Animal Revolution And Russian Revolution In George Orwell's Animal Farm

CHAPTER 3: PARALLELS BETWEEN RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND ANIMAL FARM THROUGH EVENTS AND CHARACTERS

“In the time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” Orwell.G 1949

George Orwell’s influential novel Animal Farm ultimately turned out to be a political commentary and presumably an allegory which revolves around Russian Revolution. Basically, parallel means occurring or existing in corresponding manner. There are number of events which directly correspond to Soviet Russia. Just like the people of Russia drove out Tsar Nicholas 2 in the exact same way animals of Manor Farm rebelled against Mr. Jones after enduring a prolonged period of injustice. With the passage of time, the pigs dominate working class of animals, because they

Mr. Jones represents the leader before Stalin which is Tsar a villain in the novel against which people of Russia and Animals of the farm rebel, formerly recognized as a good master and now he loosened his edge. The first ever event in novel is Old Major’s speech, who told animals that their real enemy is man, “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing” Orwell.G 1945, chp:1, pg:4. he incites animals to rebel. He says, “That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!” Orwell.G 1945, chp:1, pg:5. He acquaints them with the song “beasts of England” this song is basically a parody of international communist arise. Animals rebelled and it was largely unplanned. The next event in the novel is when “the seven commandments” were inscribed on the wall. Its name also changed from the Manor Farm to the Animal

Jones. After that the idea of windmill was suggested by Snowball another pig, his idea symbolizes the modernization of Animal Farm. The working class will get warmth, electricity and place for storage but eventually Snowball was driven out just like Trotsky and Napoleon took the charge by cheating same as Stalin.

Animals (pigs) change commandments and principles of animalism by sleeping on beds, interacting with humans, and starts drinking alcohol like humans, windmill collapses and destruction begins. Food scarcity becomes the major problem of Animal Farm but pigs have always more than enough food to eat. Napoleon oppresses others and sells his most hardworking horse to the knacker.

In the last chapter rebellion becomes nothing for animals. Pigs control them which lead to the most devastating example of injustice in the world just like all the tyrant governments and politicians. Pigs become similar to humans.“ Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the face of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.” Here strong imagery is used to relate the oppressive leaders with disgusting creature which is pig and then pigs of the farm to their real enemy which is man basically a tyrant leader of