How Does Animal Farm Relate To The Soviet Union

Animal Farm by George Orwell was a book poking fun of the Soviet Union during the time of Josef Stalin. To some readers the message of the story could go right over their heads. For others, who are more into history would perfectly understand how well the Soviet Union during that time compares to the book. People who are not indulged in history could read this book and completely understand what is happening and then could connect it to the Soviet Union. Animal Farm keeps the reader reeled in during the conflicts and changing themes. First, a recurring theme through Animal Farm was the leader’s need for greed. When Jones was running the camp he did not really care what happened to the animals. He only cared about what he could get from the animals. Napoleon was sort of the same but a little bit different. He gave the other animals the impression that he was getting the same things they were getting. In reality he was slowly taking away food from the other animals so he could have more for himself. In the real world there are situation similar to the animals. The government could take money from citizens but spend it on something that would not benefit the people in any way. It is not the right thing to do. If the

Animal Farm starts with Old Major’s speech about hope for the rebellion. Then the leaders that took over Animal Farm promised a good future to the animals. Most of their promises never came true. The animals still believed them because they did not know what else to believe. This is a good representation of religion in this day and age. Humans feel incomplete without having something that can have to believe. Most of everything they do is based on what they believe. The animals on Animal Farm worked very hard because they were told it would benefit them, but it actually took away their freedom. Humanity live their lives based on the things they