Animalism


 * Animalism[[image:Animal-Farm.jpg align="right"]] ﻿ **- //Animal Farm// by George Orwell

~ __ What does it mean __ ? ~
 * Equality of all animals on the farm
 * Everyone owns the farm, no rich, no poor
 * Better life for all workers
 * The Seven Commandments
 * Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy
 * Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend
 * No animal shall wear clothes
 * No animal shall sleep in a bed
 * No animal shall drink alcohol
 * No animal shall kill any other animal
 * All animals are equal
 * //"'Four legs good, two legs bad.' This... contained the essential principle of Animalism."// (Orwell, 1997 pg. 24)

~ __ What is its parallel to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917? __ ~
 * Animalism is parallel to Communism
 * Mr. Jones, the farmer, represents Csar Nicholas II
 * He is an irresponsible leader
 * Animals, the peasants, are dissatisfied with him and turn to Animalism as a better way
 * Old Major, the teacher of Animalism, represents Karl Marx, the theorist who envisioned Communism
 * Although he dies before the revolution, it is his ideas that unify the animals against Mr. Jones' ownership
 * Snowball, much like Communist Leon Trotsky, was a pure Animalist and a leader of the revolt against Mr. Jones
 * Smart idealist who wanted to make a better life for all
 * Chased away by rival Napoleon's dogs, like Trotsky was by the KGB
 * Napoleon represents Stalin, a brutal and ambitious leader who takes control of the revolution
 * Uses his secret police force, the dogs, and his propaganda chief, Squealer, to get other animals to follow him
 * Also used Moses' preaching to his advantage to keep the other animals, like Boxer, from open discontent
 * The Rebellion, in both //Animal Farm// and Russia, was supposed to make life better for all
 * In the end life was the same or even worse due to the lust for power of individuals like Napoleon/Stalin who abused the principles of Animalism/Communism for their own gain
 * //"There was nothing now but a single Commandment. It ran: ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS"// (Orwell 1997 pg. 92)
 * Those that were born into Animalism/Communism under Napolean/Stalin were ignorant, and kept that way, of any other way of life
 * //"They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Aminalism... but it was doubtful whether they understood very much of it."// (Orwel, 1997 pgs. 87-88)

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~ __References __ ~ //﻿//
 * Orwell, G. (1997). //Animal Farm.// Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell.
 * Grofman, B. (Spring 1990). Pig and Proletariat: Animal Farm as History. //San Jose Studies, 16//(2), 5-39.