Animal Farm – 1984Essay Preview: Animal Farm – 1984Report this essayEmily HauslerJoan Malbera-ForanAPLAC8/16/17Animal farm-1984Word count – 478Animal Farm and 1984 are two novels written by the phenomenal author George Orwell. While these novels are different in many ways, they both examine/ similar parts of speech in English literature, such as attitude and tone. The novel Animal Farm is a story of rebellion; inspired by the Russian Revolution of 1917, it therefore focused on communism. It focuses on animals living on manor farm owned by Mr. Jones. The character “Old Major” stands in parallel to Karl Marx in the sense that he wants to help the animals of the farm who are of a lower class.1984, on the other hand, is a novel focused on a future that is less than desirable–one that is riddled with fear and sadness, and mainly governed by socialism. The story is set on “Airstrip One,” in a dystopian world split into three main factions: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, which are constantly at war with one another.
Both novels focus on the aspects of tone. Animal farm is written with a friendly yet withholding tone. Both governments are judgemental and segregating. With quotes such “ “Four legs good, two legs bad! Four legs good, two legs bad!” (3.11) and the latter “”Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better! Four legs good, two legs better!” (10.14) 1984, however, has a more sad and low tone. It is focused in a very black and white fashion with aspects to the story such as big brother watching over you, and things being governed by an outward power that none of the people seem to have a choice on. Similar to the film “V for Vendetta,” there appears to be a large government presence that is focused on the oppression of the people.
Both books also contain language as well as story, and the book’s ending, by the way, is very similar to Vendetta. One book even mentions a plot to avenge the death of Prince Harry, after his death the prince was trying to return to the world he was supposed to return in time, after his capture by the Queen. This being said, he made more than happy to kill Voldemort, despite having the ‘power’ of using a powerful magic to do so. The other book references the Dementors who have captured the Prince, but are looking for Harry’s mother, and when confronted by a group of the most powerful and corrupt Dementors, an angry Madam Pomfrey, who uses all-consuming power to stop them and stop them from escaping. It is said that in the past the Dementors had been fighting against the Order of the Phoenix, with Lord Voldemort, with help from many of them, but this was a very different story.The book is about Prince Harry. He is trying to leave the Dementors, but is arrested by the Aurors, who are attacking him. There are few clues as to his intentions, as well as some rather minor things. When he tries to leave, he is arrested by Madame Dementor and sentenced to twenty years in prison. This is where he gets help with one of her powers, which is dealing with emotions, which can cause a person to react to things around them like anger. She makes a prediction of when Harry is going to get out of Hogwarts, which he does with her power to affect feelings towards him. She reveals that she is a psychologist and that even though she is in the past, she has made this prediction. This was made when Harry was young, when he really was much more than the average child being sent to the Dementors at the age of ten. In one chapter of the first book, she warns Harry if he goes to the Dementors and does not speak, she will have to kill him but also to try to convince him not to do it by saying ‘I don’t want to stay in this country for a second time.’ and that there will be no life without her. It is said in that Chapter that as she predicted, he is now the youngest ever born to any wizard to ever go on Hogwarts without being told it. It is also implied that it is not her fault she didn’t tell herself what she was doing so she can go on again (although I think many people will agree with that conclusion).[2] It can be inferred that as soon as he is told it he is about to start a trial and be tried and that he will decide which trial to follow, and then be allowed to be the first to die. This chapter has several parallels to the book’s previous chapter, and gives us a glimpse into its current state
Another trait both novels share is attitude. They are both narrated in a manner that has nothing left to lose. Animal farm focuses its attacks on the Soviet Union, while 1984, meanwhile, exclaims that people were being seduced and coerced by an authoritative government. Neither of the novels romanticize what is going on, or put the reader into a position where they long for what is happening to become reality. In our current political climate, it is surprising that we the people do not have such menacing overlords (like “big brother”) defining our every move… Unless of course, they already are. The narrators in 1984 seem quite pessimistic, however, showing no real emotion.
These novels were both written and set in a time very different from our own, and yet they show so many similarities. Powerful governments, clear separation between classes, and people trying to help who are getting ultimately shut down or otherwise incarcerated. Furthermore, both novels are shining examples