Analysis Of George Orwell's Animal Farm

George Orwell was a socialist. It is assumed that he got the basic idea of his novel Animal Farm from seeing a young boy whipping a cart horse. His words were "It struck me that if only such animals became aware of their strength we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat".
Animal Farm is a famous novel by George Orwell where farm animals such as pigs, horses and sheep, along with many others, lived on the Manor Farm, his story can compare to the Russian Revolution in many ways. In this famous novel, unlike most farms, the animals were neglected by their farmer, Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones was an old miserable drunk man that hated his job and the people he worked for, he took his anger out on the animals through neglect. Old Major was the pig who acted as a leader to the animals. He died early in the book but not before sparking something in the other farm animals. Before he died, Old Major told them about a dream he had the night before. He had dreamed about an old song called, 'Beasts of England ', this started a resistance against the humans. Old Major died a few days after and two younger pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, began to lead the other animals into a rebellion. Around three months after these events they revolted against Mr. Jones and took over the farm. The overall goal of this revolution was to create a fair way of living for the animals, and it was based off of seven commandments; “Whatever