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.

Propaganda is something that we always have around us, it’s part of our daily lives. The government tells us many different things. It manipulates us to think like them and do what they want us to do. One recent example of propaganda use is what is currently happening in China. There is going to be a trial to decide what is to happen to a political figure, but this trial doesn’t seem to be only  trial. It appears to be a political move from part of the government. They show themselves as if they were doing the right thing for the town. They are doing the things that re in their interests and hiding it by saying it is for the town.

Article link: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/18/world/asia/china-bo-xilai-trial-analysis/index.html?iref=allsearch