Animal Farm
"Animal Farm" is a book dealing with political satire in which animals take the place of humans. These animals in the story can talk, and are just as intelligent as humans. They learn to read, and each types of animal, is a different aspect of humanity. Example the Pigs = Politicians, Horses = Laborers, Sheep = Gullible People, etc. This book shows how a government that is set up to serve the people turns against them, just like communism did to the Russian people. Animalism symbolizes communism and the characters symbolize Russian leaders and people of importance. This is a tale with no happy ending. The Pigs symbolize the politicians, in a stereotypical sense. Some of them lie, cheat, and steal from the animals they are supposed to serve. They make promises that are never able to keep. The cammandments the pigs make ,the surrondings and the corruption, are all signs why there sort of government didn't work well Old Major, a pig who is very old; has seen the lifestyle the animals live and is dissatisfied with it. He creates a government ideology called animalism, which represents communism. He is the Karl Marx of this world. Napoleon He is a large, fierce looking Berkshire boar, who is not much of a talker. He uses animalism on
as a sly, persuasive air to him. This is why he is head of Napoleon's propaganda plan. Then there's Boxer. Boxer is a large, very powerful horse who is not too bright. He buys into animalism and works the hardest on the farm. He saves the farm on multiple occasions and is declared a national hero. After he gets too sick to work Napoleon secretly sells him to a glue factory. Boxer symbolizes the hard working Russian class that Stalin abused for his own benefit. Mollie is a mare who abandons Animal Farm for sugar and ribbons at the human inn. She represents the nobles of Russia that abandoned the people after the Russian Revolution. Also the Dogs are the military force and secret police of this totalitarian government. They were trained at birth to be completely loyal to Napoleon. They're Animalism only true physical forces, and without them the pigs would be powerless to back up their orders. The Sheep are very gullible. They will believe whatever they are told and repeat it.! The animals do very well in running the farm. Snowball organizes the animals and creates a defensive force in case Mr. Jones returns. Napoleon finds two litters of puppies and takes them away to be trained for his own purposes. He trains them to be loyal without questioning. Mr. Jones tries to retake the farm, but Snowball's clever defense fights off Mr. Jones. The growing conflict between Snowball and Napoleon builds up when Snowball proposes that a windmill be built. Napoleon gets agitated with Snowball and sends the dogs on him. Snowball just barely escapes and goes into hiding. Napoleon orde
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Approximate Word count = 1065
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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