Animal Farm: The Political Satire of the Russian Revolution A satire is a way from using humor to show that someone or something is foolish, weak, bad, etc. It’s humor that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society etc. The novel “Animal Farm” is a political satire, which is a significant part of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. I intend to demonstrate that George Orwell used his characters in Animal Farm to help represent the people in the Russian Revolution and the aftermath and to also poke fun at them. In Animal Farm, Napoleon, Old Major, and Snowball are important figures in the novel. Orwell uses animals to poke fun and to represent these important figures in the Russian Revolution.
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Trotsky and Snowball were very good speakers. Snowball and Trotsky were more intelligent and educated then Napoleon and Stalin. They both lead the revolution to freedom. The two are very similar and similar counterparts. Trotsky was a pure communist and Snowball was a pure Animalist. Napoleon and Stalin didn’t like how Trotsky and Snowball were gaining popularity, and felt threatened by them, which the two of them ended up being chased away into exile. They actually wanted to improve Animal and The Soviet Union, so it can be better like it was before. Napoleon and Stalin try to make them look the bad guys. Now, comrades," cried Snowball, throwing down the paint-brush, "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour …show more content…
Old Major and Marx both believed and experienced seeing the others around them being mistreated. The two were very intelligent, old and had a vision of the future. They both died before the revolution and didn’t get to see the change in their environment. Old major taught and introduced Animalism while Marx invented Communism. They both wanted a system of communal wealth and sharing labour, the two of them believed it was more a stable system. The two of them help drive the animals and the people to the rebellion against their leaders. It helped them seek change. “Man is the only real enemy we have” (Orwell 6). This proves that Old Major hated there leader and wanted to seek change for not just himself but for the other animals around him. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” (Karl Marx). Marx is explaining that he as philosophers sees and interprets the world in different ways and at one point when its gets bad you have to change it. In the end they help lead the revolutions to take place but didn’t end up seeing it with their own eyes. The environment changed but towards the end it ended up worse than
Trotsky and Snowball were very good speakers. Snowball and Trotsky were more intelligent and educated then Napoleon and Stalin. They both lead the revolution to freedom. The two are very similar and similar counterparts. Trotsky was a pure communist and Snowball was a pure Animalist. Napoleon and Stalin didn’t like how Trotsky and Snowball were gaining popularity, and felt threatened by them, which the two of them ended up being chased away into exile. They actually wanted to improve Animal and The Soviet Union, so it can be better like it was before. Napoleon and Stalin try to make them look the bad guys. Now, comrades," cried Snowball, throwing down the paint-brush, "to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour …show more content…
Old Major and Marx both believed and experienced seeing the others around them being mistreated. The two were very intelligent, old and had a vision of the future. They both died before the revolution and didn’t get to see the change in their environment. Old major taught and introduced Animalism while Marx invented Communism. They both wanted a system of communal wealth and sharing labour, the two of them believed it was more a stable system. The two of them help drive the animals and the people to the rebellion against their leaders. It helped them seek change. “Man is the only real enemy we have” (Orwell 6). This proves that Old Major hated there leader and wanted to seek change for not just himself but for the other animals around him. “The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it” (Karl Marx). Marx is explaining that he as philosophers sees and interprets the world in different ways and at one point when its gets bad you have to change it. In the end they help lead the revolutions to take place but didn’t end up seeing it with their own eyes. The environment changed but towards the end it ended up worse than