Ignorance In Fahrenheit 451 And Brave New World

One of the themes of the novel is that people’s ignorance can contribute to their political and social oppression. How does the animal’s behavior in the novel support this theme? Alongside books such as Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm has shaken the world with its rather dark and pessimistic vision of the future, long since used as a cautionary tale for the upcoming decades. Set after Stalin’s influence, this novel depicts a parody of his rise to power through the use of animals. Upon revolting against their oppressive farmer, the animals had decided to begin a new start for themselves and to believe in a new equality for all the animals. They named their farm “Animal Farm” to indicate the kinship between one another. The animals

The pig, Napoleon, is a direct reference to Stalin himself, while the animals reference the people he oppressed. While Napoleon and Stalin’s actions were actions taken of them and them alone, tyrants like such cannot rise all alone. Vulnerability and ignorance of the masses were the key factors taken advantage of by both to bring about the oppression of the animals and people of Russia alike. In the context of Animal Farm, the animal residents had, without a thought, agreed upon every lie Napoleon had given, even events seen with their own eyes were pegged to be that of their imagination. Upon overthrowing Snowball, Napoleon had twisted the truth in undermining the influence Snowball had, and painted himself as the farm’s savior. To ease the animals’ unrest in Snowball’s sudden expulsion, it was spread that Snowball had been a criminal all along, a traitor. Without even knowing the specifics, one of the animals, named Boxer, had said, “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.” Napoleon, weeks later, had decided to further twist things to his own advantage while simultaneously tarnishing Snowball’s

Muriel was fetched yet again, and she interpreted that “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” Yet another two words. This misinterpretation of these commandments may represent overall the twisting and distortion of laws and principles made by dictators throughout history to keep the public under check. Yet nobody, in the book’s context, had tried to fight back at all. As it states in Chapter 8, “But they saw now that the commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors who leagued themselves with Snowball.” This lack of action and initiation in their lives had caused things to spiral down into such a state in which no commandments but one were left on the board. According to Chapter 10, the last chapter, it states,” There is nothing there now except a single Commandment. It ran: All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.” The animals’ ignorance had led to their downfall. Animal farms were to be a place of equality, but that dream was long