Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The Farmers
I wonder what the Farmers symbolize in Animal Farm. It seems that they represent any outside enemy, real or imaginary, because the pigs use them to scare the other animals into submission. Specifically, though, I would have to say that I believe the farmer's represent the Nazis. The pigs would always flip back and forth between alliances with the two neighboring farmers. What I mean is they would always change who they were allied with. The Russians did this in World War II when they started out fighting on the Nazi side, before eventually changing to be allied against the axis powers. They were also attacked by their supposed ally, Pinkerton, as they were negotiating with him. It is worth mentioning that the Nazis betrayed the Russians in World War II, and were repelled at great cost (just as Pinkerton's group was).
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That is definitely an interesting comparison between Pilkington and Nazi Germany. I remember an instance in a history class where we learned about an attack Germany launched against the USSR. It was so cold, the Nazis couldn't even fire their guns because the hammers froze and were unable to strike the cartridges, resulting in a devastating loss for the German side. Good comparison
ReplyDeleteYup, thanks. The Germans lost because (like the French Napoleon) they ignored the threat of the Russian winter. However, the farmers were driven out by the combined efforts of all the animals on the farm.
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