Animal
George Orwell's Animal Farm is a political satire of a
totalitarian society ruled by a mighty dictatorship, in all
probability an allegory for the events surrounding the Russian
Revolution of 1917. The animals of "Manor Farm" overthrow their
human master after a long history of mistreatment. Led by the
pigs, the farm animals continue to do their work, only with more
pride, knowing that they are working for themselves, as opposed to
working for humans. Little …
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…with no
regard for the peasants who, in essence, supported their royal
lifestyle. The pigs represent the Bolshevik revolutionaries who
led the masses in rebellion against the Czar and the entire royal
family. Unfortunately, as with the pigs, power corrupted and the
people were then oppressed by their "comrades" under the new
communist government. Orwell's message about power, in the hands
of a few, is corrupting and does nothing to benefit the masses.
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