Literary analysis reveals propaganda's role in empowering totalitarianism, illustrating betrayal in a revolutionary context.
George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) is a political allegory that critiques the corruption of revolutionary ideals and the mechanics of totalitarian power. Using a seemingly simple fable about animals overthrowing human control, Orwell exposes how language, ideology, and propaganda are manipulated to establish and sustain authoritarian rule. This paper examines Animal Farm as an allegory of the Russian Revolution and Stalinist regime, focusing on themes of power, class hierarchy, propaganda, and the betrayal of egalitarian ideals. Through close textual analysis, the study argues that Orwell presents power not merely as political domination but as control over language, memory, and historical truth.
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Мисько І. П. Mysko I. P. (2026) studied this question.
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