“Don't judge a book by its cover.” A quote written by George Eliot in 1860. This famous quote is known by millions around the world. The quote says that you should not judge someone based on how they look or sound. Hitler said that the Jews were bad for the country, and they would mess everything up, so they needed to go, and everyone followed and believed him. A similar thing happened on Animal Farm, the humans were thought of as bad people doing terrible things and everyone believed it. Based on Hitler's rise to power and the horrible things he did to his people and the Jews while he had power, Hitler and Nazism magnificently correspond to the events of Animal Farm. Who was Adolf Hitler? Adolf Hitler was a dictator; a dictator is a person …show more content…
There was a dictatorship in both Nazi Germany and Animal Farm. In Animal Farm, the dictator is Napoleon. The first time we see Napoleon become a dictator in Animal Farm is when he makes himself the only person who has power Animal Farm, “Nine enormous dogs came bounding out into the barn. They darted straight for Snowball” (Orwell 53). From then on Napoleon became even more of a dictator killing the animals that did not agree with him, “The dogs promptly tore their throats out,” this was Napoleons way of showing his power even more than he already had. He continues, “and in a terrible voice Napoleon demanded whether any other animal had anything to confess” (84). Hitler did the same thing in Nazi Germany. Hitler took away the Jews' freedom, “A constant flood of new ordinances increasingly restricted their already severely constricted lives” (Ullrich 179). …show more content…
This was used a lot in Nazi Germany and Animal Farm through convincing speeches said by leaders. In Animal Farm lots of propaganda is spread to the animals. That propaganda that was spread near the end of the book was to benefit Napoleon and the other pigs. It gave pigs better food and more luxurious living, “Milk and apples (this has been proven by science comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig” (Orwell 35-36). Squealer is trying to convince the other animals that the pigs need better food to live and since the pigs are leaders and are the only ones that understand English well, they must have decent food. Another reason the animals listened and believed Squealer is because, “He was a brilliant talker,” Meaning people listened to what he said. And the most recognized thing he did to convince them was “he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive” (16) Squealer was the only reason that people listened to Napoleon and followed him. One of the biggest lies spread in Animal Farm was the only thing left on the commandment board at the end of the book. They had changed the commandment board so many times in the book to benefit the pigs and this one was the biggest. The commandment on the board read, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” (134). This lie that was spread gave napoleon and
If Hitler’s irrational hatred towards the Jewish people was condemned and denounced by more of the German public he likely would never have gained the amount of influence and power he did. Overall, it is important to learn from the mistakes of German citizens of the early twentieth century
During a meeting, Snowball and Napoleon argue, and he begins "casting a peculiar sidelong look at Snowball, uttered a high-pitched whimper ... [then] at this, there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball" (Orwell 18). This shows Napoleon's desire for power because he wants the leadership role to be his and resorts to violence. Around Animal Farm, rules were established, and Squealer and Napoleon manipulated the animals by changing them to "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others" (Orwell 51).
Journal Week #15 “He will be withdrawn from the common law and will become untouchable; the more power that he is given, the more he will be consequently hateful and hatred.” -Primo Levi Levi is referring to Hitler and the holocaust when talking about this quote. Hitler exempted himself from the law and gained power. He then propagated his hatred in the minds of the German people.
With his leadership powers “weakened” it is believed that “those who were responsible for the Holocaust’s initiation (namely other high-ranking officials within the Nazi Party) acted independently of Hitler” (Draper, 1999, p.14). This also brings into light the term ‘Cumulative radicalization’. Using cumulative radicalization is an easy way of explaining how over time, the Nazis persuaded many of the German people to take ever more extreme positions against Jews, and other persecuted groups, until the Holocaust became possible. It is also stated in the article ‘Law, justice, and Holocaust”, “less known are the contributions of “ordinary” people—doctors, lawyers, teachers, civil servants, officers, and other professionals throughout German society—whose individual actions, when taken together, resulted in dire consequences. Put simply, the Holocaust could not have happened without them”.
Animal Farm- Lies and Deceit The book Animal Farm by George Orwell portrays the theme of how someone can lie and deceive others to get what they want just like how the two pigs Napoleon and Squealer used lies and deceit to gain power over Animal Farm. Napoleon lied to other animals, Squealer lied to other animals and they both deceived the other animals, but the sad part is that neither of them lied for the better of the other animals. They both lied to get what they want- power over the animals and the farm.
