A Comparison Of Animal Farm And 1984 By George Orwell

A Comparison Of Animal Farm And 1984 By George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell which is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and the film adaptation of George Orwell's novel 1984, which is set in a futuristic dystopian society, directed by Michael Radford uses Symbolism, foreshadowing and irony to convey the central ideas of power, politics, control, fear and they both also portray the dangers of totalitarianism. 1984 follows one main character (Winston) which shows how the society is being controlled whereas Animal Farm does not follow one character specifically. Though there are differences, Animal Farm and 1984 use the language techniques of symbolism, foreshadowing and irony in very similar ways.



George Orwell uses symbolism through a windmill which represents the pigs' manipulation of the animals of the farm for their own gain. 'All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle thieving human beings.' This shows the manipulation of the pigs as that is what they want the animals of the farm to think, that they are working for themselves not for Mr Jones any more. In the same way Michael Radford uses symbolism through a piece of coral set in glass. This is a symbol of Winston and Julia's love and as soon as the coral set in glass was broken Winston and Julia were caught together, taken away and

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