Animal Farm by George Orwell and Anthem by Ayn Rand both take on the subject of communism. However, Animal Farm does so much more realistically in terms of how everything happens. The government seems much more realistic in Animal Farm than it does in Anthem. Animal farm portrays human nature much better than in anthem. Also, what happened in Animal Farm has taken place in real life too, while the story of Anthem has not.
The government is more realistic in Animal Farm than in the story Anthem. In Animal Farm, the pigs slowly take over the once democratic government, and what was once “All animals are equal” becomes “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” On the other hand, Anthem takes a completely different approach. Equality 7-2521 learns that he is a worthwhile being, and that he should be proud that he is better than his brothers. Being “more equal” than his brothers is shown as a sign of individualism, not totalitarianism like in Animal Farm. However, this is unrealistic, since there are probably more people with the same level of intelligence as Equality 7-2521, and the weak “government” that was raised would most likely have been overthrown long ago. Equality 7-2521 states that “…they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute forces of their numbers. I have my mind.” This shows that having the government last this long when there are people like him is unrealistic. …show more content…
In Animal Farm the change is slow and barely noticeable as the pigs gradually change the rules. In Anthem, it is hard to believe that any society would go so far as to abolish individualism altogether. Someone will always try to grab power, because doing so is simply human nature. Some may argue that (distant future). However, Ayn Rand failed to show how this way of thinking was actually put into place, and to assume that this could happen so easily, to so may people, seems like a
The government is more realistic in Animal Farm than in the story Anthem. In Animal Farm, the pigs slowly take over the once democratic government, and what was once “All animals are equal” becomes “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” On the other hand, Anthem takes a completely different approach. Equality 7-2521 learns that he is a worthwhile being, and that he should be proud that he is better than his brothers. Being “more equal” than his brothers is shown as a sign of individualism, not totalitarianism like in Animal Farm. However, this is unrealistic, since there are probably more people with the same level of intelligence as Equality 7-2521, and the weak “government” that was raised would most likely have been overthrown long ago. Equality 7-2521 states that “…they have nothing to fight me with, save the brute forces of their numbers. I have my mind.” This shows that having the government last this long when there are people like him is unrealistic. …show more content…
In Animal Farm the change is slow and barely noticeable as the pigs gradually change the rules. In Anthem, it is hard to believe that any society would go so far as to abolish individualism altogether. Someone will always try to grab power, because doing so is simply human nature. Some may argue that (distant future). However, Ayn Rand failed to show how this way of thinking was actually put into place, and to assume that this could happen so easily, to so may people, seems like a