Purpose of the Website
This website is aimed for all year ten students worldwide. It is to educate you on the content of the famous satire Animal Farm by George Orwell and the connections between Animal Farm and real life people, events and systems related to the Russian Revolution. In this website, these include links with Stalin, Czar/Tsar Nicholas II, dictatorship, propaganda and Orwell's own life, which will help you understand the content in the novel and what Orwell is trying to get across to readers so that not only will you be able to succeed in an Animal Farm assessment, but may also become influenced by Orwell's intentions.
Brief Summary of Animal Farm
Orwell effectively represents the Russian Revolution by using a farm, which acts like a state, and various species of animals and their traits/characteristics. As the title of the book may suggest, the novel is mainly focused on the society in a farm that was ruled by the animals. After Mr. Jones (Czar Nicholas II) forgot to feed his livestock as a way for Orwell to express political struggle, the animals of Manor Farm took over after taking victory in their revolution against Mr. Jones. As a result, a new government was established and the animals renamed the place "Animal Farm." At first, this government was based on Animalism(communism) where all animals were meant to be equal. The leadership was shared by both Snowball (Trotsky) and Napoleon (Stalin), who were friends with each other, until Snowball had too many disagreements with Napoleon, resulting in a rivalry. As time passed by, Snowball was exiled from the farm and animalism became forgotten by the animals. Instead, a dictatorship naturally rose as the new political system in the farm and Napoleon became the first and only dictator of all of the farm animals. The dictatorship significantly changed life on the farm, with Napoleon having many rights that other animals did not and failing to meet the seven commandments and fulfilling the promises he made at the beginning of the novel. However, most of the animals still decided to live under Napoleon's rule due to the powerful propaganda techniques used by Squealer to persuade others that Napoleon was a successful leader because he had "benefited" all of the lawful animals unlike Mr. Jones. Eventually, the dictatorship caused "all animals to be equal, but some to be more equal than others." At the end of the novel, dictatorship was eventually forgotten and the farm was reverted back to its original name "Manor Farm" as a way to express that the farm has reformed back to its original government system.
Orwell's Intentions - Why did he write animal Farm?
Orwell wanted express his opinions on the Russian Revolution in this novel to teach the readers the goods and the flaws of the Russian Revolution, including the quality of life, development of Russia, and so on, between 1855 to 1964. He believed the corruption of totalitarianism was the cause of chaotic and poorly developed societies. He also believed that totalitarianism and communism was the reason behind many of the issues in society during the 20th century, such as Stalin's mass murder of his own citizens. Writing Animal Farm allowed Orwell to show why and how the Russian Revolution turned out to be unsuccessful even though the citizens managed to get rid of Czar Nicholas the Second. Therefore, readers can learn not to make the same mistakes that happened during the Russian Revolution in order to prevent a "repeat" of the Russian Revolution and stop societies from becoming chaotic and poorly developed again.
Other Information About the Website
Author: Jadon Fan
Class: 10.3
Teacher: Mr. Philip Knight
How To Reference This Website (APA):
Fan, J. (2013). Animal farm by george orwell - A representation of the russian revolution. Retrieved [Month] [Date], [Year], from: promrknight.weebly.com.
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Copyright 2013. No content from this website can be copied without permission from the author.
Author: Jadon Fan
Class: 10.3
Teacher: Mr. Philip Knight
How To Reference This Website (APA):
Fan, J. (2013). Animal farm by george orwell - A representation of the russian revolution. Retrieved [Month] [Date], [Year], from: promrknight.weebly.com.
Copyright Claim:
Copyright 2013. No content from this website can be copied without permission from the author.