Animal Farm
Animal Farm
directed by John Stephenson takes place on a farm where lots of inequality is
taking place. The situation is based off of the communism occurring in the
Soviet Union under Trotsky and Stalin. The movie is a metaphorical critique of the
Russian Revolution. One pig named Old Major leads the neglected animals in a
revolt against the awful owner Mr. Jones, but before the revolt takes place,
Old Major dies/is killed by Mr. Jones. It is up to the other animals to carry
out Old Major’s plan of brining equality and making it an “Animal Farm.”
The movie is based
on George Orwell’s book, Animal Farm. The movie was shot in Ireland, not where
the Soviet Union was, but is still accurately portrayed. Examples of communism
occur throughout the movie and it is easy to make connections with historical
events. Trotsky and Stalin are portrayed as the characters of Napoleon and
Snowball. Stalin’s character causes lots of harm to the farm, including the
murder of Trotsky’s character, Snowball. The fight between Trotsky and Stalin
is shown by the rivalry between their pig characters. Snowball is elected to be
in power after Old Major dies, but Napoleon and his crew of nine huge attack
dogs kill Snowball, therefore usurping him of his power.
With Napoleon in
power, all acts of the rebellion were ruined. Equality in the farm worsened and
conditions on the farm become worse than ever. A heartbreaking indicator of
this is when the pigs send the most loyal and hardworking horse named Boxer to
his death. The pigs have lost sight of their original plan completely. The
movie ends with the pigs acting just as bad if not worse as Mr. Jones who in
the beginning of the movie were trying to overthrow. The movie tells the story
of the development of Soviet communism through an animal farm.
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