Examples Of Foreshadowing In Animal Farm By George Orwell

The fictional book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is about Mr. Jones’ farm of animals who rebel against him and make their own society. Although equal at first, the pigs slowly create a peerless government due to the malleable minds of the rest of the animals. I the end, the pigs have broken all of their originally set commandments and begin to act as humans at the dismay of all of the other previously equal animals. Three topics addressed in this amazing book are anthropomorphism, foreshadowing, and motif.

To start, the first topic, anthropomorphism, is used the entire book, as the animals are the main characters. “Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others” (13). This is important because

One prominent example is when, before the rebellion, an old boar named Major expresses his wishes for the farm, “And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices” (8). This is important because he directly reveals the rest of the plot of the book in that statement. Major goes on to point out that an animal should never drink alcohol, sleep in a bed, wear clothes, or live in a house, which all of the pigs end up indulging in. “When the boulder began to slip and the animals cried out in despair at finding themselves dragged down the hill, it was always Boxer who strained himself… Clover warned him sometimes to be careful not to overstrain himself, but Boxer would never listen” (44). Describing working on the windmill, the quote shows that Boxer frequently worked much beyond his limit event against protest. With the slogan “I will work harder”, foreshadowing of the horse's death come numerous times throughout the book. Lastly, the literary device, foreshadowing is used to reveal major events in the