Animal Farm: Comparing The Book To The Movie :: Animal Farm Essays

The novelnonoits not really a novel, its more of a fable. The fable by George OrwellnonoGeorge Orwell isnt his real name. His real name is Eric Blair. He wrote under a pen name to save him and his family embarrassment from earlier defys he had written. The fable, by Eric Blair is a cute story how animals take over a farm. Well, actually the farm and the animals are just symbols. The fable by Eric Blair is political satire on the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the events that followed. The whole story is filled with symbols and irony. All of the characters in the story are symbols of real life people. The pigs as a group toy the Bolsheviks. Old Major represents Karl Marx, the founder of Marxism. Both speak out on how they feel. Napoleon represents Lenin in the beginning of the story, but as he gains more power, he becomes a Joseph Stalin. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky who was also banished from his land. Squealer represents propaganda and is a Party Hawk. Boxer and Benjamin re present the heroic take a shiting masses of Russia. They do most of the work but get none of the credit. The dogs represent the KGB, or the secret police. They take orders from Napoleon and do as he says, right or wrong. Moses represents the Orthodox church building as his name alone makes you think of religion. Mr. Jones represents a filthy capitalist. He is only concerned about money for himself. The book goes greater detail than the video. The book explains the characters better and gives more examples of their symbolism. The point of view in which the story is told in is ironic. The point of view is told from the lowly animals prospective. An example is when Boxer is treated at a hospital. Benjamin realizes that the truck is for horse slaughtering but Squealer convices Benjamin and the rest of the animals that hospital just didnt have time to re-paint the truck. A couple of paragraphs later, the pigs postponement a party in honor of Boxer and suddenly have acquired money to bu y whiskey. Once again, the book goes into greater detail and has more examples of irony. AThe book and movie are surprisingly not that far apart on many levels, although there are some venial differences.