George Orwell's Animal Farm: Russian Revolution

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a story about rebellion. Jones, the farm owner, because of neglect. When the animals chase out Mr. and Mrs. Jones, the animals immediately rejoice. The pigs gain control of the farm. They soon forget the real meaning of Animalism and the other animals cannot tell the difference between the humans and the pigs. Animal Farm was a best seller, making Orwell financially solvent for the first time in his life (Paley 25). Orwell’s Animal Farm parallels the characters, events, and socialism of the Russian Revolution. . The characters in Animal Farm favor the main personalities of the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones is a reflection of Czar Nicholas II, who lost control of his reign by rapid industrialization. Workers had a low standard of living and rebelled against poor working conditions (Perry 656). Mr. Jones loses his farm in a similar way; the animals are tired of their low standard of living. Old Major is the first animal to talk of rebellion and Animalism. The old wise pig spreads his ideas throughout the animals, and they listen to him in belief. The people of the revolution looked up to Karl Marx in the same way. In the beginning, the strikers called themselves Marxist revolutionaries. In the 1890s, they found a new leader of their revolt. Vladimir Lenin was determined to

The novel was written to criticize the totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin’s rule in Russia. In Chapter one its tells how the author, George Orwell, feels about the novel. Also it give reference to the farm and how it relates to Russia. But you can see all the satire in chapter two. It tells how inefficient of the idea “communism” does not work. Human nature can’t handle “communism”. We are too devious and too demanding for the things we want, we are “bossy”. From chapter two to the last chapter shows how the novel is a Satire and in the end has a conclusion that was shown in chapter