Animal farm post

Animal Farm Blog Post                                                                                               3/24/15

In the story, Animal Farm, there is a farm called the Manor Farm. The owner of the farm, Mr. Jones is hated by the animals, because they believe that humans take everything from animals, and give nothing in return. Old Major, a pig, tells the animals they must rebel against the humans and take the farm for themselves. Old major dies before the rebellion happens, but it is successful and the animals take over the farm.The animals come up with new a new religion and make their own rules for the farm. George Orwell, uses animals in the story to depict the Russian Revolution, with different symbols and characters representing different things.

    The most obvious and important similarities are the characters. Mr. Jones, the human owner of the farm is Tsar Nicholas Ⅱ. This is shown because Mr. Jones is evil to his animals, just like the Tsar of Russia was to his citizens. Snowball is a  pig that is leading the farm at first. He represents Trotsky, one of the leaders in the revolution. Napoleon is Stalin in Animal Farm. He Exiles Snowball just like how Stalin exiles Trotsky during the revolution. Another example of this connection between the Russian revolution and Animal Farm is Boxer. In the book, Boxer represents the working class people. He does a majority of the work on the farm, just like the citizens did in Russia. Almost all the characters in the story are somehow linked to people or groups involved  in the Russian revolution.

Another similarity between the the two are symbols. The first one is the flag for the animal farm. This is supposed to represent the hammer and sickle, the symbol of the USSR. Another example is animalism, a way of life created by the animals. This symbolizes communism. Almost all aspects of the revolution are covered in symbols in Animal Farm.

To conclude, Animal Farm is an analogy for the Russian revolution. Some reasons George Orwell might have used animals instead of using the real people may have been because is was scared of being discovered for writing poorly about Russia's leader, Stalin, who in animal farm he depicts him as being selfish and cruel, just like he was in real life.