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Animal Farm And George Orwell By George Orwell

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Eric Arthur Blair, under the pseudonym of George Orwell, composed many novels in his lifetime that were considered both politically rebellious and socially incorrect. Working on the dream since childhood, Orwell would finally gain notoriety as an author with his 1945 novel Animal Farm, which drew on personal experiences and deeply rooted fear to satirically critique Russian communism during its expansion. Noticing the impact he made, he next took to writing the novel 1984, which similarly criticized totalitarianism by depicting an overwhelmingly melancholy dystopian society. 1984 achieved similar success and opened the public’s eyes to the dangers of the spread of despotic regimes throughout the world. By examining both Animal Farm and …show more content…

He was indicted for treason and forced to flee the country, and it left him with a hatred and fear towards the communists that he would harbor for the remainder of his life. Armed with literary ammunition from these experiences, Orwell set out to shed light on the dangers of this type of all-powerful governance in 1984. This he did mainly by setting up the character Winston Smith to mirror himself and his own views as much as possible. Both Orwell and Smith were political rebels, propagandists, free-love advocates, and individuals in every sense of the word. He juxtaposed this individualistic character against the oppressiveness of the Party regime for the purpose of highlighting the unjust tyrannical behavior of the totalitarian government. When he writes “the two aims of the Party are to conquer the whole surface of the earth and to extinguish once and for all the possibility of independent thought” it is clear that he is issuing a warning about totalitarianism that stems from nothing less than his own personal beliefs and involvements [1984 193]. The novel altogether follows a similar theme of warning and by taking a closer look into Orwell’s personal biography it makes it clear where these fervent beliefs emanate from. Furthermore, Animal Farm, written in 1945, explores similar topics and themes as 1984 and acts as a sort of precursor to the novel. Notably, Animal Farm sheds further light on the dangers of

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