What Role Do Animals Play In Animal Farm

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A Role to Play Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party. – Joseph Stalin Revolutions are always verbose. – Leon Trotsky. George Orwell experienced the ruthlessness of the Russian Revolution, and with the desire to publically announce the faults in that revolution, Orwell published Animal Farm, when it was appropriate too. In Orwell’s beast fable, farm animals come to a reality that they must revolt against Mr. Jones. Even though the animals thought that a revolution would arise later in life, they began it by terrorizing Mr. Jones off his farm. Three groups of animals that play significant roles in the revolution are the pigs, sheep, and horses. A revolution is not a revolution without the knowledgeable, the oblivious,
Boxer and Clover really want the best for the farm and all the animals, yet they do not have the knowledge and wisdom to judge the weight of either Napoleons or Snowball’s words and promises. Both horses forget that freedom comes at a cost. Every day, Boxer pushes himself to work harder and harder for a cause only the pigs understand. Even though Boxer and Clover agree with the heart of the revolution, their blindness only helps Napoleon achieve his conniving goals. In a revolution, Boxer is truly the most harmful. He is the power that lest Napoleon achieve his deceptive plans. Boxer’s hope blinds him from the dictatorship fib expanding right in front of his eyes. In the flurry and hype of a revolution it is easy to forget what the revolution is all about. Orwell effectively develops a revolution in Animal Farm by giving each character a role. The pigs are the educated leaders, the sheep are the oblivious followers, and the horses are the passionate power lines, which can be the agency of harm when not controlled by the right people. Revolutions have their supporters and their opposers, but either way every person has a role to play and it is up to them to limit the amount of harm

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