A Rhetorical Analysis Of George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal Farm: Rhetorical Analysis George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in 1945 during the Russian Revolution. Orwell wrote Animal Farm to shed light on the problems of soviet Russia. In Animal Farm the animals are kept by Mr. Jones. After Mr. Jones fails to feed the animals they decide to rebel against him and take over Manor Farm. The animals succeed and rename the farm as Animal Farm. Snowball, a pig, takes charge as leader and begins making plans. A head strong pig, Napoleon, gets angry and runs Snowball off the farm. Napoleon continues to run the fam and break the rules. In the end, Napoleon begins to act like Mr. Jones and some animals become more equal than others. Animal Farm is an example of an allegory. Every character in the book represents a real person in communist Russia. On page six Old Major gives his final speech and spreads his wisdom to the animals. Old Major is Vladimir Lenin because Lenin was the ruler of Russia before Stalin. Napoleon represents Stalin. In chapter two page 26 Napoleon cries, “Never mind the milk comrades. That will be attended to. The harvest is more important.” This is an example of Napoleon taking control and making himself seem higher than the other animals. Old Major uses pathos to spread a message to the animals. “We are

For example: Old Major uses the repetition of comrades throughout his whole speech. He does this to show that all the animals are equal. He starts almost every sentence with “Comrades…”. Old Major also uses hypophora. “Is it because this land of ours is so poor that it cannot afford a decent life to those who dwell upon it? No, comrades, a thousand times no (Orwell 7)!” Old major asks a question and answers it himself. Old Major also uses asyndeton a few times throughout his rebellion speech. “To that horror, we all must come cows, pigs, sheep, everyone (Orwell 9).” He places a comma after every noun without using a