Animal Farm in 2013

Animal Farm

Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian revolution, which is represented by the characters and the events. As we go through the chapter 2, 3 and 4 we can see how the characters of animal farm resemble the principle figures of the Russian revolution either Napoleon to Lenin, Boxer to the proletarian or Mr. Jones to the Tsar. Also in chapter 4 the conflict between the humans and animals represent the first battle between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks.

The character of Boxer represents the proletariat, in other words the working class in the Russian society. He is persuaded by the leader in this case Napoleon that the communism regime is necessary to achieve a more equal and justice world, an example of this is the 7 commandments “All animals are equal”. This also can be associated to the type of thinking of Karl Marx, who believes that the proletariat should be the owners of the factories because they are the ones who produce goods and services. Boxer works really hard, even he volunteers to extra labour to such extreme that his personal motto is ‘I will work harder!. He as the other animals in the farm depend in their leader because they don’t have the capacity to act on there own or to make decisions due to their low education.

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