Diction In Animal Farm

The animal’s diction in the novel is quite simple and easy for one to understand. For example, “They explained that by their studies of the past three months the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to Seven Commandments,” the author might be making some distinct and deliberate choices in this sentence. The first deliberate word choice would be “studies” to the linking of the pigs together. Orwell portrays the pigs to be ambitious and scholarly to achieve power and how to keep it that way. For example, when Old Major speaks, the pigs are convene around him, paying close attention to what he says. Another deliberate example of diction would be in “succeeded in reading.” This is powerfully effective because it helps to reflect how the pigs were skilled in diminishing opposition towards them. In chapter 7, we examine Napoleon’s effective

The short novel is an allegory in which the animals play roles of the Bolshevik revolutionaries and overthrow the human owners of the farm. In the beginning all animals are equal, however they soon emerge between the different animal equalities. Orwell uses imagery throughout the novel to describe the farm setting. Imagery is used when describing the torture of the animals and also when describing the flag. An example of imagery, “they tiptoed up to the house, and such animals were tall enough peered in at the dining room window.” This gives the reader a better understanding how the farm was being run with a visual image. George Orwell tends to use metaphors as well as ironic devices. An example of a metaphor is towards the end of chapter 2, “the pigs drink the milk and try to brush it off an unimportant.” The milk is a metaphor for all the privileges the pigs will soon take for themselves. In Animal Farm dialogue is being used to advance propaganda. In addition, the voices in dialogue serve to develop Orwell’s satire of a totalitarian