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George Orwell's Animal Farm Compared To The Holocaust

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George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a timeless classic about a tyrant pig named Napoleon, who takes over a farm. Napoleon then changes all of the rules and allows for some animals to be treated better than others. This book can be compared to many historical events, but I feel that it relates very closely to the Holocaust in Germany. The Manor Farm was taken over by all of the animals together, in hopes of creating a better life for themselves. The same thing happened in Germany; the National Socialist German Workers’ Party took control of the government in hopes of holding it together after Germany’s loss in WWII, which caused their economy to fall. The Jewish people were fine with the takeover because it was done to hold their country together. Both the Holocaust and Animal Farm …show more content…

The sixth commandment began as “no animal shall kill any other animal,” but when Napoleon realized that he wanted some of the “traitors” to be killed he changed this rule to “no animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” This can be connected to how Hitler changed laws allowing for his protective squad to kill anyone who did not follow the anti-jewish laws. By the end of the book all seven commandments have been changed to just one, “all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.” By changing the commandments to this, Napoleon is indirectly saying that some animals are better than other. It becomes obvious by the end of the book that Napoleon favors the pigs and dogs over other animals. Hitler favored Germans throughout his dictatorship, and thought that Jewish people, as well as gypsies and Jehovah's Witnesses, were less than Germans. When the female pigs on the farm begin to have babies they must be children of Napoleon, because he is the only male pig. When they are born he builds a school to educate them. At this school only the pigs are allowed in and the other animals are not taught to

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The book Animal Farm is similar to the Holocaust because there were superior and inferior groups of people or animals. The leaders of both cases are considered the superior because they guide people by telling them what to do and giving them rules. The superiors made all the rules for the inferiors to follow. The inferiors are the Jewish people and the Comrades who either listen to the superiors or run

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The irony in this is when Napoleon is tempted by power, he becomes just like the corrupted humans. By the end of the novel, only one commandment remains: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 112). The original commandment, stating that all animals are equal, being changed to this goes back to a theme of personalized power, and the desire for control. Napoleon ends up intensifying the violence and cruelty, simply because he knows that he will get away with it. The animals are unable to fight back against the control and reign of their dictator, and he uses the power of fear, and the use of a scapegoat to ensure that his corrupt views are held in place.

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The pigs attempt to hide their oppressive nature by calling the animals comrade. However, this phrase carries no meaning, as no mutual respect exists between them. As this dynamic progresses on the farm, Napoleon begins to be glorified in a similar manner to the way in which Mr. Jones experienced glorification previously. The animals easily fall victim to this, as they feel respect by only being called comrade, shedding light on their ignorance. Before the animals know it, the previous commandments are changed to “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS” (Orwell 134).

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After appointing himself the leader of the farm, Napoleon immediately establishes a cult of personality and turns the power dynamics within the farm in his favor, thereby establishing himself as a dictatorial ruler. In doing so, he rewrites history, alters the commandments, and replaces them with his own set of rules that benefit him and his “loyal” pigs while disadvantaging the other animals. Additionally, Napoleon also enacted a policy of fear-mongering and terror to pressure the animals into compliance. In this way, he can make sure the animals remain subservient to him under the threat of punishment from his “loyal” pigs. He also uses his authority to establish a hierarchical system on the farm where his most loyal pigs are given the highest perks and spoils while the rest are given soilure.

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Jessie roams around the farm a lot; for she is a farm dog. Therefore, she gathered all the evidence of the pigs’ behaviour as to developing human characteristics and tell the other animals so they could plan rebellion against Napoleon, “...and out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side and with his dogs gambolling around him” (Orwell, 32). Having this explained means Jessie found out what the pigs were doing, besides not helping the farm, which was becoming human-like to the point where Jessie couldn’t tell the difference between humans and pigs. An opposition to this is how Napoleon took authority for word and changed the farms rules about “four legs good, two legs better” (Orwell, 31).

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Animal Farm is a book written by George Orwell about animals rebelling to their drunk farmer. The story is based off the actual events of the Russian Revolution. The movie Animal Farm was released in 1999. In my opinion, the movie should have been way better considering the year it was released. The animal’s mouths are animated very poorly.

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