"George Orwell's Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution" Comparing the similarities of key characters that appeared in both Animal Farm and throughout the Russian Revolution.

Many books these days are written with satire to show the ridiculousness of human actions. George Orwell's Animal Farm was written to shed light on the absurdity of the Russian Revolution. There are many similarities between the two. Both had a powerful and forceful leader who thought that he was always right, an older role model who led the Revolution with his own dreams in mind and a ruler who was overthrown. Orwell wanted to …

…feat, however, the results were not as one would have hoped. Similar stupidity exists in this world today. Nothing can change that, and Orwell more than likely was not looking to change the world. He accomplished a lot by revealing some of the inane human actions that many do not realize. Orwell wrote a successful book that is still read half a century later, giving insight to students and even adults in this "modern" society.