Similarities Between Animal Farm By George Orwell

Humans are all in the same game known as life, but just at different levels. This is a lesson depicted in the modern fable, Animal Farm by George Orwell, of revolution to tyranny, but with the twist of animals, instead of humans. As stated in the novel, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (Orwell 133). Personification within a culture helps make comparisons to enhance the significance of an issue- which is what Orwell did. With this, Orwell illustrated what the audience needed to understand about the Russian Revolution. The satirical novel by George Orwell, Animal Farm, depicts an indicative representation of Stalin’s Russia. First, the personalities of two major tyrants, Stalin and Hitler, were evidently

An example of this were the Hens. The Hens on the farm represented the Russian civilians/farmers that created food; for them and the party members. In Russia, they protested against the party, which ended in starvation or other brutal punishment. Correspondingly, when the Hens did their own form of protesting, which was not giving away their eggs, many of them were punished and died of starvation. Another instance was the windmill, which was a correlation to the canal built in Russia. Both were inventions from the leaders which lead to the workforce to work long hours with little rations of payment back. In the end all the hard work seems to disintegrate because both projects ended in a disarray. The windmill was destroyed because of a storm and the canal ended up in no use. Finally, there were many deaths in both the book and Russia because of the paranoia of their leaders. In Russia, there was much talk about secret workers for Hitler and Trotsky, which ended in purges and massacres, leading to brother turning their backs on their brother and merciless people being killed. In comparison to the book, Napoleon forces animals to confess to participations with Snowball and has dogs rip out these traitors’ throats because of his paranoia.

In conclusion, these examples illustrate the parallel between Animal Farm and Stalin’s Russia. All the characters in the story had specific references to a person or thought in Stalin’s Russia. The struggles within the characters and experiences also relate to Stalin’s Russia. Orwell explicates these parallels in the novel and educates people more about the revolutions in the both Russia and the farm. As William Allen White once said, “Peace without justice is