Violence In George Orwell's Animal Farm

THE OCCURANCE OF VIOLENCE IN ANIMAL FARM In 1947, George Orwell published a book called Animal Farm. In this novel, animals are fed up of the way they are being treated by humans. So they take over Manor farm which is now Animal farm. As time progresses it can be seen that society evolves from a democracy to dictatorship. There are many themes to this book. Some include deception, rebellion and revolution, power and many more. In Orwell's novel violence or the threat of violence frequently occur. This essay will prove this statement the threats of violence and acts of violence can be seen through Mr. Jones actions, The battle of cow shed and the battle of the windmill, finally the executions of all the animals.

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Jones has committed. First of all Mr. Jones whips and abuses the farm animals. When the animals first started the rebellion, the animals got into the place where all the is and started eating all the food. When Mr. Jones found out what was going on he started to whip the animals. “The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.” (Orwell, 12) This is an obvious violent act he has committed. It was his fault that the animals did this. Mr. Jones forgot to feed the animals multiple times so something was bond to happen. Also whipping the animals wasn’t the only option he had. He could have done something else to prevent the animals from eating the food. The animals suffered to a point to where they had to take action. This was more then the animals could bare and as of result he got kicked off the farm. Another instance that prove the acts of violence throughout the book is another act Mr. Jones did. During the battle of cowshed the animals and humans fought. Mr. Jones shot a sheep and injured Snowball. The animals were strategically prepared and the humans were losing. “Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired. The pellets scored bloody streaks along Snowball's back, and a sheep dropped dead.” (Orwell, 27) To get back what Mr. Jones lost he got people to aid him fight the animals. So first it was sort of like a war. But to make things worse …show more content…
As humans so do the animals are guilty of violence or the threat of violence. One specific example is the executions of all the animals. Napoleon started executing animals for all the the sins they have done. “And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood, which had been unknown there since the expulsion of Jones.” (Orwell, 57) napoleon caused executions for no reason. It was an unjust and uncalled for act of violence. There were corpses of bodies laying everywhere. There were some totally unreasonable executions made, Like for example a hen got slayed for having a dream about Snowball. Executions are an act of violence but what makes it worse is that many animals were slaughtered unnecessarily. This is a crucial act of violence that occurred in Animal Farm. Another example of animals fighting in a battle is obviously the battle of the windmill. The animals that died served to protect there land but died fighting. “They had won, but they were weary and bleeding. Slowly they began to limp back towards the farm. The sight of their dead comrades stretched upon the grass moved some of them to tears.” (Orwell, 70) A battle can not be fought without 2 sides. In this case there were 2 sides. The animals and the humans. Both fought diligently. But in result the book stated that the war was one