What is the parody behind Animal Farm by George Orwell?
Politicians, since the beginning of time, have made false promises in the hopes of gaining powerful political positions. Once the goal of public office is achieved, however, those promises soon become lost in the shuffle of greed and self-fulfillment. In the satirical fable, Animal Farm by George Orwell, the characters Snowball, Mr. Jones, and Napoleon prove how quickly power corrodes moral rectitude. A basic socialistic theme soon emerges in the book – one that sets the pace for the entire plotline. It comes in Major’s early speech, where he berates the natural order of things at the farm. The hierarchy places the animals,(who do all the menial labor and make all the sacrifices), at the bottom of the pyramid while man reaps all the benefits. The tone of the speech resembles the discontent of the people of Russia, just before the Russian Revolution of 1919. “Man is the only creature who consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the
