The purpose of this website is to analyse the symbolisation of characters in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, August 1945, to reflect the important figures in the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Power has always been the most awed, feared, and lusted influence over the ages. Many leaders who set out to correct and differentiate the society eventually crumble to their own greed and indifference. The novel tells about a nearly flawless ideal, which was deliberately deformed by its pursuers. It speaks of a story of farm animals who leads a revolution against their irresponsible owner Mr.Jones, and swears to Animalism, in which every animal is equal and all the humans are enemies. They will feed themselves and work for the benefits of the farm without the parasitic humans leeching away the fruits of their hard work. However, one of the leaders of the revolution has been consumed by greed, and he will do anything in his power to quench his thirst for it.
George Orwell's purpose of writing this book is to express his ideas towards the Russian Revolution and the Stalin-era, claiming that "The Soviet Union had become a brutal dictatorship, built upon a cult of personality and enforced by a reign of terror." The novel shows the world the allegory between its characters and the people involved in the Russian Revolution, fusing George Orwell's political and artistic purposes into one.
The purposes of the following pages are to analyse some of the characters in Animal Farm in relationship with the people in the Russian Revolution which in this case will be Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. It will also analyse the methods they use to get & maintain power, and lastly George Orwell's biography and his life.