In the book, Animal Farm, George Orwell gives us insights into our society by creating a fictional world. The Russian Revolution serves as the prototype for this world. Human nature and the state of society today, makes us turn to the past to create the future, but we repeat its errors. Animal Farm clearly shows us that we must start learning from the mistakes of the past to stop this destructive cycle.

The plot of Animal Farm follows the Russian Revolution. This is achieved by events in the novel corresponding to the actual events in Russian history. In the year 1937, Russian leader Joseph Stalin used secret police to get rid of rivals including his main rival, Leon Trotsky. Napolean uses his dogs to chase Snowball from Animal Farm. Napolean’s guard dogs represent Stalin’s secret police. Another example is when the animals start to rebuild the windmill and “starvation seemed to stare them in the face.�

�� Russia suffered a similar fate resulting in a famine. Animal Farm allows us to study the Revolution from a different disposition.

Animal Farm unmistakably confirms that the only way to end the cycle is to learn from the slip ups of the past. Old Major envisaged a world where all animals were equal, starting with Manor Farm. Instead, the pigs succumbed to greed and power. Major told them “no animal must ever tyrannize over his own kind” and that “no animal must ever kill any other animal” but the pigs paid no heed to him. This resulted in a ‘society’ where the gap between upper and lower classes is even more pronounced. In Animal Farm, George Orwell puts forth his reasons why the Revolution failed.

The fictional book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell gives us insights about our own society. Through his representation of the Russian Revolution, human nature and society he has distinctly shown us that when looking to the past to build a better future, we must not reproduce its faults. Orwell’s tale of the pigs and the other animals of Animal Farm, forces the reader to co

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