Narcissism Animal Farm

¨I have a dream. That one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.¨ This was the underlying message of Old Major’s speech which starts off the novel ¨Animal Farm: A Fairy Story¨ by George Orwell. The fairy story elements seem slim to none in this novel; however, the presence of good and evil characters and talking animals create the basis of the fairy tale. The author, George Orwell, lived through two world wars, and saw many things in his life. Animal Farm was written solely for the purpose of symbolizing the Russian Revolution that took place in the early part of the twentieth-century. Everything Orwell placed into this novel holds a

All of the parallels produced by him worked exceptionally well. In addition, his style of symbolism brought forth the key characterizations. Snowball had been characterized as one who wanted to help all, and he did try to do so; however, Napoleon’s narcissism negated all the efforts of Snowball. The truth of the matter is that this story could be applicable to any situation in which one person becomes jealous that another holds a position that the other wants. The farm had one goal at hand at the beginning; however, it soon went tangent to that when equality entered the farm. At heart, people are selfish. Even the most humble and kind-hearted of men hold selfish tendencies at times. Situations occur that bring out these tendencies. Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Snowball had been working for the good of the entire farm, but also worked in his own selfish interests by allowing only pigs to eat apples. The bottom line is that perfection does not exist because it is a never ending path. Perfection is attained by slow degrees and needs the hands of time to gain momentum; however, the animals of Animal Farm believed they obtained perfection, so the shadows slowly grew bigger until it had the entire farm in its