Life on the Farm

What if the animals ran the world? George Orwell tried to answer this question on a smaller scale in his 1945 novel, Animal Farm. Animal Farm is a satire on Stalinism and the Russian revolution. Orwell wrote this novel at a time when communism was on the rise and Joseph Stalin ruled with an iron fist. The ideas in Animal Farm parallel in many ways the communist ideology. Orwell illustrates how easily swayed the public can …showed first 75 words of 4394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 4394 total…farm represents Hitler, and his farm, Germany. Foxwood farm stands for England. Orwell’s message in Animal Farm was one pointing out the hypocrisy in communism. He illustrates how easily an ideology can be corrupted when the “human” factor is thrown into the works. Many things seem like a good idea in theory, however in practice, things fall apart. Kingdoms rise and crumble to the ground, that is the point that Orwell tries to illustrate.