Animal Farm vs. The Godfather :: compare contrast

tool Farm vs. The Godfather George Orwell and Mario Puzo wrote savage Farm and The Godfather (from the book The Godfather), respectively, to express their disillusionment with society and human nature. Animal Farm, written in 1944, is a book that tells the animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an example of societal criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the red Revolution. He anthropomorphizes the animals, and eludes each unmatchable to a counter part in Russian history. The movie The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppula, also typifies this good-hearted of literature. Besides the central theme of mob life, is another prevalent theme, that of a revolution g iodin bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both of these works be similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our amb itions fascinate the best of us. Both of the authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian mental attitude of the ends justifying the means are deplorable.George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals he valued (Gardner, 106) Orwell noted, there exists in England almost no literature of disillusionment with the Soviet Union. Instead, that country is viewed either with ignorant reprimand or with uncritical admiration. (Orwell, 10) The other animals take this utopian idea to heart, and one day actually do revolt and drive the humans out. deuce pigs emerge as loss leaders forty winks and Snowball. They constantly argued, but one day, due to a difference over plans to build a windmill, Napoleon exiled Snowball. Almost immediately, Napoleon established a totalitarian government. Soon, the pigs began to get particular(prenominal) favors, until finally, they were indistinguishable from human s to the other animals. Immediately the reader can sustain to draw parallels between the books characters and the government in 1914-1944 Russia. For example, obsolescent Major, who invented the idea of animalism, is seen as representing Karl Marx, the creator of communism. Snowball represents Trotksy, a Russian leader after the revolution. He was driven out by Napoleon, who represents Stalin, the most compelling figure in the country. Napoleon then proceeded to remove the freedoms of the animals, and established a dictatorship, under the public veil of animalism.