Animal Farm
...the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, returned to Europe and started writing
novels and essays for a living under his pen name "George Orwell." He was a
political writer of his time, and usually wrote from his intense feelings and
fierce hates. He hated government having complete control, and served in the
Loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War.
He contradicted himself in many ways. He was a socialist while hating
communism and was a literary critic while distrusting intellectuals. He hated
how the world was cruel and how lies were way of life. When he died in 1950
from a neglected lung ailment he left his work and ideas to us and we grow
trying to fulfill his demands.....failing. Introduction-
When I first looked at this book I thought It would be a children's
storybook. Then I noticed the thickness of the novel and opened it up. I read
the introduction and found that the novel was based on a political matter, and I
thought that the title was just a metaphor, and there were no "animals" in the
story. As I read I discovered the whole thing was a metaphor.
The five topics I'll be covering are:
1. plot structure
2. conflict
3. point of view
4. symbolism and figuration language
5. theme and author's vision
I hope this essay shows the ideas of Eric Blair and the freedom we have
under government control.
Body-
1. plot structure
The story starts off in a form called "Manor Farm." An old white boar
called "Old Major" tells all the farm animals of a day when all the animals
would be free, and of a dream that took him back to when he was young. In his
dream he remembered a song that tells of such a day. This was the day of the
Rebellion. Soon after Old Major dies all the animals prepare for this day and
it was not long before it happened.
The animals chased off all the humans from the...
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