Animal Farm: An Allegorical Connection To The Russian Revolution

oth the novel written by George Orwell, and the film by Hallmark of Animal Farm make an allegorical connection to the Russian Revolution. All of the animals want animalism, which is alleogorical to communism duirng the Revolution period. Many overthrow the owner of the farm because of how he treated them. To get a start on it, they rebel by making the commandments of their own. One of the seven is how all animals are equal. Sooner than later, the animals change this commandment, and it is now “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others,” which is not fair. The most intelligent animals on the farm are the pigs because they are able to understand what is happening, and they become more protective of the farm. He uses the

After Old Major announced his big speech to the animals, he died a few days later from being old. In the novel, it states, “Three nights later Old Major peacefully died in his sleep.” During the Russian Revolution Old Major died from being old as well. All the animals on the farm were in shock from what happen. Since then, all of them were on their own. Hallmark’s film did not successfully connect to the Russian Revolution because after Old Major gave his speech, all of the animals started to go crazy, and the leader of the farm accidently shot Old Major. Relating this back to the Russian Revolution is difficult because Lenin was not shot, he was old, and died. His death moves the plot along because this now allows the other animals on the farm to get their act together. Since this happened, Napoleon has took over the farm, and demands things for the other animals. Another important allegorical connection the novel explained was the axis powers, and the allies. In the novel, Mr.Pilkington who represents the allies, and Mr.Fredrick who represents Hitler, and the axis powers are the other surrounding farms which connect to the surrounding countries. According to the novel it states, “ ‘Comrades!’ cried Squealer, making little nervous skips, ‘a most terrible thing has been discovered. Snowball has sold himself ot Fredrick of Pinchfield Farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us!” Snowball was brainwashed from Napoleon, and the KBG which are the puppies he trained to run Snowball of the farm and to go somewhere else. The film left this out, and it is an important part in time because snowball represnts Trotsky and they both get chased away by the KBG. The Russian Revolution’s KBG was the spies/secret police. Hallmark’s 1999 film does not successfully connect this back to the revolution because he leaves the axis powers, and allies out