“Animal Farm” is a movie/book (George Orwell) depicts and reflects on the events which ultimately lead to the Russian Revolution in 1917. Orwell claimed that ‘Animal Farm’ was written to state the the revolution always ended badly for the underdog, “hence to hell with it and hail the status quo”.
Being allegorical in nature to the Russian Revolution, and the subsequent oppressive communist state, there are similarities and symbols of which are obvious. The first being the similarity between ‘Animalism’ and ‘Communism’. ‘Animalism’ was a system used by the animals and seven commandments were developed:
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. …show more content…
Napolean’s antagonistic attitude towards all of Snowball’s ideas reflected the Death of Lenin in 1924, and also, after Snowball proposed to build a windmill, Napolean didn’t like the idea and had Snowball chased off the farm by a pack of dogs. This was satirical for the deportation of Trotsky and also the start of Industrialisation. When the hens were starved to death after refusing to sell their eggs, in 1932, millions of people who refused to work for Stalin were starved. In 1933, the USA recognized the USSR, and Orwell made this term show in the book by other farm recognizing Animal Farm. The death of several animals on the farm was relevant to the 1936 trials of Stalin’s opponents, and the Non-Aggression pact in 1939 between Germany and Russia was shown by the ordeal between Animal Farm and Frederick. Finally, in 1945, the treaty to divide Germany was allegorical in nature to the Treaty with
Being allegorical in nature to the Russian Revolution, and the subsequent oppressive communist state, there are similarities and symbols of which are obvious. The first being the similarity between ‘Animalism’ and ‘Communism’. ‘Animalism’ was a system used by the animals and seven commandments were developed:
1. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. 2. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. …show more content…
Napolean’s antagonistic attitude towards all of Snowball’s ideas reflected the Death of Lenin in 1924, and also, after Snowball proposed to build a windmill, Napolean didn’t like the idea and had Snowball chased off the farm by a pack of dogs. This was satirical for the deportation of Trotsky and also the start of Industrialisation. When the hens were starved to death after refusing to sell their eggs, in 1932, millions of people who refused to work for Stalin were starved. In 1933, the USA recognized the USSR, and Orwell made this term show in the book by other farm recognizing Animal Farm. The death of several animals on the farm was relevant to the 1936 trials of Stalin’s opponents, and the Non-Aggression pact in 1939 between Germany and Russia was shown by the ordeal between Animal Farm and Frederick. Finally, in 1945, the treaty to divide Germany was allegorical in nature to the Treaty with