Use Of Allegory In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal Farm is an allegory since it has two levels in the story. The animals represent the people of Russia and Mr. Jones is the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. The story tells of the overthrowing of the Russian government and the beginning of communism. Mr. Jones, as did Nicholas II, didn’t hear the cries of hunger and the needs of the people. Major, the pig, is Karl Marx, the father of communism. He is convincing telling the animals what they want to hear. The people thought they could do better with someone who heard their cries and felt they could do things better themselves. The animals do away with Farmer Jones and set themselves up with Napoleon, the pig. Joseph Stalin, like Napoleon, starts their rule. The stories are similar because everyone starts out doing better and thriving again. It doesn’t take long before greed and corruption sets in …show more content…
Orwell wanted to persuade to people to see what he feels strongly about which is tyranny. By using a satire, he is letting people see simply what happens when you let someone take over your rights and the injustice that can happen to the people. It is harder to do what he did because of all the symbolism he uses. You have to select the characters that represent the people carefully because you want people to identify them. He wants you to see how things that happen to this farm can happen. People are more apt to read this story compared to a lengthy detailed account of the rise of communism. He uses symbols like the windmills as promises that keep falling apart while people, as animals, suffer. I believe his use of allegory rhetorically is successful. He has opened eyes to what can happen on a simple farm when you let one person or a group take over. What he tells you about can happen in any country. Using animals makes the book interesting to read and gives you thought on what person or country he is talking