Animal Farm

The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian revolution. In this essay I am going to discuss to what extent Snowball provides a morally legitimate alternative to Napoleon’s reign. In early March Old Major a prize middle white boar who represents Karl Marx dreams of a world where all animals are equal and man is no more. He passes these ideas onto other animals on Manor Farm in …

…to stop the consolidation of power in the hands of the pigs or the unequal distribution of goods in the pig’s favour. In conclusion Orwell portrays Napoleon as a dictator and Snowball as talker. Their motives were quite different; Snowball had a softer more convincing approach whereas Napoleon has a selfish lust for control. Neither of the pigs has the other animals interests totally at heart so the end result would be the same.