Over Analyzing Animal Farm By George Orwell: Part 4

 By David Ulozas

Well, I’m back at it again. This time for good as there is no more animal farm left to analyze after this.  You know the deal by now. Major spoilers for animal farm and all citations are from the book unless stated otherwise.

Another of the commandments had 2 words added to it after the executions. The windmill was almost finished too! Work was the same if not more than it was under Jones and food was about the same, but no one can remember exactly if it was. The finished windmill was described on page 98, “Tired out but proud, the animals walked round and round their masterpiece, which appeared even more beautiful in their eyes than when it had been built the first time. Moreover, the walls were twice as thick as before. Nothing short of explosives would lay them low this time!” This quote represents foreshadowing. Previously in chapter 7, the animals found some real nice timber and were going to sell it to one of the neighbors Frederick and Pilkington. Though it seemed that he was entering friendly relations with Pilkington and was going to sell the wood to him, he actually was doing it to get a better deal from Frederick.

Frederick paid Napoleon with forgeries and attacked Animal Farm and blew up the windmill. In my opinion Frederick and his farm represent Nazi Germany due to the agreement to sells things, non aggression pack that in animal farm is represented as not spreading the revolution to the farm by avoiding it. And the fact that they invaded. Pilkington would represent the allies.

Later the pigs find a case of whiskey that survived and next thing you know they are buying brewing materials and sewing barley. Also, adding 2 words to another commandment. Boxer also got injured by a bullet. Later, Boxer was working on the windmill once more. His injury has healed by now and his lung had started to fail and he was greatly wounded. Boxer was taken away in a van on page 122 with “Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Dealer in Hides and Bone-Meal. Kennels Supplied” written on it, which was definitely just a veterinarian who had recently purchased the van and had not replaced the words on it. Definitely.  Also the pigs bought another case of whiskey.

The final chapter takes place years later with several animals dead and many new ones. Its sort of similar to an epilogue. The pigs now walked on 2 legs and carried a whips and wore clothes. And the commandments have been replaced by just 1. In the end it is shown that the revolution ended with a mere changing of the guard. Napoleon is Jones now; he does similar things too. In the Soviet Union too, what began as a revolution ended as a dictatorship.