In Animals farm George Orwell uses narrative to evolve the story. He efficiently keeps the novel at a third-person point of view rather than slipping into certain animals thoughts and viewpoints. An example of this is when the animals drive Mr. Jones away at the battle of cowshed. He does not tell the feelings of the animals, rather, he efficiently explains the actions of them to paint a better picture for the reader. Orwell does let emotions spill forth from the animals, such as despair from the animals to spice up some of the main events such as the destruction of the windmill. A minor example of this is when Napoleon forces the chickens to donate their eggs for the cause of the windmill. The chickens react with shock and refuse, but …show more content…
In Animal Farm, Orwell also uses connotative meaning. For example, Animal farm’s main connection to the outside world is a man named Whymper. Observe that Whymper sounds similar to whimper. This shows that Orwell is trying to imply that this man is weak and possibly untrustworthy due to the fact that his name is “coincidentally” akin to whimper.
Another style of writing that the Author uses is vivid imagery. When Mr. Jones hears the animals shout The Beasts of England repeatedly from the barn, and fires shots into the barn, thinking that a fox had gotten in, is an example of a vivid image “He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a number 6 shot into the darkness. The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly. Everyone fled to his own sleeping-place. The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment” (34). This is an example of vivid imagery because his superb use of pictorial …show more content…
When the animals drive Mr. Jones off the farm, there are short, action packed sentences to keep the pace of the commotion. Orwell uses long and involved sentences when he is explaining parts of the story or when it is at a more stagnant part of the novel. For example at the beginning of the book when he is explaining the setting he uses long and detailed sentences to start the novel at a slow or rising