Throughout the 1930’s into the 1940’s, the National Socialist German Workers' Party, more commonly known as the Nazis, ruled Germany under a totalitarian dictatorship. Almost all aspects of life in the country were controlled by the government. Under the control of Adolf Hitler, many innocent lives were lost, and the Germans living there were oblivious to the fact. In order to manipulate the country into his puppets, Hitler utilized many racist and immoral techniques to reign Germany. These methods include exploiting the weakness of the government, propaganda, and false promises.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a timeless classic about a tyrant pig named Napoleon, who takes over a farm. Napoleon then changes all of the rules and allows for some animals to be treated better than others. This book can be compared to many historical events, but I feel that it relates very closely to the Holocaust in Germany. The Manor Farm was taken over by all of the animals together, in hopes of creating a better life for themselves. The same thing happened in Germany; the National Socialist German Workers’ Party took control of the government in hopes of holding it together after Germany’s loss in WWII, which caused their economy to fall.
Napoleon is smart—smart enough not to play much of a role in the initial rebellion. It's only after the animals have rebelled that he takes a leadership role. When we meet Napoleon, we learn that he is "a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar … not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his way" (Chapter 2 page 2). In other words, despite being his silence, he gets what he wants.
Furthermore, Napoleon gives the other animals the impression he was the sole leader of the rebellion on Animal farm and makes Snowball -a leader who wanted what was best for the animals- seem like an enemy who was in cahoots with Farmer Jones since long before the animals took over the farm. Napoleon and Squealer (another “fat cat” pig.) always put the blame on Snowball whenever something went wrong in the farm to avoid having the blame fall on them. Napoleon is an exemplary example of just how selfish and hypocritical people can be in furthering their own aims because he continued to subtly but purposely change the seven rules put in place as the pillars of animalism. For example, Napoleon and the other pigs move into Farmer Jones’s house and sleep in his bed after commanding “No animal shall sleep in a bed”, so he changes the commandment to read “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.
In both events, propaganda is widely used in various ways and was effective. Despite the differences between the propaganda used in World War II and Animal Farm, both of them aims for the same goal - to rule as a dictator. People uses fear to make people follow what they say since they don’t want to get hurt. As what has happened in Animal Farm, Napoleon declared “Snowball’s expulsion” (Orwell 54) without the Comrades’ approval since they made noises of disapproval. As a result, Napoleon uses “the dog sitting around him to let out deep, menacing growls (Orwell 54)” to scare them away.
These laws stripped jews of their economic, social, and human rights”(Byers). This quote states that once Hitler became the leader of Germany he started to execute Jewish population. Adolf Hitler was a very heartless man, killing millions of civilians at concentration
“It is not wisdom but authority that makes a low.” Thomas Hobbes’ quote reveals that the world is all about authority and how powerful people are. In other words, to be able to rule, wisdom is not essential. However, authority is crucial. This quote relates to George Orwell’s Animal Farm as it represents the theme of power by the pigs that use propaganda, intimidation and false informations to take over the farm and to control the animals.
Napoleon mislead and misinformed the animals, under his power. The animals had their own opinions and beliefs but weren’t educated enough to propose them. The farm came to know that “some animals are more equal than others”(134), their last state was as bad as their first. Napoleon formed an alliance with the human enemy to establish his personal dictatorship, the ruling of the pigs became more and more indistinguishable from their human neighbors. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to tell which was which” (141) Orwell’s message again, is that history can repeat itself, we must be careful and prevent that from happening, or we could end up in same situation as before, like the animals
This theme is demonstrated by the animals, they have different thoughts about Napoleon from when he was murdering the animals just for having different ideas about him and other things. The theme “Not everybody is equal; some people believe that they are more superior than others” is shown throughout the book, but in different ways. In the beginning of the book after the animals rebelled they created a version of the seven commandments to fit their needs. On page forty-three the seventh commandment states, “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL” but by the end of the book on page one hundred thirty-three the seven commandments are now one commandment, “ALL
George Orwell‘s animal Farm novel he argues that political revolutions are doomed to fail because leaders that have power that goes to their head in other words dictator in the novel animal farm The rebellion results in a dictatorship because the pigs have the power to get to the animals house because they’re smarter therefore they take advantage of the lesser which is the other animals I feel as if it’s citizens must be always equal no one be dictator they should always be equal teach the lesser so they can all be on the same level. I say this because in a chapter like chapter 3 page 35 to 36 it talks about the milk and the Apple and it states it is for you you’re say that we drink that milk and eat those apples this relates to the animal