Animal Farm

The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian revolution. In this essay I am going to discuss to what extent Snowball provides a morally legitimate alternative to Napoleon’s reign. In early March Old Major a prize middle white boar who represents Karl Marx dreams of a world where all animals are equal and man is no more. He passes these ideas onto other animals on Manor Farm in …showed first 75 words of 1170 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1170 total…to stop the consolidation of power in the hands of the pigs or the unequal distribution of goods in the pig’s favour. In conclusion Orwell portrays Napoleon as a dictator and Snowball as talker. Their motives were quite different; Snowball had a softer more convincing approach whereas Napoleon has a selfish lust for control. Neither of the pigs has the other animals interests totally at heart so the end result would be the same.