Animal Farm

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George Orwell’s Animal Farm expressed the idea that a utopia, such as communism, cannot work. The animals in this story were supposed to represent the leaders and the people of Russia. The pigs represented the government who said everything was for the good of the people, but they really just wanted to be the absolute leaders of the country.
Boxer was a strong horse on Animal Farm. He represented all of the common people. He was considered to be unintelligent and easily controlled. He often said, “I will work harder.” This showed that he cared for the other animals. He wanted them to have a good life. He also said, “Napoleon is always right,” which showed that he was submissive to power and could be outsmarted very easily. Like Boxer, the people of Russia wanted a better life. They thought that working harder and always obeying the leaders was right. They were easily controlled and didn’t realize their own power.
Napoleon was a pig on Animal Farm who was the dictator. He drove out Snowball, then took over as the leader. Napoleon took the ideas of Snowball that he said were bad, then used them himself saying that they were his ideas in the first place. Napoleon represented Stalin who took over Russia with great force. He said that the Russian society could be better, but the people had to work harder than ever for it. It ended up that the people were not working for their greater good, but for the good of their leaders. On Animal Farm, Napoleon won the animals’ favor with Squealer to help him. Squealer told the other animals that Napoleon was always working on ways to help the animals when he was actually only thinking of the pigs.
The idea of a utopia sounds positive, but is one that can’t work. There will always be a Napoleon who wants power and a Boxer who is submissive and stupid enough to follow the abusive leaders....