Animal Farm Utopia Analysis

Rick Truong
Mrs. Dehorn
1 September 2015
Animal Farm Utopia
Imagine a life where everyone living in a society is happy and prosperous, without a worry in life of something called pain. A society where people could live caring for each other, live on the same level, and enjoy what they already have. A place where people would work together and try to soar to higher peaks and achieve the impossible out of their free will. Unfortunately, there will never be a society similar over even close to similar to the society that seems so full of satisfaction and dreams since man exists. Man exists only to indulge and act for his self benefit and ambitions. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Old Major tries to pass on this utopian ideal to his fellow comrades

and descendants only to see his own children and comrades abuse their power for their greedy necessities. The animals rebel against the humans since they take the products of others without producing anything in return and force the animals to work laborious years until the animal is no longer of use. The animals successfully rebel against the humans and try to duplicate Old Major’s vision in a utopia. However, the pigs’ corruption and human sin leads to the downfall of Animal farm. In the end, the Utopia Old Major sought for lead to a corrupt dystopia driven by the greed and selfishness that dwells within the pigs, the lack of education, and the power of manipulation.
One of the main reasons why the Old Major’s Utopia fails is because of the greed and selfishness that manifests within the pigs that causes the pigs to manipulate the other animal’s effort.

When the Clover and Muriel notice that the commandments of Animal Farm have been changing, Squealer assures the animals that no such action has been done and warns them that Mr. Jones may come back if the pigs did not get enough of their “necessities” for work. These “necessities” for work are merely just an excuse the pigs harness to deceive the other animals, who are not as intelligent, so that the pigs themselves can indulge the human creations that is originally created by animal effort. This endless greed and self-benefitting mindset is one of the reasons why Animal Farm fails to become the utopia, not only Old Major wants, but the utopia that all the animals fought for. In addition, after the Fredericks dynamite the windmill, Boxer, who receives major wounds, is sold to the Glue Boiler only to allow the pigs to “acquire the money to buy themselves another case of whisky” (Orwell 126). Boxer, one of Animal Farm’s most loyal workers is sold to the Horse slaughterer so that the pigs could self-indulge in a case of whisky. This government could not become any more corrupt as to not give their most hardworking subordinate a proper retirement or even an honorable burial. Overall, it is the manifestation of greed and selfishness that drives Animal Farm to corruption and

destruction.
The fact that the animals of Animal Farm have a lack of education prohibits Animal Farm from transforming into a peaceful home that the animals could thrive on. The lack of education drives the farm into destruction by allowing the pigs to rewrite the commandments to benefit their needs and desires instead of the prosperity of Animal Farm. Since none of the animals, except Muriel and Clover, can read, the pigs can change the commandments to their will and manipulate the animals into believing that nothing has been done to the commandments all this time is the source of crookedness that prohibits Animal Farm transform into a Utopia. If the animals would just remember the old days and learn how to read, then the animals would not have to sffer while the pigs enjoy. Additionally, during the confessions, Napoleon slaughters many of his fellow comrades who merely associate themselves with the “villain” Snowball. After the scenes of terror and bloodshed, the animals go back to their homes wondering if the home they live in is not the utopia they wish for. After reading the commandments over again, they see that one of the commandments states that “no animal shall kill any other animal without cause” (Orwell 91) and reassure themselves that nothing is wrong. However, their lack of education proves that they cannot see through any of the horrendous manipulations the pigs are committing on the animal farm. The utopia that Old Major would have wanted only disappears because the animal do not, or rather cannot take any action against the crimes and wrongdoings of the pigs. The lack of education ultimately allows the pigs to manipulate and adulterate Animal Farm into their own vision of happiness instead of the utopia that benefits all the animals.
Lastly, Animal Farm only falls into darkness and corruption because of how easily the animals can be controlled and manipulated. The animals one fear is the return of Mr. Jones which the Pigs use to their advantage and take power of the farm by using their intelligence to control the animals by fear. When Clover and Muriel suspect that the pigs have violated one of the seven commandments, they read the seven commandments and find that one of the rules has changed so that “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” (Orwell 67). Squealer persuades that there is a ruling against sheets which are human invention and that all animals have beds, but the pigs could sleep in more comfortable beds. In the end, Squealer convinces Clover and Muriel that Mr. Jones may come back if the pigs did not get proper rest. This shows how easily the animals can be manipulated by hearing such a false reason with such a strong fear. The pigs, who are more intelligent than others, use their wits in order to force the animals to work for their benefits. Also, the sheep whose motto is “four legs good, two legs bad” changed from “four legs good, two legs better” as the pigs begins to learn how to walk on their hind legs. The Old Major spoke out and opposed those humans and how they walk on two legs, yet the pigs themselves begin walking on two legs with the support of the sheep who blindly listen to the leaders. This clearly demonstrates how easily the animals can be manipulated and blindly change their minds into what the pigs wish them to think. Ultimately, Animal Farm comes to its downfall as a failed utopian society because of how easily the pigs control the animals into giving their support and effort so that the pigs can satisfy their selfish desires.
Old Major’s dream and vision about Animal Farm becoming a place where animals could live without being the slaves of the human ultimately failed as a result of the selfishness driven by the greed of the pigs, the lack of education the animals failed to attain, and the manipulated citizens of animal farm. Societies that seek for a paradise and utopia will only fail to become one because of human fault and immorality. The imitations of utopian societies throughout history have failed as a direct result of the errors caused by man as well as human desire that fuel the benefit of one instead of the benefit of the entire society. Ultimately, the only reason why Old Major’s utopia and all other utopias in the past have failed is because of man and all of their sins that act for their individual self rather than the society.