Animal Farm, a group of farm animals overthrew their human masters in order to establish a society where all animals would rule and benefit equally from their own labor. Three pigs -- Squealer, Napoleon and Snowball -- set about running the farm after Mr. Jones is defeated in the battle. All animals come together to work towards the common goal of the farm's prosperity, supposedly for the common good of all the farm animals.
Before long, however, it becomes apparent that this goal is largely untenable. All are supposedly created equally, but some animals like Boxer the carthorse do most of the work. By extension, all animals' opinions should matter equally, but any animal who opposes Napoleon's orders are beset by the leader's attack dogs.
Through this depiction, Orwell skillfully demonstrates how revolutions often fail to live up to their goals of equality. Such examples are seen throughout history. The...
Their goal was to establish a classless society, where everyone would work towards a common good and no one would live in want. The end result, however, was quite different. In place of the tsar rose a new form of repression, as illustrated in the way Josef Stalin purged his perceived enemies from the Communist Party.
In the novel, the Animalist principles forbidding whiskey and associating with humans are supposed to apply to all animals equally. Napoleon, however, acts like a human being by sleeping in a bed, consuming alcohol and trading with the human neighbors. Also, all animals supposedly work for the good of the farm, but unlike their leader, most animals remain cold, hungry and exhausted from too much work.
In the end, the…
