Marxism in Animal Farm

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speech stating no animal should ever "touch money, or engage in trade" . This is clearly a direct criticism of Karl Marx's naivety, as shown later through Orwell's narration:

Never to have any dealings with human beings, never to engage in trade, never to make use of money - had these not been among the earliest resolutions passed at the first triumphant meeting when Jones was expelled?

It soon becomes clear that 'Animalism' (which bears a striking resemblance to communism) is a system that cannot be maintained the way originally intended. The morals that, at first, rule on the farm become controls. The animals effectively split themselves into 'classes'. This class splitting becomes accepted as normal through a process of Hegemony . As described by Raymond Williams, hegemony is a form of social control that becomes accepted as 'normal' after becoming the predominant influence. Indeed the notion of hegemony is closely related to a concept developed by the French Marxist ...

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