Animal Farm
In writing , George Orwell had two main goals in mind. His first goal was to write this novel as an attack on what he perceived as Soviet Communism. His other goal was to write it, as a satire on those who yearn for a utopian society, which he felt, was difficult, if not impossible to reach. He saw that Communism was an attempt on creating somewhat of a utopia. The reason why it failed was because if a government is in the hands of one main ruler the ruler will become corrupt and therefore it isn’t a utopia anymore. Throughout the book Orwell manages to achieve these two goals and to teach his readers a very important lesson, "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely"(Lord ...
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to Locke, the purpose of the government will have been defeated. Locke believed that if a government is oppressive or corrupt, the people have the right to rebel. Through this book, Orwell demonstrates that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifies the means" are deplorable. Rather he believes in the ideas of Montesquie in which there should be checks and balances and not one main ruler, whose decisions are final (Smyer).
is a political satire of a totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship. The Animals of “Manor Farm”, inspired by Old Major, their pig mentor, overthrow their human masters after a long history of mistreatment. Led by the pigs, the farm animals continue to do their work, only with more pride, knowing that they are working for themselves as opposed to working for humans. Little by little, the pigs become dominant, gaining more power and advantage over the other animals, so much so that they gradually become more and ...
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as "Animalism".
Lenin became the leader of the working class of Russia. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches urging the working class to rebel, that can be compared to the barnyard animals in . The peasants of Russia, like the animals, believed that in the new society dreamt of by Marx and Lenin, Old Major, there will be no oppression because the working class will have all the money and power. This hope and Lenin's prompting led the revolt against the Czar, Farmer Jones.
After the death of Lenin a power struggle between Stalin and Trotsky started which can parallel to the struggle between Snowball and Napoleon. Snowball introduced the idea of the ...
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