Animal Farm
When Orwell published Animal Farm in 1945, a popular belief held that the Soviet Union was an honorable nation. Orwell hoped to write a novel that exposed the truth of the Soviet System. He created a story to show a truth that remained unclear to many. Animal Farm introduces its readers to a wide assortment of characters, each serving as a symbol to the real-life equals they seem to represent.
Each character in Orwell's novel could be interpreted to have a larger meaning. For instance, Farmer Jones stands for the Russian Czar Nicolas II who was forced to step down from his title after the successful February Revolution (Rodden 113). Mr. Jones also symbolizes the evils of capitalism and the moral decline of men under this type of society. The humans stand for the capitalists, who take advantage of the weak. The transformation of the pigs into human-like creatures represents the process by which the revolution's leaders became corrupted (115). Many people believe that Orwell......
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