Month: March 2016

I still belive in this country

that it has potential

so I say do not build the 2.3 billion pound bridge

that is right I am talking about the garden bridge.

This bridge will take the money from this country which we need.

THe money which we could use to save life’s

The money which could improve your life style

So join me and make difference to the world today and to the world in the future

And I promise you your life will be better

The money to make thus world a better place

in the animal farm by George Orwell there is a hidden meaning and story underneath this story is based around the Russian revelation at march 8, 1917. I think that the following animals and characters represent:

THE PIGS

Napoleon: is Joseph Stalin the second leader of the Soviet Union. Animal farm skips the short rule of Lenin and seems to combine Lenin with the character Old Major and has Napoleon leading the farm from the beginning of the revolution.

Squealer: This pig represents the Russian media which spread Stalin’s version of the truth to the masses.

Snowball: represents Leo Trotsky. Trotsky was one of the original revolutionaries But as Stalin rose to power he became one of Stalin’s biggest enemies and was eventually expelled from the Politburo in 1925 one year after Stalin took control of the nation. In the novel Snowball was exiled from the farm just as Trotsky had been in 1929. But Trotsky was not only exiled in body he was also exiled from the minds of the Russian people His historical role was altered. In Russia he was denounced as a traitor and conspirator and in 1940 a Stalinist agent assassinated him in Mexico City.

Old Major: The father of Animalism. He represents Karl Marx but in some ways also symbolizes the original communist leader Vladimir Lenin. In the book Old major’s skull is displayed in a similar manner to the way Lenin’s remains were displayed to the public The book also says that Old Major had been exhibited at shows under the name Willingdon Beauty but I’m not sure whether or not this is a reference to a real life.

THE HORSES

Boxer: represents the working class. Boxer is portrayed as being a dedicated worker but as possessing a less than average intelligence. His personal motto was “I will work harder!” The novel describes the horses as being the pig’s most faithful disciples and that they absorbed everything that they were told and passed it on to the other animals by simple arguments.

Clover: Boxer’s female counterpart.

Mollie:  Mollie seems to be some sort of representation of Russia’s upper classes. But since Orwell portrays her as a horse the same animal used to represent the working class horses Boxer,Clover and Mollie may simply represent members of the working class that remained faithful to the Czar. In either case Mollie was never really in favour of the revolution. She went along with it but she didn’t actually engage in the fighting. Mollie didn’t mind being a servant to the humans since she was constantly being pampered by them. After the revolution, Mollie begins to miss the beautiful ribbons,fine clothes and sugar cane she used to receive from her human masters. She eventually flees the animal farm to live elsewhere in Willingdon.

THE DOGS

Dogs: represent the military/police. In the beginning of the book they voted against accepting the rats & rabbits as comrades. Shortly after the revolution several pups are stolen from their mothers. Later in the book these pups are now fully grown and fully trained to protect Napoleon from a second potential revolution and help to enforce his decrees.

Jessie, Bluebell, Pincher: are The only three dogs that are mentioned by name They do not have a very active role in the novel All three are mentioned as being present at old major’s meeting but Pincher is never mentioned again.Jesse and Bluebell are the mothers of the ‘pups’ which serve as Napoleon’s bodyguards and I assume Pincher is the father. Jesse and Bluebell also participate in the Battle of the Windmill.

This information has been taken and slightly edited from the following website: http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-animal_farm.html

by Tobias