Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

The true meaning of being a leader is to serve others before themselves. An efficient leader must never be self-centered and must always be concerned with their follower’s best interests before their own. In the Animal Farm, the animals were led to believe that the humans were the reason beside all of their misery from being on the Manor Farm. Napoleon, the main tyrant, started using his newly gained power to only benefit himself and stray away from Old Major’s original ideas. As a leader,…

In a moment the dogs came bounding back…. Though not yet full-grown, they were huge dogs, and as fierce-looking as wolves. They kept close to Napoleon…. Four young porkers…uttered shrill squeals of disapproval…. But…the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.” The introduction of the dogs was the first instance when Napoleon decided to use fear in order to keep the animals silent, and it worked. So Napoleon continued to incite fear…

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,”(118). In this case, George Orwell is using the phrase “more equal” to show how leaders twist words to manipulate the population. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a farm that overthrows their dictator leader, Mr. Jones, but reverts back into a dictatorship over the course of the book. Satire is a way to use humor, irony, or over exaggeration to expose or criticize people’s ideas, especially in politics. Animal Farm…

During 1917, Russia undergoes an explosive uprising known as the Russian Revolution in which the Bolsheviks overthrow czarist rule and become the Communist Party. Later, in 1945, a novel is written by George Orwell chronicling a group of animals as they overthrow their farm in order to construct a government for themselves. When reading Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, it is evident the Russian Revolution is acting as a foundation for the novel. Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution…

equality at its roots. Unfortunately, the dictatorship community comes back and the animals are forced to work while the rulers, the pigs, sit back and watch. The simple-minded animals live in fear, but do not take matters into their own hands, and simply let the pigs run their lives. Over time, There have been individuals who take action as well as those who sit back and live in fear. The only way the authoritarian system is overthrown is through proving what is right and what…

thought the Fifth Commandment was ‘NO animal shall drink alcohol’, but… Actually the Commandment read ‘No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.’” (Orwell 109) The other animals thought that there was something weird about the commandments but they let it go and the pigs didn’t notify them the change. These texts show that the pigs are in greater power and in an unequal relationship with the lower-ranked animals. Another example is when Squealer convinces the others to accept what Napoleon…

the animals had shaped the experience and the actions they had on Animal Farm. I think Animalism failed because the animals let the pigs be in charge, none of the animals spoke up when they felt like something was wrong, the animals listened and believed Squealer. The first reason why Animalism failed was because the animals let the pigs be in charge. The reason why they let the pigs be in charge was because they were the “genesis” out of all of them.…

the Russian Revolution, he was not able to link every character to a certain person. To make the story more understandable and appealing to a wider variety of age groups he had to add excess characters to his writing. Most of the extra characters don’t have a specific meaning or message behind their existence, they just help add to the plot. For example, Clover the horse, the sheep, and some of the other humans involved. By digging further into the Russian Revolution it could be possible to make…

George Orwell’s compelling novel Animal Farm takes place in a “utopian” society where animals have taken control over their own lives. The novel represents the rhetoric of the Russian Revolution and an indirect criticism towards communist governments. Mr. Jones is an abusive human who the animals despise and incites them to have rebellious ideas. Napoleon, a peculiar pig who is immediately prominent from the rest, takes the power. His goal is to make an equalitarian community where all the…

Power and control drives people to do irrational things. Once someone gets a taste of power, they realize the control that they have and they start to abuse power. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, this is shown when Napoleon realizes how easily he can control the farm and how quickly he starts to mistreat the other animals. While Napoleon is wrong for taking control like that, the other animals make it easier on him. They believe that Napoleon is doing the best thing for all of them,…