Rule, Un-opposed
The rise of communism throughout the early to mid-20th century brought in an era of and admiration for the communist political ideology under Josephs Stalin’s rule. During its rise, George Orwell, an English author, created the book Animal Farm to combat the ever growing acceptance to communism in a satirical way. Each animal (character), were parts of the underlining meaning on how the communist system is broken and corrupt, despite having a concept of equality, as the pigs are Communist leaders of the 20th century. Orwell’s negative view of communism is a result of his time over sees as a revolutionary fighter in the Spanish civil war; viewing people undermined and fearful of a totalitarian rule, unable to speak against it. …show more content…
The way totalitarianism works is that it “permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government” (Encyclopædia Brit, Par 1). An enforcement of this rule is used in the way of a strict police force; the dogs in Animal are the representation of the cruel system Napoleon used on the animals. The way the police work in a totalitarian state is “their actions are unpredictable and directed by the whim of their rulers” (Encyclopædia Brit, Par 6). The rule of an unopposed totalitarian state is simply possible, and …show more content…
Animal Farm shows how a system created to unite all, devolves to a cruel totalitarian state. The communist system was a perfect example of how the sole leader Stalin led a country, through aggressive means, regardless of the peaceful collective socialist system the people of Russia fought for. The very concept of what communism was to George Orwell was a system that would end the instability between class and wealth, yet Animal Farm only exposed the de-
Hernandez 6 evolution of a system of government that was altered to become an iron fisted dictatorship ruled under one person. The fight for equality was lost for all and only benefited those on the top and its single leader, Napoleon, which is Joseph Stalin, portrayed how power on a single person radically changed the nation of its people. With that change brought a totalitarian system that sought to snuff out any and all opposition, based on the use of fear and
The rise of communism throughout the early to mid-20th century brought in an era of and admiration for the communist political ideology under Josephs Stalin’s rule. During its rise, George Orwell, an English author, created the book Animal Farm to combat the ever growing acceptance to communism in a satirical way. Each animal (character), were parts of the underlining meaning on how the communist system is broken and corrupt, despite having a concept of equality, as the pigs are Communist leaders of the 20th century. Orwell’s negative view of communism is a result of his time over sees as a revolutionary fighter in the Spanish civil war; viewing people undermined and fearful of a totalitarian rule, unable to speak against it. …show more content…
The way totalitarianism works is that it “permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individual’s life to the authority of the government” (Encyclopædia Brit, Par 1). An enforcement of this rule is used in the way of a strict police force; the dogs in Animal are the representation of the cruel system Napoleon used on the animals. The way the police work in a totalitarian state is “their actions are unpredictable and directed by the whim of their rulers” (Encyclopædia Brit, Par 6). The rule of an unopposed totalitarian state is simply possible, and …show more content…
Animal Farm shows how a system created to unite all, devolves to a cruel totalitarian state. The communist system was a perfect example of how the sole leader Stalin led a country, through aggressive means, regardless of the peaceful collective socialist system the people of Russia fought for. The very concept of what communism was to George Orwell was a system that would end the instability between class and wealth, yet Animal Farm only exposed the de-
Hernandez 6 evolution of a system of government that was altered to become an iron fisted dictatorship ruled under one person. The fight for equality was lost for all and only benefited those on the top and its single leader, Napoleon, which is Joseph Stalin, portrayed how power on a single person radically changed the nation of its people. With that change brought a totalitarian system that sought to snuff out any and all opposition, based on the use of fear and