Examples Of Allegory In Animal Farm By George Orwell

In the novel “Animal Farm”, George Orwell has used allegory to position the readers to view a dictatorship; in this case, Napoleon (the pig) and Mr Jones is the dictator who is manipulating the farm animals physically and mentally. These various leaders who use power to control people, they overall become a dictator and become corrupt. This is mainly because they make new rules that suits their needs or because to make their life easier in anyway shape or form.

Napoleon uses fear and intimidation to manipulate the farm animals. This is visible in chapter 10, when Napoleon is carrying the whip Mr Jones was using on the animals. This is a clear sign that Napoleon uses intimidation to control the animals. Even though Napoleon is not using the whip physically, it gives the animals the

fear, Mr Jones had when he was at the farm. Another way Napoleon used fear and intimidation is when Napoleon raised a group of puppies to a violet fierce guarding dogs. These dogs were a sign of symbolism. They are a threat and fear that gave shivers up every animals back. Orwell uses very descriptive words to make the reader imagine these fearless dogs that is threatening the other animals. These actions justify that Napoleon is the dictator and that he uses fear and intimidation to control and manipulate the farm animals. In addition, these dictators become corrupt because at the beginning of the novel, the pig’s intention was for total equality but in the end, it can devolve into an oppressive state.
In addition, Napoleon also restricts certain information and gives out false information to control the farm animals. This was visible when napoleon said “And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball’s part in it was much exaggerate”. This is a clear sign of censorship because Napoloen is giving out false information when it was very clear that Snowball was the hero at the Battle of the Cowshed. Orwell has done this to show allegory in this novel to show leaders who use power overall becomes a dictator. Another part of the story says, “Two days later the animals were called together for a special meeting in the barn. They were struck dumb with surprise when Napoleon announced that he had sold the pile of timber to Frederick. Tomorrow Frederick's wagons would arrive and begin carting it away. Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick.” This quote is very clear that Napoleon give out false information to the animals by saying that, he sold a pile of timber to Frederick by in reality they had been in a secret agreement. This quote proves that Napoleon had secrets that he did not want to other animals to know; therefore, it is mostly certain that Napoleon was a dictator.
Lastly, Napoloen uses propaganda to control and brainswash the farm animals.

This is visible in the novel when the pigs changed the 7 commandments to suit their needs and to make their life easier. For example, one of the original commandment stated “ No animal shall sleep in a bed.” This commandment was soon after broken by the pigs, so Napoleon makes minor changes to the commandent to make them able to sleep in a bed. This is the quote from the novel. “You have heard then, comrades," he said, "that we pigs now sleep in the beds of the farmhouse? And why not? You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a ruling against` beds? A bed merely means a place to sleep in. A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded. The rule was against sheets, which are a human invention.” In this quote the pigs have changed one of the commandments and made the other animals think as if the commandment was always been that way. Orwell has used characterization to show the readers how propaganda can control and change the farm animals in a negative way. By doing this, Orwell has displayed the readers how leaders who try to manipulate the people, they will become a dictator and become

corrupt.
Finally, the novel “Animal Farm” by, George Orwell positions the readers to view a dictatorship in a bad way. Orwell does this to show the readers that any leaders who use any sort of power to control and manipulate others, they overall become a dictator and become corrupt. He did this by creating a character in the novel called Napoleon who uses fear, violence, censorship, and propaganda to control the animals.