Corruption Depicted In George Orwell's Animal Farm

What Goes Around Comes Back Around

Eduard Shevardnadze, a Soviet minister of foreign affairs once said “Corruption has its own motivations and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.” (www.brainyquote.com) Some people take advantage of power and fail to see that what they are doing, corrupting everything involved. In the Russian Civil War, there were two sides; the reds and the whites. One side had declared “No war, No peace,” which means that if they don’t fight for what they believe in, then there will never be a peaceful place. George Orwell captured The Russian Civil War in his novel Animal Farm, which was published in 1946. Animal Farm is about miserable animals

Jones relates to Czar Nicholas because they both take advantage of their powers and cause suffering among their followers. Czar Nicholas was the ruler of Russia from 1894-1917. Under his rule, everyone was miserable, because he didn’t care about anyone as long as he had power. He “challenged” Japan and Korea but Japan attacked Russia at Port Arthur in 1904 to show Russia that they shouldn’t mess with them. "Nicholas's Russia began to challenge Japan in Manchuria and in Korea. An adventurer named Bezobrazov convinced Nicholas to finance a timber concession on the Yalu River on the northern border of Korea. When Tokyo concluded that Bezobrazov had won the support of the Tsar, the Japanese attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in January 1904 without declaring war." (Encyclopedia of European Social History).In the late 1800’s, people were starting to rebel against him to try to make him step down which he did. He tried making a comeback, but failed to. In 1918, he was killed by communists. In Animal Farm, Mr. Jones is portrayed as Czar, because they both had a large amount of power and didn’t realize until they lost it. Mr.Jones ran the Manor Farm and treated the animals poorly, which caused him to lose his power; by not feeding the animals for twenty-four hours and going out to drink with his friends. “When Mr. Jones got back he immediately went to sleep… the animals could not stand it no longer…” (Orwell 38) Mr.Jones was furious that he was thrown out of his own

Likewise, in Russia in 1918, a group of citizens loyal to Czar tried to regain control of the country through a series of actions that became known as the Russian Civil War. In the novel, Orwell rewrites this by having the two sides as the Humans vs. Animals. The human side contained Mr. Jones and other farmers and the animal side had all the animals from the Manor Farm. “Jones and all of his men...half a dozen from Foxwood and Pinchfield…” (Orwell 57) Luckily, the animals were prepared for this and had planned what to do if this happened. “This had been long expected, and all preparations had been made.” (Orwell 56). In the battle of the cowshed, the animals were shot, then chased all the farmers out not to be seen again. “ At sight, several men dropped their sticks and tried to run. Panic overtook them, and the next moment all the animals together were chasing them round and round the yard.” (Orwell 58). George Orwell contributed the Russian Civil War into the novel by rewriting it as the “Battle of the Cowshed.” The Russian Civil War began in 1918 and was a fight between two parties in the Russian empire which consisted of two sides, the red and white. The red side contained the Bolshevik party and the white side were people who were against the Bolshevik party. People were taking over by creating strategies, like surprise