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Anthropomorphism In Animal Farm By George Orwell

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George Orwell’s use of anthropomorphism portrays the characters in his story in a particular manner that serve to reveal a critical underlying message. More specifically, notorious and notable figures are depicted in the story as animals, and through their behaviors, they reflect how people acted in reality. By providing a visualization, he Orwell mocks communism but also exposes and brings more awareness to the dangers and dictatorship of socialism.
First of all, all the animals that are working in the story, represent the large, lower working classes of Russia, which started the Russian Revolution by leading “spontaneous demonstrations and strikes”, and ending Romanov Rule (Krieger 185). Likewise, in the story, the animals unification and