The Russian Revolution and Animal Farm

... The comparison of characters, items, and events compared between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution is shown greatly through Orwell's unique use of symbolism and contrast. Orwell expressed his concern that Socialism had taken a harsh fall under the control of Russia's dominating government of communism; this is what inspired him to write Animal Farm. The term Animalism is introduced to readers for the very first time in this novel and is used to describe the movement in which the animals are working toward. Because the animals are poorly fed and over worked, a demand for revolution from the animals begins when their lifestyle is rapidly transformed into a means of slavery. Mr. Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is constantly drunk and regularly forgets to take proper care of the animals. The withholding of food is what finally forced the animals on the farm to rebel. In Russia, there were

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