Parody In George Orwell's Animal Farm

The Russian revolution is a memorable mark in history where an old regime was replaced with a new order. Like the Russian revolution, Animal Farm has a change of power in which a new leader arises. Animal Farm uses the satirical device of parody to imitate the Russian revolution as demonstrated through the book and film. First, Orwell's story parodies the Russian civil war as the battle of the cowshed. These battles are alike in that both involve previous leaders trying to reclaim power of previous territory. In Animal Farm Mr. Jones, a parody of Czar Nicholas II, was the previous leader of the farm and was hated by the animals like Czar was by his people. Both consisted of an attempt to reclaim lost land as the forms of Animal Farm demonstrates. In the novel Mr. Jones tries to recapture the farm as czar did, “They

Napoleon carries the same characteristics and intentions as Stalin, which is power. Napoleon is often compared to Jones as Stalin is to Czar. These characters often use fear to control their community as Stalin and czar did. George Orwell portrays this parody through comparison of Napoleon and Mr. Jones as he shows at the end of the book, “ The creatures looked outside from pig to man, and man to pig , and pig to man again: but already it was impossible to say which was which.”(95). This quote compares the pigs, lead by Napoleon, to humans who believe in one controlling superpower who Mr. Jones shares characteristics with. The animals see Man and pig to as the same species therefore comparing Napoleon and Mr.Jones. The movie also gives similar traits to Napoleon as compared to Stalin, in contrast with Mr. Jones or Czar. An example of Paramount's comparison is at the end of the movie when the animals see an allusion of Napoleon shaping into Mr. Jones and back. By comparing Napoleon to Mr. Jones as was Stalin to Czar the novel and film parody the Russian revolution. I no like ice