Examples Of Totalitarianism In Animal Farm

Totalitarianism had become a fact that can hardly be ignored. During World War II when Hitler had total control to the Russia of Stalin and later Soviet leaders. For many years people have dreamed or believed in the perfect society of mankind and of an ultimate utopia, a world where we can live together in peace. George Orwell expresses a different kind of view for the future of mankind, a view where freedom is limited, total control and there isn't any sign of hope or peace. George Orwell expresses his totalitarianism and communist view of the world in his work Animal Farm. The first example of totalitarianism is when the dogs killed the animals in front of all the other animals to set an example. The example that Napoleon was setting is that he is not going to be disobeyed, at all, and death was the consequence. This is exactly like the holocaust. The

In Animal Farm this represents the fighting during the Russian Civil War of 1917-1922. During this time, the Bolsheviks battled the Whites, who were anti-communist. Some of the forces in the Whites were in support of the tsar, while some were capitalist. In the Battle of the Cowshed, Mr. Jones, the former farmer, tries to retake the farm. He relates to the former Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who was forced to give up. Jones is annoyed at having had his farm taken away from him, and he spreads fear among the neighboring farmers about the threat the animals pose to the order of the countryside. This type of fear is similar to the fear that anti-communist Russians had of the Bolsheviks, and it explains why they fought in the Russian Civil War. The animals' victory, lead by Snowball, is similar to the victory of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War, when they defeated the Whites. The animals later create traditions to celebrate the battle, much as the Bolsheviks celebrated their victory over the