How Does Orwell Use Satire In Animal Farm

Animal Farm, written by George Orwell in 1943 is one of the greatest allegories the world has ever seen. This allegory about the Russian Revolution is delivered to the audience in a story about a diverse group of animals on a farm in England who use the words of an old pig to come up with the concept of ‘Animalism’ and rebel against their human master and begin to run the farm themselves. In the development of their supposed utopia, several problems arise and a dystopic reality sets in. by using the techniques of negative characterisation, anthropomorphism and dystopia, Orwell explores the ideas of power and control through manipulation and through this positions the audience to understand that the characteristics of greed, manipulation and violence are animalistic qualities which make us less than human.

While Napoleon was gaining power over the animals he had to get rid of other politicians and opposing citizens. He did this by raising dogs that would strike fear into citizens and end up chasing Snowball out of the farm making Napoleon have total power. “Four young porkers…uttered shrill squeals of disapproval…. But…the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.”(document B). This made it so the animals were too scared to oppose or overthrow Napoleon. He also made it so no one could challenge him politically. He did this by having his dogs kill masses of people so no one would dare have different opinions and speak out against him. “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice, Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess”(document B). The mass murder made it so Napoleon had total control of the farm. The violence of Napoleon’s leadership caused the animals to fear to have their own opinions and forced them to conform to Napoleon’s

This quote represents fear tactics used by Napoleon: “If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak... Instead - she did not know why - they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. ”(Orwell, Quote 15). Napoleon uses the dogs to make the animals confess even if they didn’t want to. Animals started to confess because they were scared of the dogs, and thought that Napoleon will spare their life, but Napoleon still killed all the animals that confessed.

I learned that Joseph Stalin rose to power in a weird and interesting way, like Napoleon did. Napoleon was treating himself, and his friends to the house by sleeping in the luxurious beds. This is beneficial to the pigs however, this luxury is going against the commandments. So did Stalin, he gave his friends high government jobs, so he can treat them with luxury, getting them on his side. I discovered that Stalin would launch five year plans in an attempt to reform the Soviet Union into something better. This is parallel to Napoleon attempting to build the windmill in his two years to make the farm better. A novel idea that I encountered gave me a deeper understanding for the use of the dogs by Napoleon in the book. Just like how Napoleon

Napoleon used propaganda of fear to convey a message that he is in control. He demonstrated this  by holding a  purge for anyone who confessed being an ally with Snowball. The animals that confessed being involved were instantly executed by Napoleon's “nine enomouse dogs promptly tearing their throats out” (62). Another example of Napoleon's abusive  of power is shown again through the actions of his pet dogs. These “fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere” (64), and as a result no animal disobeyed  Napoleon, due to the amount of  control  he had. This portrays Napoleon to be an oppressive leader that resorts to violence for more power. Overall , this signifies how propaganda of fear was used to control the animals which slowly lead to the fall of Animal

Napoleon does not let anyone near the puppies. He brought them up to the barn’s small-scale second floor where they would not be disturbed so he could bring them up to be vicious. Napoleon more or less raises the dogs to be his little private army, “Napoleon, with the dogs following him, now mounted on to the raised portion of the floor where Major had previously stood to deliver his speech” (54). He first introduces the dogs when he lets them out to chase after Snowball in order to get rid of him. This terrifies the other animals into never wanting to do anything against Napoleon in fear of the dogs tearing them to shreds.

"At this... nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball.... Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn. "(-Orwell, pg 53). Napoleon's use of the dogs increases the fear in the other animals, which helps him stay in power. "

George Orwell was the author of Animal Farm, Orwell was able to write a satire on the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm started off with the animals living an anguished life under the ownership of Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones treated the animals with no respect, he took everything the animals had produced, and when Mr. Jones sees that the animal were incapable to work he would slaughter them. The animals on the farm revolted against Mr. Jones and kick him out of the farm. After the revolution the animals went a couple seasons under Snowball and Napoleon leadership, but Napoleon viciously chasing out Snowball.

Language has been used in various ways to create an impression of the dogs in the extract. Firstly, Orwell introduces the dog in a negative way, almost as if something bad is about to occur. This has been shown by the use of the adjective, ' terrible', from the phrase, ' terrible baying sound', and 'enormous' from the phrase ' nine enormous dogs' which sounds frightening and intimidating, presenting the dogs as scary and alarming. This may be because of the way Napoleon has influenced the dogs, as well as taught them to act this way. Along with this, a long description of the dogs, 'wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn'.

By planting fear onto the animals on the farm using the ferocious guard dogs, Napoleon is able to keep order on the farm. Since no animal wants to be bitten to death from a simple unique expression of idea, they choose to remain silent and listen. This technique is simple. If the animals dare speak against Napoleon’s wishes, they will get sentenced to death. It is effective because it assures that no animal will ever go against his wishes; good or bad, right or wrong.

Napoleon used force to gain control of Animal Farm, and used fear to keep it. When he and Snowball both led the other animals, they had many disagreements. Napoleon saw that Snowball was better at communicating with the animals, so he used the dogs which he had secretly trained to drive Snowball away – permanently. Napoleon used these dogs to keep all the animals ‘in line’ and quash any thought of rebellion with fear.

The puppies are trained to obey Napoleon, which imitates the NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs), in other words, law enforcement of the Soviet Union. They have performed several executions, just like the dogs in Animal Farm. "There was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs, wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn". This description of the dogs appears to be quite threatening, considering that the dogs were not seen ever since they have been taken away may suggest they had not experienced childhood. Reading on further, we see more proof of the contextual representation. "It was noticed that they wagged their tails to him [Napoleon] in the same way as the other dogs had been used to do to Mr. Jones". This shows that Napoleon was really the representation of Stalin, who really tried to reinforce the idea of

Satire is loosely defined as the use of humour, irony or exaggeration to ridicule specific topics. It is a notoriously difficult literary technique for authors to employ successfully and often ends up being either a “hit or miss” with its intended audience. One such example of satire being utilized both effectively and skilfully is within the highly acclaimed novel, Animal Farm. First published in 1945 by George Orwell, Animal Farm was written in reaction to the events of the Russian Revolution and its totalitarian regime. Deeply perturbed by the total dictatorial control Stalin had assumed over the Soviet Union, Orwell wrote Animal Farm in order to criticize the events leading up to Stalin’s rise to power.

When they finished their confessions, the dogs promptly tore their throats out, and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any animal had anything to confess”(Orwell 93). This shows the political power that Napoleon (Stalin) has over the animals. It also shows what was really going on during Napoleon's rule at the time. Lastly, “They were all slain on the spot. And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet”(Orwell 93).

To begin with, Napoleon’s most used and efficient propaganda happens to be fear. There are numerous occasions where Napoleon advocates fear in order to either persuade a large number of animals or force upon new sets of ideas. One of the most strategic techniques that Napoleon used were the dogs. Since he was portrayed as a secretive person, he would stealthily train the hound of dogs, “they were puppies whom Napoleon had taken away from their mothers and reared privately.” (Orwell 38) The dogs created fear in all of the animals, therefore, made it extremely simple for Napoleon to ascend to the position of the leader of Animal Farm. Using the dogs to enforce fear also prevented rebellion against Napoleon or any questioning of his authority. An additional example would be when Napoleon relaunched the