Animal Farm

Animal Farm  is a novel by British writer and journalist George Orwell. The satirical story, also known as modern fable orallegory can be understood, is about a group of animals that has had enough of mankind have to live as slaves, and takes power into his own hands. It runs in the end, unlike most animals do turn away therefrom, had proposed to a tyranny.

The book was written during the Second World War and was published in 1945, although it is up to the end of the 1950s was not very well known. Today, it is regarded as a classic.

With Animal Farm Orwell criticises the totalitarian political system of the Soviet Union after the October revolution. He wrote the following his observations of Stalinist Communists during the Spanish civil war. His experiences during that fight, he proposed to book in homage to Catalonia .



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[hide] *1 Content  ==Content[ Edit] == After a revolution on a farm, where the people are driven away, take the pigs, which have developed the doctrine of Animalisme and the revolution have led, gradually pulling the strings on the company. Two pigs, Napoleon and snowball, become embroiled in a power struggle that culminates in the expulsion of Snowball. Life on the farm is harder and harder for the rest of the animals. More and more the pigs impose controls to them on while they claim privileges for themselves. In the end everything that the ' principles of Animalisme ' remains the rule that "all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others." Every step of this development is justified bypropaganda. With a group of vicious dogs as big stick, he expresses his sentence by Napoleon and makes for an easy life for themselves. The pigs go walk on two legs.In the last scene of the book looking at the animals the pigs and humans, but can see no difference. ==Meaning[ Edit] == Flag of the Republic of the AnimalsThe book is an allegory about the events after the revolution in the Soviet Union, and in particular the rise of Stalinism. Many of the characters in the book are identifiable as historical figures. Napoleon and Snowball are direct representation of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Orwell makes this explicitly in the case of Napoleon, which he connects directly with Stalin in one of his letters. Their disagreement over the direction that the farm should hold true should represent the ideological disagreement between Trotsky and Stalin. Boxer, the ever loyal draft horse, portrays the proletariat from poorly educated and unskilled. Boxer and a donkey, Benjamin, be manipulated by the persuasive arguments of the pigs, but they fail to harvest the fruits of the ' revolution '. According to some literature connoisseurs can between Boxer and Aleksei Stakhanov equations the model worker be drawn. In the book are also four pigs for, which is against the policy of Napoleon to resist. Later, the farm is attacked by the peasants, led by Mr. Jones.These would be nazi Germany, Finland and other allies of Germany have to suggest. ==Characters[ Edit] == ===Pigs<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===People<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Horses<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Other animals<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Dutch translation<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first English translation by Anthony Ross appeared in 1947 at Phoenix publishing house under the title The animal farm, a fairy tale for big people. A revised translation appeared In 1956 at de arbeiderspers.The second edition of this only came out in 1969, but then followed the press each other quickly. In 1996 the seventeenth pressure under the title Dierenboerderĳ: a fairy tale for adults. The twentieth Edition of 2007 was titled Animal Farm: roman. It is worth noting that although it was indicated at the first editions that the book contained a parody on the dictatorship but also that it was meant to be relaxation for children 13 years of age and older. ==Film Adaptations<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="35" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">"Animal Farm" is made into a film twice:
 * Meaning 2
 * 3 Characters
 * 3.1 Pigs
 * 3.2 People
 * 3.3 Horses
 * 3.4 other animals
 * 4 Dutch translation
 * 5 film adaptations
 * 6 external links
 * Old Major (old major)-the oldest pig that dreamed about the revolution that was coming, and experienced it myself. He claims Karl Marx and Lenin.
 * Napoleon-the pig that the leader of the Animal rebellion of Animal Farm is. His actions are based on the actions of Joseph Stalin<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="312" style="line-height:1;">[source?] . He uses his soldiers (in the book nine dogs) to cement his power by sowing fear. In the French edition was Napoleon renamed to César.
 * Snowball (Snowball)-the pig that with Napoleon in power struggles. Snowball is a passionate intellectual and easily retrieves the loyalty of most animals. He will also have to flee like Lev Trotksi and leave the Animal farm.
 * Squealer (Loudmouth)-a pig that through propaganda all Napoleon does good talk.
 * Mr. Jones-the original owner of the farm, a character refers to the last Tsar of Russia.
 * Mr. Frederick-the owner of Pinchfield farm ' ', a prosperous farm near the farm; based on Adolf Hitler.
 * Mr Pilkington-Foxwoods ', the owner of the farm ' a farm where many weeds growing.
 * Mr. Whimper-the contact between the human world and the Animal Farm.
 * Boxer-perhaps one of the more popular characters. Boxer is the example of the working class: loyal and strong. His main flaw was his blind faith in the leaders and the inability to see corruption. Boxer played a huge role in keeping together the Animal Farm. He finally dies.
 * Clover-the best friend of the Boxer. She is shocked at the brutal events that later in the book pass, and adopts the policy of Napoleon also off, even if they are not out.
 * Mollie-a very vain horse, which like ribbons wears and eats sugar cubes. She is also like spoiled by people, and therefore leaves Animal Farm.
 * Benjamin-an ass that was cynical about the revolution. He might as well read as the pigs and is never enthusiastic. If the pigs are becoming increasingly vain and corrupt behaviour, he sees this but he says nothing about it.
 * The hunting dogs-those who hold the animals.
 * The sheep represent the proletariat. They are manipulated by the pigs to support Napoleon. They are almost unable to think Napoleon, but support anyway. They are the phrase "four legs good, two legs bad." is taught, what they call constantly. At the end of the book, when pigs begin to walk on two legs, the sheep taught to no longer to call "Four legs good, two legs bad." but "Four legs good, two legs better.", so still that they themselves know they support without Napoleon.
 * Moses the Raven-an old bird which often visits the farm, usually to tell you about the ' Sugar Candy Mountain '. According to him, all the animals as they die to this mountain, but only if they have worked hard.During the rebellion of the animals he is banned, but he may come back later in the book to convince the animals that they have to work harder.


 * In 1954 as animated film, directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor.
 * In 1999 as a feature film, directed by John Stephenson.