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ANIMAL FARM Themes, Motifs & Symbols "The flag was green, Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the horn and the hoof signified the future Republic of the Animals which would arise when the human race had finally been overthrown."
Themes ,[object Object]
The Corruption of Socialist Ideals in the Soviet Union ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Animal Farm  is most famous in the West as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution.
Snowball vs. Napoleon ,[object Object],[object Object]
Trotsky vs. Stalin
[object Object],[object Object]
FROM PIGS TO MEN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Stalin, allegedly signing a death warrant.
WHAT ORWELL THOUGHT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
MEET GEORGE
[object Object],[object Object]
THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS ,[object Object]
The Societal Tendency Toward Class Levels ,[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object]
MAN IS OUR ENEMY! ,[object Object]
The Danger of a Naïve Working Class ,[object Object],[object Object]
 
[object Object],[object Object]
THE HARD WORK
The Abuse of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object],[object Object]
The Commandments are slowly rewritten one by one until the last one reads:  "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
[object Object],[object Object]
Motifs   ,[object Object]
Songs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
All of these songs serve as propaganda, one of the major conduits of social control.
State Ritual ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Military awards, large parades, and new songs all increase as the state attempts to reinforce the loyalty of the animals.
Symbols   ,[object Object]
Animal Farm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule
The Barn ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The barn represents the collective memory of a modern nation
The Windmill ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The great windmill symbolizes the pigs’ manipulation of the other animals for their own gain.   From an allegorical point of view, the windmill represents the enormous modernization projects undertaken in Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution.
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Animal Farm Theme Symbols Motifs

  • 1. ANIMAL FARM Themes, Motifs & Symbols "The flag was green, Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the horn and the hoof signified the future Republic of the Animals which would arise when the human race had finally been overthrown."
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. Animal Farm is most famous in the West as a stinging critique of the history and rhetoric of the Russian Revolution.
  • 5.
  • 7.
  • 8.
  • 9. Stalin, allegedly signing a death warrant.
  • 10.
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
  • 15.
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18.  
  • 19.
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23. The Commandments are slowly rewritten one by one until the last one reads: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
  • 24.
  • 25.
  • 26.
  • 27. All of these songs serve as propaganda, one of the major conduits of social control.
  • 28.
  • 29. Military awards, large parades, and new songs all increase as the state attempts to reinforce the loyalty of the animals.
  • 30.
  • 31.
  • 32. Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule
  • 33.
  • 34. The barn represents the collective memory of a modern nation
  • 35.
  • 36. The great windmill symbolizes the pigs’ manipulation of the other animals for their own gain. From an allegorical point of view, the windmill represents the enormous modernization projects undertaken in Soviet Russia after the Russian Revolution.