Leon Kass

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Animal farm is taken over by overworked and tiresome animals. Thus attempting the idea of a perfect utopian world with 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…

George Orwell, in his immensely popular allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945), satirizes the political situation in pre-war Europe; especially the communist regime of the Soviet Union, whose dictator was Joseph Stalin. Alluding to the biblical story of The Ten Commandments, whose inscriptions were the law of God; the animals, once they take charge of the farm, they write their own commandments (the Seven Commandments), which are laws they should respect. The most striking one at the beginning…

In the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell, this quote is proven true in novel, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”- Lord Acton. First, Snowball is the leader of the farm but then Napoleon overthrows snowball by kicking him out with force. Once Napoleon starts to gain power he abuses it on the farm very quickly. Life becomes very hard for most of the animals on the farm. Through a lot of propaganda and persuading Squealer gets the animals to believe many things…

“Animal Farm” is a “razor-edged fairy tale” (from the blurb) written by George Orwell. This book has a lot more themes than you probably think. It is about a farm taken over by unfairly treated animals and also informs you about the Russian Revolution by replacing the people involved with the animals on the farm. The author does a great job of hiding the real message from the story. I believe what Orwell wanted us to never forget is that history repeats itself explained by the four concepts of…

Why did Animalism fail? In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, a lot of commotion happened between animals and humans. The animals ran Mr. Jones out of the farm because of Majors dream, after that they made the 7 commandments. Little did the animals know that all of this was going to change over time. Also the perception 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…

In Animal Farm, one of George Orwell’s main goals was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917 in his writing through character’s, events, and concepts. His goal was clearly shown in his text because many important people of the Russian Revolution were seen through animals, events that took place in the Russian Revolution were reflected in his writing, and many concepts of the time were shown in a different form. He accomplished his goal by using simpler characters and an easier concept to…

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…

George Orwell lived to experience extraordinary events, which were both good and bad. These experiences had changed his view on politics, which led to his writings on the “Animal Farm”, wherein a communist regime rises among the animals due to the farmer’s bad treatment of the animals. The regime overtakes the farm by kicking out the owner and farmer. But short after greed grows amongst some of the pigs, which leads to the regime to change into a terrifying and manipulating totalitarian regime…

Introduction One might think that it’s not very likely that two novels written approximately 66 years apart would have much in common. In this essay I have digged deep to find similarities between Animal Farm (by George Orwell, 1945) and Shatter Me (Tahereh Mafi, 2011). Totalitarianism a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.1 Is shown in both books, in Animal Farm it is the pigs on the farm and in Shatter Me it is shown…

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,…