The rebellion against the humans for the start of communism “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever” (Orwell pig. 29). The pigs end communism by having more power and having a meeting with humans. Animal Farm is a satire of the Russian Revolution. Satire is a form of literature that uses ridicule to make specific events and people look foolish or stupid. Animal Farm functions as a satire. Old major’s ideas create suffering even though they are mean to help the arm and the animals without Mr. Jones. Now comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short…. “(Orwell pig. 28). Why then do we continue in this miserable condition? Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labor is stolen from us by human beings. There, comrades is the answer to all our problems” (Orwell pig. 28). Napoleon who is the leader of the farm and who is supposed to make life better for the animals only succeeds at making life better for the pigs then life easier for the animals who are the ones who do all he work and giving the milk and apples to the pigs and more food to them.
When Napoleon states to the animals that it was not possible to bring back Boxer’s remains from the hospital but really because Boxer was sold to the knackers so the pigs with the money could buy their wine that’s why they couldn’t bring back his remains. Animal Farm is a fable of the people involved in the Russian Revolution. A fable is a brief humorous story in which animals speak and act like humans. Animal farm functions as an stable throughout the book.
The pigs are becoming more and more like humans because they run the farm like business, they generate a lot of paperwork, such as reports, memos, files, which they burn after reading them. When the pigs are walking on two feet, and they see Napoleon walking this way with a whip on his hoof “but just at that moment, as though at a signal, all the sheep burst out into a tremendous bleating of “Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, јo legs better! Four legs good, two legs betted’ (Orwell pig. 132). When the pigs buy newspapers, radios, and telephones. To get information and communicate with the humans.
The pigs converting the farm to a more human version of a farm by removing the hoof and horn from the flag and changing the farm name from Animal Farm to back to Manor Farm. “Napoleon was only now for the first time announcing it- that name “Animal Farm” had been abolished. Henceforward the farm was to be known as “The Manor Farm”- which, he believed, was its correct and original name” (Orwell pig. 138). “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” (Orwell pig. 139).
Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution because the animals represent a person from the revolution. An allegory is a story that can be read on two different levels. Animal Farm functions as an allegory. In Animal Farm Napoleon represents Stalin and how he led the farm when Old major dies and how Stalin through the years had more power. Mr.. Jones the owner of Manor Farm represents the last Tsar of Russia Nicholas II. Boxer represents the working class and boxer is also a dedicated worker which always says Napoleon is always right. Mollie represents the Russian’s per classes.
The dogs represent the military/police, which protect Napoleon from a second potential revolution. Pinched represents Germany which was owned by Mr.. Frederick who is Hitler. “Gentlemen,” concluded Napoleon, “l will give you the same toast as before, but in a different form. Fill your glasses to the brim. Gentlemen, here is my toast: To the prosperity of The Manor Farm! (Orwell pig. 1 38) In conclusion, Animal Farm by George Orwell deserves to be a classic because it functions on so many levels as a novel, a satire, a TABLE, and an allegory. For legs good two legs better.
