The failure of the revolution in Animal Farm was brought on by a number of factors. Looking without depth one may contribute the failure of the revolution to the greediness of the tyrant Napoleon, whereas, looking in depth we can see that the failure of the revolution was the fault of nearly everyone and everything, in this essay I will explore the characters and their contribution to the failure of the revolution.

The first character that we notice is Old Major. His speech at the beginning immediately told me that the revolution would end in failure for a number of reasons. Firstly he described his “dream” of a perfect land, a utopia and he implants these ideas into the minds of the animals. These animals are portrayed as humans and as humans one may realise that dreams do not come true, due to human nature-we are greedy, selfish and easily corrupted and so we get the feeling that the revolution will fail.

In that same meeting we hear of a few dogs trying to catch four rats showing that it was also their nature in that equality between animals does not exist.

One of the most memorable signs that the revolution is destined to fail is when, just a

The dogs have a part to play in the failure of the revolution. They keep Napoleon in power by protecting him, therefore, allowing his tyrannical rule to develop and continue, going more and more against the principles of animalism. The dogs are the ones that make the other animals afraid to express their opinions. As you have read above it was the fault of Napoleon being cunning from the very begging of the book that these dogs protect him instead of standing up for justice.

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