Animal Farm is a novel written by George Orwell. Animal farm is a satirical novel that uses animal stereotypes to make the hierarchy of the farm more realistic. The novel is an allegory of the Russian Revolution; George Orwell makes the story to show what was happening when the Russian Revolution took place. Orwell uses the commandments to show how irony is shown throughout the novel. Parody is used throughout the novel to show how the pigs make the commandments but by the end of the novel the pigs start to disobey and act like the new “Mr Jones”. The novel shows how propaganda is used to show how the pigs, Napoleon, would persuade the other animals. The pigs show the most amount of Hypocrisy during the novel. Power of …show more content…
Animal Farm is full of satire. The use of satire is Orwell’s way of communicating the problems and resolutions in the novel. One of the main messages in the novel is that power cannot be divided equally throughout the animals on the farm and that it will never be equal. Once Napoleon has taken the power and control at the farm, the power starts to make the other animals on the farm think as leader does. On the farm equality does not exit, it is almost impossible for all the animals to be equal. The stereotypes in the novel show how the power is spread throughout the farm and the animals. The pigs are the smart ones, which mean they get the most power and control the farm, whereas the sheep are gullible which makes them less smart and less likely to become the one in power. The chickens are considered dumb and all over the place, but the horses are considered strong but innocent. Orwell uses these different techniques, satire and animal stereotypes, to show the reader how the pigs got the control on the …show more content…
Irony is shown in the novel by Napoleon, the dictator pig, he creates the commandments but by the end of the novel decides that those rules do not apply to him. For example one of the commandments is “no animal shall drink alcohol” but by the time that Napoleon has got the other animals listening to him he begins to make a barley plantation the make his own alcohol, but the other animals are forbidden to drink alcohol as it is a commandment and they must obey them at all costs. The novel animal farm is a parody of the Russian Revolution. The hierarchy at the farm places the ones who do all the work at the bottom of the pyramid while the man, Mr Jones and then Napoleon, gain all the power just like the public and the Russian dictator in the Russian Revolution; this is an example of Parody in the novel. The communism and dictatorship on the farm is shown through the techniques, Irony and Parody that George Orwell