Animal Farm Tyrant

George Orwell in his novel Animal Farm implies that revolutions fail because they only result in a change of tyrants. His novel was written as an analogy of the failure of communism, which was brought about by the Russian Revolution. Orwell’s philosophy is proven true by the fall of Farmer Jones, a bad tyrant, and the rise of Napoleon, an even worse tyrant.
Orwell’s philosophy, that revolutions fail because they only result in a change of tyrants, is proven when Napoleon steals the milk and when he urinates on the windmill plans, after the animals kicked out Farmer Jones. After the animals find that the pigs took the apples and milk for themselves only, Squealer says,“our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health...the

After Napoleon told the animals about their plans to use Whymper to communicate with other humans, Squealer went around to the animals and “assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested. It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball” (Orwell 64). The pigs lied to the animals when they said that the resolutions had never been suggested; in fact, at the beginning of the revolt, the pigs stated clearly that they were against engaging in trade and the use of money. The pigs took advantage of the other animals' stupidity which supports Orwell’s philosophy in that the pigs care more about the profit of the farm than the well being of the animals. After the pigs displayed their ability to walk on two legs and carry whips in front of all the animals on the farm “for once Benjamin consented to break his rule, and he read out to her [Clover] what was written on the wall. There was nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: ‘all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others’” (Orwell 134). Because one of the seven commandments stated that whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy, the pigs should be enemies to the other animals on the farm; instead, they changed the commandments so the animals wouldn’t realize it, as well as, stating that all animals are not equal. Also the commandment was made because the animals did not like humans, but when the pigs walked on two legs they were trying to be more like humans; for this reason, Napoleon’s actions toward becoming more like humans and stating inequality between animals further proves Orwell’s philosophy. Once again Orwell’s philosophy is proven true by the lies and changing of rules that the pigs used to deceive the animals working on the