Animal Farm Analysis Essay One of the leading goals that George Orwell had in mind while writing Animal Farm, was to represent the Russian Revolution that occured in 1917 and to express it as it had become more deadly and problematic than the rein they had overthrown. The characters and events in this novel closely follow those of the Russian Revolution, such as their rise in success and the following downfall and issues that brought it upon their civilization. The Manor Farm is a representation of Russia while Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon are animal equivalents of prevalent figures in the Russian Revolution. Mr.Jones is supposed to represent Czar Nicholas II, shown by his uncontrollable and unbeatable rule, believing nobody under him could possibly overrule him or become a threat to his rule or rulers to come. While Mr.Jones ran the farm, the animals experienced many problems including malnourishment and a sort of poverty …show more content…
The barn “represents the collective memory of a modern nation” and can be a sense of meaning for how the farm or country is run. (Sparknotes.com) On the farm, the windmill shows the pig’s exploitation of power and use of the lower classed animals as almost slaves. The windmill earns them more power and money which in turn they use to claim that things are much better than the days of Mr.Joes, even though it really is not. Old Major easily is recognisable as Karl Marx. He provided the ideas of Animalism, which is very similar to communism. He outlined the ideas and then further urged his followers to unite and revolt against their oppressors. Old major dreamt of a world where animals were all united and equals and man no longer roamed England. This was similar to Marx’s idea of everyone being equal with no economic oppressors. Additionally, Old Major hates mankind, and is indirectly responsible for the rise of Animal Farm out of Manor