Personification In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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After being abused, maimed, and underfed, the animals on Manor Farm have had enough. Old Major, an elder and wiseman (or pig), envisioned a world where all animals would be free in England, and all animals would have the rights to graze and prosper. When Major died three days later, three of the smartest pigs, Napoleon, Snowball, and Squealer, adopted the idea, Animalism, and preached it to the other animals. “ These three had elaborated old major’s teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name Animalism.” (pg. 26). For a temporary period of time, all was well on the farm. Then Napoleon started to change the “animal code” which all animals lived by. The newfound “direct democratic government” started to become a …show more content…
Orwell uses personification, and brings many barnyard animals to life in the fairy-story. Keeping the story fast-paced and testing the analogies of government to real world situations, Orwell is able to give a clean example of how personification is supposed to be written. With a mix of hard-working animals, loving mother figures, and tyrannic men, it combines communism with the powers of slow but scary dictatorship. Boxer, a horse willed by the belief of a better life for him and his comrades, sacrificed his life to finish his lifelong goal for all animals on Manor (Animal) Farm. “‘I will work harder!’” (pg. 37). Not being as sharp as other animals, Boxer had a good will, and he struggled to achieve his goals. This is an example of great personification, and that by putting characters with loyal hearts and strong wills, Orwell can give readers a better image of the good in the world during that period of …show more content…
The pigs are able to communicate with the men, strange enough, toward the end of the book, when before Orwell never hinted that animals could communicate with humans. Although this is one type of development for the pigs throughout the book, there are many others for different characters. Most of the surviving animals start to finally realize that although Napoleon (ruler of Animal Farm) may have appeared to be their friend, in the end many of the animals come to realize that he has come to be like Mr. Jones, who also didn’t treat the animals with care. Boxer, the strongest workhorse of the “rebellion”, was a loyal supporter of the Animalism philosophy, and worked very hard to see a tool help the rest of the farm in daily work. “He had gone out alone to drag a load of stone down to the windmill. And sure enough, the rumour was true. A few minutes later two pigeons came racing in with the news: Boxer has fallen! He is lying on his side and can’t get up!” (pg. 110-111). Boxer worked until his death for the good of the Comrade Napoleon, who took him to the knacker when he fell (where they make glue and process meat of dead horses). “‘’Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone Meal. Kennels Supplied.’ Do you not understand what that means? They are taking Boxer to the knacker’s!” (pg.
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