1. Animal Farm- Power, Corruption and lies
It is a political fable in which idealism is betrayed by power, corruption and lies. ... George Orwell's powerful allegory, Animal Farm, highlights the inequitable conditions that are found in corrupt totalitarian regimes such as in 20th Century Russia. ... Being an allegory, most of the characters and events have a parallel in Stalinist Russia: Mr Jones, the evil farmer, represents the Russian Czar; Napolean, the power hungry boar, portrays the corrupt Joesph Stalin and Snowball, the idealistic pig, personifies Leon Trotsky, the clever partner of Stalin. ... The perfect world envisioned ...
- Word Count: 899
- Approx Pages: 4
- Grade Level: Undergraduate