As a way of promoting socialism and depress communism, Animal Farm, an allegorical novel, was written by George Orwell. Set during the Russian Revolution, Orwell uniquely portrays each person and social class as a different breed of animal. Napoleon resembles Stalin and takes over Animal farm, resembling Russia. He also displays historically accurate events in a clever way that astutely fit the theme of a farm. With the short introduction of Old Major, the animals get an idea of a life without a leader controlling them which excites them all into starting a revolution even after Old Major’s death. He talks of a life with no harsh leader taking all their food or forgetting to feed them. They would be free to live full lives to their full extent. However, shortly after giving his speech, he dies leaving the animals to run themselves.
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Jones, out of the farm and running the farm their own. At first it was working well, but one pig in particular, Napoleon, wanted to be a little more. Snowball, his friend, started working on a plan for a windmill, limiting the world they had to do, producing more food, and more importantly, giving them the luxury of electricity. With himself in mind, he lead everyone against Snowball, assuming he was a traitor and trying to bring Mr. Jones back. Then, he took the idea and claimed as his own, making him look better and brighter than the rest. This marked the beginning of his recycle towards complete power. Throughout the rest of the novel, Napoleon began climbing up in power, giving the pigs and him specifically, more power. They got more food because they used more brain power keeping the farm together and often changed rules that made the lives of the pigs more enjoyable, such as “‘No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”’(Orwell 69). Slowly, the pigs began taking more and acting more like humans until they couldn’t tell the difference between pig and
Jones, out of the farm and running the farm their own. At first it was working well, but one pig in particular, Napoleon, wanted to be a little more. Snowball, his friend, started working on a plan for a windmill, limiting the world they had to do, producing more food, and more importantly, giving them the luxury of electricity. With himself in mind, he lead everyone against Snowball, assuming he was a traitor and trying to bring Mr. Jones back. Then, he took the idea and claimed as his own, making him look better and brighter than the rest. This marked the beginning of his recycle towards complete power. Throughout the rest of the novel, Napoleon began climbing up in power, giving the pigs and him specifically, more power. They got more food because they used more brain power keeping the farm together and often changed rules that made the lives of the pigs more enjoyable, such as “‘No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”’(Orwell 69). Slowly, the pigs began taking more and acting more like humans until they couldn’t tell the difference between pig and