George Orwell's Animal Farm

George Orwell's Animal Farm

Animal Farm

The novel by George Orwell whose original title is Animal Farm was published in 1945. This is a critical form of a fable about the Russian Revolution and post-revolutionary Russia and, by extension of all revolutions.

This novel denounces the falsity of those who promise a better society but that, once in power, to reproduce the injustices of the previous regime. This text presents a satire on the communist regime in the Soviet Union led by Stalin from 1920. Orwell development is satire in the form of a fable since the characters are personified animals which allowed him to take the teasing to full expression when dealing with animals, the reader is forced to maintain a distance that does not give way to pity or emotion. In addition, the ruling class is represented by pigs, and satirization includes different stages: from a cheerful mood, as in the case of the burial of the hams, to physical ridicule.

In the play, the pigs represent the Communist Party leaders: Napoleon is Stalin, Snowball is Trotsky, and Major represents Karl Marx (the term clearly refers to the speech comrade communist). This characterization is evident in the development of the novel: 1 - Napoleon begins rich taking advantage of other animals. 2 - His power is based on fear (produced by their fierce dogs) 3 - As in the totalitarian state, there is a propaganda machine embodied in the pig Squealer, who is in charge of defending and spreading the ideas and actions of the regime. 4 - There is a constant distortion of reality. 5 - The story is constantly changed. In short, the novel denounces the abuse of power and argues that the revolution has not led to any effective change: the animals continue to work as slaves, still hungry and fearful. The only difference is that they have changed masters.The totalitarian regime of the government is characterized by self-enslavement of society, where all take part in the subjugation of one another. If the traditional despotic society forcing people to respect the rules and regulations of the functioning of society, in the sole choice of unit control, in preventing the masses to govern, then totalitarianism involves the alleged execution of all and. Under totalitarianism, citizens are formally admitted into the political process, but in reality, they are completely alienated but remain with the illusion of participation in public administration ...