Examples Of Dystopia In Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a novel about a dystopian society. A dystopia is “an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly,” while a utopia is “an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect.” The story took place on a farm where the farmers treat their animals poorly. The animals rebelled and took control from the owner, Jones, so that all animals could be treated equally and set commandments on how the farm should be run. However, the more educated pigs and their leader, Napoleon, took advantage and control of this situation. Then, they used their power to get special privileges for themselves. Therefore, Animal Farm was a dystopian

The pigs were able to change the original rules that most animals supported to let themselves get more pleasure and food. This hurt all the other animals because no other animal was smart enough to challenge them successfully. For example, the seventh commandment stated “All animals are equal” but it was changed to “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Another example of manipulation was when Squealer, the messenger for Napoleon, said “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!... surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” This was an example of using fear to manipulate animals because the animals are afraid of Jones coming back. Squealer was making them afraid of disobeying.

Animal Farm was a dystopia. This is for three reasons. One reason is that most of the animals were treated poorly by the animals in charge. Another is that the animals have to obey the leaders with no voting or choice. Lastly, the leaders manipulate the animals. This would not be a great place to live because animals lived with unhappy lives. Since a dystopia is a place where people, or in this case animals, live unhappy lives, Animal Farm was a