Differences And Similarities Between Animal Farm Movie And Book

In the novel Animal Farm and Movie Animal Farm there were many differences and similarities. In the book Animal Farm Old Major died peacefully 3 days later, after giving his speech, yet in the movie he was shot by Farmer Jones during his speech. In the movie Jessie was the protagonist and was always around, and in the book she was hardly mentioned. Another difference between the movie and novel is Clover, and Mr. Whymper were not mentioned in the movie. In the novel those characters played a crucial part in the story. Mr. Whymper would spread the news on how the animals were living, and Clover supported Boxer. In the novel there was The Battle of Cowshed, the dogs killing everyone who confessed their crimes, and in the end the animals seeing

the pigs walk on their hind legs, and not being able to tell the difference from pigs to man, and man to pigs. While in the movie none of these things were mentioned, and ended with the animals over throwing Napoleon. Although there were many differences between the two, there are a few similarities between the novel and movie. In both the movie and novel Mr. Jones is an alcoholic, and the animals rebel against him due to his cruel care against them. Another similarity between the two is when they fight off the humans for the first time and win. Lastly another similarity is when the pigs traded with the humans to get what they need. All these things happened in both the book and movie. The director made the movie differently, so it would summarize the key points in the novel, and get a happier ending. In conclusion the director of the movie chose to make the differences to make the movie shorter, and more entertaining.