Animal Farm in 1984 Animal Farm and 1984, two novels both written by George Orwell, were both ways for Orwell to express his anti-totalitarian standpoint. Animal Farm gives a specific example of an oppressive government by using animals to represent real life characters during the Russian Revolution. 1984, on the other hand, is a general warning against the dangers of following a dictatorial government. Overall, both novels utilize the parallels of the characters and the changing of the …showed first 75 words of 686 total…

…showed last 75 words of 686 total…incongruities. Animal Farm and 1984 are mediums with which George Orwell expresses his views of totalitarianism through the use of animals that represent major individuals during the Russian Revolution in Animal Farm, and in 1984 by using the Party and Big Brother as a general warning against absolute power. The similarities in the characters of both novels and evidence of rulers altering regulations and history develop the main theme of both books in that “…absolute power corrupts.”