Similarities Of Government In Animal Farm And The United States

“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” – George Orwell (www.brainyquote.com) In German history, while Adolf Hitler was in charge, there were many events that took place that were not released to the public. The secret mass murders and humans starving to death all because of their race. This news was not to the public for a very long time. In the novel, Animal Farm, many comparable situations took place in their form of government. In contrast to Animal Farm’s government, luckily the United States has a democracy. Even though Animal Farm has a dictatorship, there are many similarities between the two governments. Animal Farm and the United States government’s both are …show more content…
However, Animal Farm is a dictatorship which is ran by, “Comrade Napoleon, a distinguished dictator,” (Page 79). The United States government is a democracy, which is ran by the President. In Animal Farm’s government, one person has complete and utter control over the entire farm. In the United States, our democracy is ran by the President of the United States and the people of America have input on how their government is ran. This leads to the second comparison of the two governments, rules. Each type of government usually has their own set of rules or commandments that everyone is supposed to follow. In Animal Farm the pigs set up seven commandments to help keep the power on the farm evenly distributed. The animals followed the rules without any problem. As time went on and they became accustomed to the changes, the pigs started to