"Animal Farm" ( by George Orwell) satirises the human society. Discuss ( in about 300 words)?

Question

This question is for the people who have read the book " Animal Farm" written by Goerge Orwell.

Answer 1

Written in 1938, Animal Farm is a satirical allegory of the follies of modern society. It was a critique of Stalinist Russia and Imperialist Britain. Orwell based major events in the book on the turbulent period of the Colonial Era (1850-1930). Orwell, an anarchist, was prompted to write a satire of modern society when he became disillusioned after taking part in the Crimean War.

Each character symbolically represents problems that Orwell saw in society. As an example, Napoleon represents greed. He is also widely thought to represent the interests of the financial banking industry. His excesses and uncontrollable lusts for power can find parallel with the 1929 Stock market Crash.

Further, squealer represents the mass media and their role in controlling information flow to the public. It is widely believed that the character is based on Rupert Branson, a powerful British media magnate of the early 20th century. Squealer uses statistics to convince the animals that life is getting better and better. This shows how the power of the media can be used for propaganda purposes.

If Napolean represents greed then Boxer represents ill-education and the dangers of a welfare socialist state. In allusion to the working class, he is kind and strong, though not very clever. Though he is most powerful of all the animals, his dependency on the pigs for housing and food means that he can be exploited. His ignorance leads to apathy and shows how the proleteriat cannot think for themselves if they are too comfortable.

In summary, the book is Orwell’s rage against society. It points to the fact that human nautre is innately wicked and that there is no perfect way for humans to live. Thus, the name “Animal Farm”. It serves to emphasize Orwell’s disgust with the human race, who are to be thought of as no better than animals.

This is shown in the way that the pigs, through their own power, lack of equality, and their domination become indistinguishable from the old regime in creating layers of power and concentrating power at the top.

Answer 2

Animal Farm is about socialism. The ideal in socialism, is to have a class-less society, where all people are treated equal, and the work is shared among the members of that society. The wealth gained by their efforts, is supposed to be shared equally.

But the reality is, that classes in society are created by people. In Animal Farm, the pigs became the favored class, worked less, and entitled themselves to more of the wealth than the rest of the other animals. So in society, the life on Animal Farm was no different than the society in a free market system.

Answer 3

It's Orwell's criticism of Lenin's socialist-based system for Bolshevik Russia using Karl Marx's circle of life diagram as detailed in the literature. Particularly where the communists jump the gun by skipping a few steps on the wheel. Beyond that you'll have to read the thing for yourself.

Answer 4

How about "do your own homework"?

Is that a good description? Getting someone else to write it on Yahoo!Answers and the pick the best one you like then copy and paste into your work is called "Plagiarism". And it brings harsh penalty, you know.

And how do you know that the answer people gave is correct or that they have cut and paste from some other internet sources which your teacher also know of and will see that it is eactly the same as what you handed in?

Answer 5

Pigs - Corrupted Leaders It just shows how humans become corrupted... Napoleon wanted power and everything for himself and in the process made people suffer... from communism it became a dictatorship... the whole book just talks about a bright future but the future became corrupted by the greed of human

Answer 6

do your own homework! Or at least be a little more discreet about getting people do it for you. be careful though, your teacher could find this site if they type in the essay you hand into them, you'll be busted cheating and that wouldn't be worth it. My advice, sit down, read the book, use your OWN brain. you can do it, you just need to concentrate.

Answer 7

If someone answered this question, but gave a completely made up answer (say, in about 300 words), how would you know?

Answer 8

Sure, I have read this book, and I have read this book with my students too. By why should I do your homework for you, and why should I do this for you for free? My students pay me to learn English literature. "One brain good, no brain bad."

Answer 9

Good luck getting answers for this. You aren't trying to get others to do your homework by any chance?

Answer 10

maybe you should try reading the book, it's a good one