Scapegoat In Animal Farm

Animal Farm Animal Farm was written succeeding World War II during August in England in 1945. George Orwell wrote the book during the war to bring to light the solemnity of the problems caused by a Stalinism and totalitarian government. This also ties into the Russian Revolution of 1917 which portrays the revolution resulting in a type of government like a totalitarianism one. Many of his characters portray the Russian Revolution. The Manor Farm is a small representation of Russia while Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon, which are the important characters in this novel, stage the dominant figures of the revolution. “All these changes the pigs made according to their whim, to suit their fancy, and to gain more power and control over the …show more content…
In the novel, Orwell stresses how people were not distinguished during this time period, expressing the term socialism. “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character” (Orwell, 30). For example, Snowball, being one of the main characters is a representation of the scapegoat of the novel. Every animal is naive, but in reality, none of them escape the true reality of cruel life. The absolute power went to all of the pigs, they were the educated ones, no other animal …show more content…
The whole novel is intended to be a satire to the Russian Revolution of 1917.Governments to this day are still corrupt, like North Korea and China. “Power can often lead to corruption and oppression” (Orwell). Some countries are worse than others. "There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment" (Milmo). Orwell’s message to the people was trying to talk about the society in the future as well as during World War II. He talks about the corruption of revolution by its leaders but also how ignorance and greed destroys any chance of Utopia. Corrupt leadership is the main flaw in a revolution, not the act itself. The revolutions only effect is when their is a radical improvement when a wide mass is alert, then they act upon it, but in Animal Farm, none of the other animals were smart enough to put a foot down and act upon what they were feeling and the emotions they were holding inside. It shows how potential ignorance and greed can cause problems within a revolution if the needs of the people who have “more power” than the rest and the government itself is not