Animal Farm Movie And Book Comparison

In the mid-1900s, Russia went through many changes with their government. Writer, George Orwell, noticed theses changes and wrote about them in his novel Animal Farm. Orwell’s novel was later made into a film. In 1999, the Animal Farm movie was released by Hallmark Films. Although there are many differences between the Animal Farm book and movie, the three topics that stood out the most were Boxer, Napoleon, and the sound or music. Boxer, the hard-working horse, resembled the Russian Working Class in both the book and the movie. Unlike the book, Boxer would wake up early every morning to begin rebuilding the windmill that Mr. Jones blew up in the movie. Boxers hard work and determination leads to his collapsing near the windmill. In the movie, Jessie takes control while other animals rush to tell Napoleon that Boxer has collapsed, but in the book, Clover and Benjamin stay beside Boxer as the other animals run to get Squealers help. In the book, Boxer is less aware of what is going on around the farm. His continuous ignorance of the animals around him is very strange. Boxer has a very strong mindset that Napoleon is always right. He becomes overworked and eventually he collapses beside the windmill he is beginning to rebuild. Boxer is

In the movie, Napoleon was shown as slob and alcoholic. Napoleon quickly gained a lot of control over the animals and eventually, a statue was made for him. Unlike the book, when the animals raid Mr. Jones house, Napoleon decides to use a television as a distraction and a way to make the animals calm down. Napoleon is similar in the book and in the movie because he continues to have no respect for Snowball. When Snowball presented the idea of building a windmill, Napoleon disapproved and peed on the blueprints right in front of Snowball. This shows Napoleon’s disrespect for Snowball and his lack of being open to new