Poster récapitulatif Animal Farm
Publié le 05/05/2021
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GEORGES ORWELL
Georges Orwell/Eric Arthur Blair (1903/1950) is a prominent English
writer , famous for Homage to Catalonia (1938) , Animal Farm (1945)
and 1984 (1949) , his writing style is focused on dystopia , satire and
real events .
There is an adjective which was named after him , an
«Orwellian» situation meaning that the said situation is being
destructive to a free and open society .
ILLUSTRATION
This picture represents the fact that the pigs , and most particulary
Napoleon , act more and more like humans throughout the story .
REAL LIFE REPRESENTATIONS
Symbolism as a whole is a center point in Orwell’s books , but most
importantly in Animal Farm , because the entire book is a
metaphorical representation of the UR SS throughout the russians
revolutions:
-Old Major/Karl Marx and Lénine, he s the founder of the ideology,
animalism/communism
-Mr.Jones=Capitalism flaws
-Farm animals= the proletariat which is manipulated via propaganda
-Napoleon=Staline , a leader who promises a utopia but who ends up
creating a dystopia
-Snowball=Trotsky , political opponent who ends up exiled
-Squealer=Generals and media , keeps the population at bay via
propaganda
-dogs=KGB/secret police , silences opposition and oppresses the people
-Frederick=Hitler/Nazi Germany , attacks the farm/UR SS and causes
important damages and casualties to it .
-Whymper= countries who sided with the UR SS for profit
-Pilkington=Churchill , tries to contain the communist/animalist
ideology
-Moses=Religion , used by communism/animalism to keep the
people/animals hopeful
-Boxer=Stakhanovism , indoctrinated people who would sell out and
denounce others
-pigs in general represent the high-ranking officials who worked in the
UR SS, they have privileges while being mostly idleQUOTES
“ Napoleon is always right ”, this quote speaks of the authoritarian
side of things and gives Napoleon complete authority
The Seven Commandements , refer to communism because all the rules
forbid animals from acting like humans, communism forbids the people
from acting like capitalists and teaches ideas of us and them ( good vs
evil )
“ four legs good, two legs bad ”, again this shows how one sided
communist ideas are, we could replace it with “communists good,
capitalists bad” BOOK COVER
In this picture , the first thing we see are the colors of the UR SS flag , we
can see a windmill in the center with light projected from behind, it
symbolizes the goal and hopes of the animals, their hopes for a brighter future
, explainig its position on the cover.
There are barbed wires all around the
field and windmill, it represents the oppression and slave work put into it, the
animals are locked in the “dream” of Napoleon as if they were in a prison, as a
matter of fact Napoleon is at the bottom of the cover, all in red because it all
came from him, he is the root of evil in this story
POLITIC MEANING
The book is an allegory of the Russian Revolution of 1917 , each important
character represents a political figure at the time, it also shines a light on
the secret Russian police , the KGB , through Napoleon’s 6 dogs .
Dictatorship is also a main theme in the story:
-Napoleon gets elected because he is the only candidate
-he gets rid of his political opponent
-he silences the people who question his rule
-he is the only one to get to decide what to do
These themes synergizes nicely with the use of propaganda through the
story, like “four legs good, two legs bad” a maxim which the sheep are
made to repeat, propaganda songs/anthem, false documents all of these
correlate with communism and an authoritarian regime The scene takes place on a farm in Willington,England owned by
Mr.Jones .
His animals , unhappy with their condition decide to
revolt led by a group of pigs named Squealer, Napoleon and
Snowball with the help of Boxer , a horse, pigs, sheep, chickens and
cows.
Afterwards , the animals takeover ,Napoleon indoctrinates 6
puppies which become his guards against foes like Frederic and keep
the other animals in check
Clover’s dream
I woke up one day
Mr jones was defeated
we harvested the hay
and like never we feasted
I woke up today
the widmill was gone
our minds had gone astray
our hopes came to none
We saw pigs and men take a break
we were as blind as sheep
I thought I was awake
but I was still asleep.
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