Animalism In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Old Major, an old pig who can feel his time coming, conveys a dream of his about the animals living is peace and harmony, a philosophy which is later called animalism by his three successors, to the animals of Manor farm. He dies three days later. A little while after, the animals defeat the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle and kick him off the farm. The three pigs rename the property Animal Farm and try to bring Animalism to reality with the help of Boxer the horse. At first, Animal Farm prospers. Some time later, Mr. Jones reappears to take back his farm, and the animals defeat him again in the Battle of the Cowshed. As the wheel of time turns, Napoleon and Snowball, two of the three leaders, argue more and more about the future of the Animal farm, and they begin to struggle for power and influence among the other animals. Snowball comes up with the idea to build …show more content…
We can infer the year from the amount of technology which the Animals have, like electricity generating windmills. It is largely known that the place, Animal farm, is a metaphor of Russia during the Russian Revolution. Some of the main characters in this story are Napoleon, Snowball, Boxer, and Squealer. Napoleon is the metaphoric representation of Joseph Stalin, and uses force to consolidate power. He starts out as a motivational leader but over the storyline becomes the person he used to despise. Snowball is based on Leon Trotsky, and instead of fear and force uses persuasion and appeal to lead Animal farm. He is only there for the first part of the book, after which he is kicked out and never seen again. Boxer is Napoleon’s loyal worker, and agrees with everything Napoleon says, up until Napoleon sells him to a glue company to be slaughtered. Squealer is Napoleon’s propagandist, and justifies all that Napoleon does to the animals as well as keeping the animals entertained with stories of Napoleon’s