Communism In George Orwell's Animal Farm

The Russian Revolution, a bloody senseless war, freed the overrated laborers from the dictatorial rule of the rich. Animal Farm, an allegorical novel over the Russian Revolution, recreates the causes and effects of Czar Nicholas` rule over Soviet Russia and establishes that wherever there is an upper class and a lower class, the struggle for power will be present. Real life figures and events important to the Russian Revolution are subtly represented in Orwell`s satirical fable. In his novel Animal Farm, George Orwell accurately portrays Marxism through the character of Old Major, the father of the ideas that eventually lead to the animal rebellion; without Marxism, the revolution would not have occurred in Soviet Russia, and without Old Major,

Similar to the actions of the Russian Bourgeoisie, the farmers took the fruits of the animals` toils for their own benefit. For example, the “…thousands of gallons of milk [the cows give yearly], instead of going to their calves, [goes] down the throats of [the farmers]” (Orwell 8). With no regard to the animals, “…Man …consumes without producing. He does not give milk… lay eggs …he is too weak to pull the plough [or] catch rabbits…yet he is the lord of all animals” (Orwell 7-8). In the allegory, Old Major preaches to the rest of the animals how life is terrible and laborious. The main cause of this is due to the fact that the animals do not have the chance to enjoy what they worked so hard for. Their children, for example, are sold at a young age for use at other farms. They are killed when they become useless and they are given only what they need to survive. Old Major helps animals to envision a future when Man is not a problem in their lives just before he dies. The answer to all problems is to “…get rid of [Man], and the produce of [their labor] would be [their] own. Old Major, calling for a rebellion against the farmers, representing the Bourgeoisie, is parallel to Marxism, which highlights revolution as the only solution for the overthrow of the upper class. A few months after Old Major dies, the animals do rebel and this allows for all animals to be equal and better than humans. Marxism called for a rebellion to abolish upper class rule and bring justice and equality to the working class citizens of Soviet Russia just as Old Major