concern of welfare and took “wealth” from them and didn’t give it back. Tsar Nicholas did the same in Russia and that is why Mr. Jones must be considered as Tsar Nicholas. Jones even inherited the farm from his father, like Nicholas inherited rulership. There also similarities between Napoleon and Joseph Stalin, Snowball and Leon Trotsky and their relationship. Napoleon emerged as a strong, quiet leader among pigs and all other animals while Snowball worked on education policies. So did …show more content…
Now it’s clear that this novel is not just an ordinary fable, but a very deep meaning novel which has hidden information in it. There must not be any doubts about its plot and that the book is connected to the history of Soviet
Jones must be representative of Tsar Nicholas II who was in head of Russia before the rebellion. We read that Old Major encourages the whole farm to take place In the rebellion and as we know by history Lenin was a good orator, so this is one of the similarities between them. Also Lenin’s purpose was to overthrow Tsar Nicholas and to make a socialistic country, while Old Major’s goal was to overthrow Mr. Jones and give the farm to the animals, so here is another similarity. Mr. Jones worked the animal without concern of welfare and took “wealth” from them and didn’t give it back. Tsar Nicholas did the same in Russia and that is why Mr. Jones must be considered as Tsar Nicholas. Jones even inherited the farm from his father, like Nicholas inherited rulership. There also similarities between Napoleon and Joseph Stalin, Snowball and Leon Trotsky and their relationship. Napoleon emerged as a strong, quiet leader among pigs and all other animals while Snowball worked on education policies. So did …show more content…
Now it’s clear that this novel is not just an ordinary fable, but a very deep meaning novel which has hidden information in it. There must not be any doubts about its plot and that the book is connected to the history of Soviet