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Animal Farm

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Animal Farm, an allegory by George Orwell, discusses of the possible negative outcomes of socialism. Obvious as it may be, Orwell’s allegory is not entirely original. He shows the negative outcomes of socialism by using fictional characters, simplistic plot, and certain settings. The characters, the plot, and the settings are complementary because they all have a similar historical counterpart, thus making Orwell’s story not entirely original.
Historical aspects can be seen in many works of literature, making literature not entirely original, but one story. Animal Farm, specifically intentionally warns others of the cons to socialism by using an allegorical format. Using such a format causes the readers to seek some allusion to the characters, the plot, the setting. Orwell uses specifically historical figures and settings as the base of his allegory. His characters can be seen to have similar characteristics to historical figures. An example of this would be Napoleon. Orwell’s Napoleon, is the leader of Animal Farm, who follows the ideas of Old Major, and …show more content…

Animalism has its similarities to the extreme version of socialism, communism, where everyone is ‘considered’ equal. Stalin punished those who opposed him. The punishment could have gone as far from exile to death. In Animal Farm, Napoleon also breaks the moral code, the sixth commandment, “No animal shall kill any other animal” (Orwell 25). Anyone who disobeys “Napoleon’s orders”, they are to be “slaughtered” (Orwell 84). Even the farm is complementary to a historical setting, Russia. The windmill originally by Snowball, runs and supplies “the farm with electrical power” (Orwell 48). But when Napoleon comes to power the windmill functions differently, instead “it was used for milling corn” (Orwell 129). Like Russia, Animal Farm was not as industrial but frugal at the time, before the Second World War, due to the failed attempts of Stalin’s Five Year

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