After doing careful research, Nicolas Panotto, a theorist author, realized, ¨The problem of power affects the most sensitive parts of any social institution” (Panotto 45). As said, power greatly impacts how successful a society is able to be; however, a strong combination of politics, laws, customs, and traditions, would make a society perfect, or a utopia. In the contrast, a dystopia would lack these characteristics, and even though it presents the illusion of a utopia, the society is under oppressive societal control in a futuristic, imagined universe. “Animal Farm,”an allegory written by George Orwell, is under mostly totalitarian control, and lacks the ability to be a utopia. Although “Animal Farm” appears to be a utopia to the outside
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Despite the fact that the animals are all supposed to have an equal say for the decisions on the farm, only the pigs in power are actually allowed to have a voice. Napoleon decides, “In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself” (Orwell 54). In the beginning of the novel, the animals were all able to make decisions, so that all of the animals were satisfied with the decisions on the farm. After Napoleon rises to power, the animals lose that freedom and are not allowed to speak up. Napoleon is therefore taking away the animals’ basic freedom of speech. Napoleon also provokes fear into the animals’ eyes with fierce canines, which prevents any animals from speaking up. The narrator notes, “The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs” (Orwell 63). When Snowball was in power, the animals were not afraid to voice their opinions. Since Napoleon is constantly guarded by dogs that keep the animals in line, they are no longer able to have a voice. Other than the leaders in power, all of the animals are not able to speak their own thoughts. In a perfect society, like a utopia, all members of the society are able to speak up, which contradicts the thought that “Animal Farm” could be a utopia.
With dystopian characteristics such as propaganda and freedom restrictions, “Animal Farm” cannot be considered a utopia, even though it is made to appear as one. Orwell disguises his tone towards the Russian Revolution within each individual character in the book, and other key details in the plot, making the fictional story an allegory..“Animals Farm” lacks the ability to be a successful society, for it contains characteristics that prevents
Despite the fact that the animals are all supposed to have an equal say for the decisions on the farm, only the pigs in power are actually allowed to have a voice. Napoleon decides, “In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself” (Orwell 54). In the beginning of the novel, the animals were all able to make decisions, so that all of the animals were satisfied with the decisions on the farm. After Napoleon rises to power, the animals lose that freedom and are not allowed to speak up. Napoleon is therefore taking away the animals’ basic freedom of speech. Napoleon also provokes fear into the animals’ eyes with fierce canines, which prevents any animals from speaking up. The narrator notes, “The four young pigs who had protested when Napoleon abolished the Meetings raised their voices timidly, but they were promptly silenced by a tremendous growling from the dogs” (Orwell 63). When Snowball was in power, the animals were not afraid to voice their opinions. Since Napoleon is constantly guarded by dogs that keep the animals in line, they are no longer able to have a voice. Other than the leaders in power, all of the animals are not able to speak their own thoughts. In a perfect society, like a utopia, all members of the society are able to speak up, which contradicts the thought that “Animal Farm” could be a utopia.
With dystopian characteristics such as propaganda and freedom restrictions, “Animal Farm” cannot be considered a utopia, even though it is made to appear as one. Orwell disguises his tone towards the Russian Revolution within each individual character in the book, and other key details in the plot, making the fictional story an allegory..“Animals Farm” lacks the ability to be a successful society, for it contains characteristics that prevents