Utilitarianism Animal Farm

The story of Animal Farm is not just one of simple animals on a farm living peaceful lives in the way humans portray them to live. Rather, the tale mirrors the Russian Revolution and shows us the violence portrayed during this time. George Orwell, in Animal Farm, gives us insights on the revolution and the cruel dictatorship of Stalin. As the farm animals are being tortured, threatened, and slaughtered by their own kind, Orwell illustrates his perspective on the failing process of the animals attempt to become a utopian society, as well as obtaining ‘freedom’ in their Rebellions.
Three of the best known methods used during Napoleon's dictatorship in animal farm represent the violence portrayed in the Revolution. Tin the beginning of Orwell’s novel, there was a distinct line between Mr. JOnes who is the human, and the animals. However, towards the end of the novel, the views between the animals and humans were looked at …show more content…
They were convinced that Mr. Jones was the cause of all their problems and unhappiness by old major, who was their old leader. E said they were able to live on their own and take care of themselves. THis leads to a rebellion known as the Battle of Cowshed. The battle was between the humans and animals and was the main face of violence in the novel. It showed how cruel the animals were, especially since they killed someone and injured many more. This also shows how the humans also showed no mercy because they knew the animals were going to die anyways so it was okay to kill insignificant animals. At the end of the battle, the animals won and most of them were injured. However, they didn’t care of worry that they killed someone. At the end of the novel, violence was also shown in their last battle with the humans. With their battle, destruction was everywhere and everyone was corrupt, which signifies the violence portrayed by both the humans and