Allegory In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Squealer uses different types strategies that change over time to better understand his target audience, which are the animals. For example the sheep, which are seen to be the most vulnerable and submissive to Squealer and Napoleon. Some of the most effective techniques are to be bandwagon, card stacking, and fear. Since the use of propaganda is sufficient, they promised life on the farm would be pleasurable for everyone, but actually resulted in the pigs empowering the farm. Even though the use of Squealer’s propaganda techniques does not fulfill the goals of the community of the farm, the animals still believe that he his right and agrees to follow his lead.

“All animals are equal…”, or what it should have been... The use of power and corruption are one of the main themes in Animal Farm. The book is a romance published back in 1945 by George Orwell. According to the author, the book was used as a way to criticize the Russian Revolution. Back in the day, it was hard to excoriate Joseph Stalin using literature so instead Orwell portrayed the characters as animals to censure the writing.

Leaders has the sense of leadership. They are the one who motivates their subordinates, has an ability to make tough decisions and a good facilitator to his constituents. However, there a still a few horrible leaders that instead of empowering others, they are using their power for their own good. In the two great books, Billy Budd and Animal Farm show the violence under the tyranny of a leader and reflects greatly in every character of the said books. In Animal Farm, the dilemma started when Old major dies and all of the animals in the Manor farm inspired by Old Major’s philosophy of Animalism.

Language can be manipulated as an instrument of control. In Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the pigs gradually twist and distort a rhetorical world of socialist revolution to justify their behavior and to keep the other animals in the dark. " People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true." Quotes: Old majors speech: Comrades _> they are friends makes them equal on some level what does this do to me??

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a story about animals that rebel against their owners on a farm. They then try to solve problems on how to run a farm. One theme in this story is ”Not everyone is equal; some people believe that they are more superior than others.” This theme is demonstrated by Napoleon, he’s a dictator and makes all the rules in the farm to fit his needs. Another theme in this story is “People deserve to have their own thoughts and ideas.

Animal Farm hit a nerve at the right psychological moment when the pro-Soviet era was beginning to unravel. Whether it was the allegory of revolution or totalitarianism, Orwell’s novel operates upon historical satire, a political treatise, and a fairy tale perspective. Due to the fact that the novel functions as an allegory on multiple levels, it is difficult to choose soley one. On a verbal level, it is a children’s story about an animal rebellion among a farm. While, on the other hand, it acts as an animal story and allows for compassion to be shown toward the suffering and oppression of the vulnerable animals.

In Animal Farm, Napoleon uses a persuasive pig, Squealer, to act like propaganda and transmit information around the farm to keep the working animals distracted. One of Squealer’s main jobs on the farm was to persuade the farm animals that when the pigs broke the law, the reason was always for the betterment of the farm. Orwell writes, “‘It was absolutely necessary’, he said, ‘that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in’” (Orwell 66).

What is the definition of power? Power means the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is an allegory illustrating how easily power can fall into the wrong hands. The book starts on a farm where animals are being mistreated by Mr. Jones, the owner. Old Major, an old boar, teaches the animals about the Rebellion, a plan to overthrow Jones and take control.

Power can have the persuasive action in undoing the moral ethics of one’s character. This can be seen throughout history, such as World War II and proven by the actions of Napoleon in the allegory, Animal Farm, by George Orwell. As Lord Acton said “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In history what was viewed as a villain, is never the same as the perception. A leader does not begin wanting to do wrong, they start with the best intentions, but power is a tricky thing.

Recently, I read Animal Farm by George Orwell. Orwell is a well-known American author who includes many themes, morals, and symbolism throughout his novels to portray a message. This book is well-known because it illustrates the struggles during Soviet Russia as seen through the animals on the farm. Throughout the book, Orwell uses a variety of different themes; one important theme that I noted was abuse of power. Because of the abuse of power on the farm, Napoleon is able to control and manipulate the other animals, which creates an environment of mistrust that eventually leads to the downfall of the farm.

In evaluating Animal Farm it uses all three forms of persuasion. Pathos is the appeal to emotions, ethos is the appeal to credibility and logos is the appeal to logic. A chief example of pathos in this novella is Boxer who supported the dream of Animalism and gets sent to the slaughterhouse in exchange for whiskey. Orwell accomplishes ethos by making the book believable in the scene of some humans manipulate and deceive others, so we can believe the pigs would perform the same way. Orwell introduces logos in Animal Farm with every speech the pigs produce as they use logic behind their ideas of Animalism.