Government In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Animal Farm is a classic novel that tells the tales of animals who plan their rebellion against the oppressive humans, or at least that's what is seen at first in the novel. If you look closely the animals more specifically the pigs you will see major leaders from World War II and see a similar government to what Germany had during World War II, but that leads to the question of Why? What makes these animals into leaders and how does that affect their government. In the novel there are two kinds of animals seen the animals are either abusive power grabbing beasts for unknowing foolish workers. As mentioned earlier animals fall into two categories the first entails the animals who are corrupt. The merriam webster has two definitions of the …show more content…

These animals worked hard against the justice they had face but they ended up back at square one when Orwell states “All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings”. The second point changes in employment is one of the first signs of corruption seen in the book. Its first seen after Old Major rallies the animals to fight against Mr. Jones. Old Major rallies everyone saying “Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!” (Orwell 1) Old major used this propaganda to create the change he wanted to see. He created his ideal government. A government run by animals for animals or animals. The following point talks