The Art of Revolutions

Analytical Essay # 5990

English > Analysis
Literature > American

This paper studies George Orwell's "Animal Farm" which in the author's eyes proves why revolutions are illogical.

715 words () | 0 sources | MLA | 2002 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes "Animal Farm" in a persuasive essay. It portrays "Animal Farm" as a satire of the Russian Revolution. This essay proves that revolutions are unnecessary and useless by interpreting the events in the book. It discusses the depiction of certain people in history as the animals in the farm such as Napoleon and his totalitarian order.

From the Paper:

"Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny. They have only shifted it to another shoulder. In George Orwell's allegorical satiristic fable, Animal Farm, The animals on the farm revolt in order to try and better their lives. The basic plot mimics that of the Russian Revolution. That is, exploitation of the ignorant animals, a revolution mixed with the rise of communism, and eventually a return to the ill-treatment of then animals by their own kind. Ultimately, the violence and bloodshed of revolutions are to no degree worth any of the turmoil, for when the animals contend for their liberty they do nothing more than degrade their lifestyle, and from their victory receive only a destructive totalitarian regime."