Only 120 pages of this book published from England in 1945
august. The author, George Orewll had no stomach for Communism. He hated
limitless imprisonment, censorship in newspapers and the deed of military
forces. ‘Animalism’, in this story, ‘is an allegorical mirror of the Soviet
Union, particularly between the 1910s and the 1940s, as well as the evolution
of the view of the Russian revolutionaries and government of how to practice
it’
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| 1983-Animal Farm |
‘Power Corrupts’
Most of the characters were animals and they played like
human. Although the animals were main players, their tricks and methods were so
far as we could not imagine. Yes! ‘If
such animals became aware of their strength, we should have no power over
them.’ (George Orwell’s preface) Later, Napoleon and his pigs were
corrupted by the absolute power they hold over the farm. The reader would be
frightened by their deeds and actions.
Napoleon was the main villain of Animal Farm. When he met
the destruction of the windmill that he seemed valued dearly, he convinced the
animals that ‘Snowball’ destroyed the windmill. Snowball was Napoleon's rival
and original head of the farm after Jones' overthrow. Napoleon said that the
enemy was hidden in the dark, so he alarmed all his animals to watch carefully
to every corner and kept alert for 24 hours. All the animals were always afraid
of Snowball because Snowball could do anything as bombing their possessions any
time. They were told that Snowball was making troubles among the peaceful
animals. Snowball became a kind of the unseen enemy.
Education
Snowball attempts to teach the animals reading and writing.
But they were too stupid to remember what they were taught today. They even did
not know when Squealer(who served as Napoleon’ right hand pig) secretly paints
additions to some commandments to benefit the pigs while keeping them free of
accusations of breaking the laws. They did not see the tricks that Squealer’s
invented numbers of their improvement. They remain convinced that they were
better off than they were when ruled by Mr.Jones though they were cold,
starving, and overworked. The animals were always amusing themselves with their
leader’s performance and tricks which were always new and cool.
The Reader’s Reflection
See The Difference - ‘Unseen Leader’ and ‘Unseen Enemy’
In the novel ‘1984’, the same author, George Orwell never
mentioned about the master mind behind the stage and the reader wondered who
was behind ‘Big Brothers’. In this story, the author did not hide the leader.
Yes, Napoleon was the head of the animal farm. No less, no more. But from the
beginning to the end, we will never know, the unseen enemy, Snowball, really
exists or alive.
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