Animal Farm
The book Animal Farm by George
Orwell at first depicts a seemingly normal farm- until it is shown that the
animals are plotting and rebellious. The animals on the farm soon overthrow the
farmer and take control of the farm, making it the first ever animal-run farm. At
first, things go great. The animals work cooperatively together to maintain the
farm and to create new rules and customs. But soon enough, the most intelligent
animals on the farm, the pigs, begin taking advantage of the other animals.
They take control of the farm and treat the other animals worse than ever
before. The farm in the book Animal Farm symbolizes life in the real world in
many ways.
In the middle of the book, as
the pigs begin to take full control of the farm, they start lying to the other
animals about many things. I thought that this was a symbol for corrupt
government in the real world. In the book the leader of the pigs, Napolean,
lies to the animals about his enemy, Snowball. For example, when the windmill that
the animals had built was torn down, Napolean lied to them and said it was Snowball
who knocked it down. He also told them that Snowball was stealing food and vandalizing
the farm in the middle of the night. He said these things to plant the idea in
the animal’s heads that Snowball was bad, and Napolean himself was good. He made
them think he was a good leader, when in fact he was a horrible one. This was
meant to symbolize corrupt government or leaders, planting untrue ideas, or
propaganda, in citizen’s heads to make them support that leader or government.
This happens with governments all over the world.
Animal Farm by George Orwell portrays real life in many ways. It mostly shows corrupt governments and bad leadership. It does this symbolically,
by using the scenario of animals running their own farm. It shows how bad
leadership, like the pigs were running, can lead to horrible situations and
conditions. Animal Farm teaches a very valuable lesson about the real world.
