Representations In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Animal Farm Character Representations

Old Major had a vision for the Animal Farm, but why did things go so wrong? The farm was moving further away from freedom than when Mr. Jones had the reign of the farm. As it is an allegory a deeper meaning is symbolically represented throughout, even if it's not always obvious. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, all the main characters allegorically represent prominent figures and ideas from the Russian revolution, including the three characters: Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball who represent Joseph Stalin, propaganda, and Leon Trotsky respectfully.
One of the main characters, Napoleon, a power seeking boar, represents the dictator Joseph Stalin. One of the first major similarities between them was to use the KGB. Stalin created the KGB, a secret police force, which was used to infiltrate anyone who opposed him. Napoleon’s version of the KGB were his dogs. Early on in his rule of the Animal Farm, Napoleon abducted nine of Bluebell and Jessie’s puppies to raise and educate them to obey everything he said (51). Later Napoleon started to break connections with one of the neighboring farms, Foxwood. Mr. Pilkington, being the owner of the farm, scammed him for supplies (109). This correlates to the breaking of the alliance with Churchill to take down Hitler, called the Yalta agreement. By the …show more content…
Sure, there were some things that the animals couldn't fully represent, but they were minor and didn’t change the overall meaning. The thesis statement that “In George Orwell's Animal Farm, all the main characters allegorically represent prominent figures and ideas from the Russian revolution, including the three characters: Napoleon, Squealer, and Snowball who represent Joseph Stalin, propaganda, and Leon Trotsky respectfully.” In the end, the story finally took a turn for the worse, leaving us all on a cliffhanger to darker

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is one. In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm, the evils of the communism created by Joseph Stalin are criticized and ridiculed through a parodic story about animals taking over a farm from their abusive owner. Not only is Stalin targeted, but the entire book is aimed at the chaos and corruption of the Russian Revolution and those who caused it. Throughout the book, it begins to become clearer about who the book is about, and why it was written. The characters featured in Animal Farm are the “stars…

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