Communism and Socialism in George Orwell's Animal Farm

Communism and socialism in animal farn

Communism and socialism plays an important role in Animal Farm by George Orwell. All of the events that occurred in the book represent actual events that happened to a communist country, now known as Russia. Both communism and socialism have similar beliefs but still have their differences. There has never been a communist society where people were happy and treated as equals to high ranking government officials. There has been a time in Animal Farm when all animals were treated equal, but that was only in the start of the post-revolution. In the end of the book however, there is a different story. The motif of the book is that any attempt to achieve the goals of a communist and socialist society would be a continuous rise and fall of leaders. Communism is where the government owns everything such as the major resources and everything else. There is no need for private business. All people would have equal work based on their ability and benefits will be given based on the needs. In Animal Farm all the animals work and all the types of animals get the type of food they need. The animals felt better after the revolution even though they were underfed because they knew they were doing this for themselves. Napoleon and his other pigs were the government and let their power get to them. They said that all the animals would work together yet in fact the pigs were just ordering them around. They worked the other animals relentlessly and wit...