Political Satire in George Orwell’s Animal Farm

Abstract

T he present dissertation will discuss George Orwell's Animal Farm as a political satire, which was written to criticize totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin's practices in R ussia. T he work is not approached in a holistic way; it rather follows a strict structural line as we focus our analysis on characterization and theme. Some importance is also given to the perspective from which Orwell has chosen to express his critical view which is nourished from social views of K arl Marks. In order to provide background information that would reveal causes led Orwell to write Animal Farm, Chapter one is devoted to introducing the key concept of this study “Satire” and its techniques and methods. Chapter one also presents background information about Satire. Chapter two discusses Animal Farm and focuses on the book as a political satire. T he last chapter is devoted to the comparison between characters and events of real-life and Animals of Animal farm.