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Though written at separate times and by different authors both books share some common themes and similarities. Both governments started with revolutionary ideas that lead to corruption and control. In Animal Farm the animals overthrow Mr. Jones, but then the pigs become in charge, and are essentially worse than their predecessor. In Fahrenheit 451, however, the government's goal was to eliminate all conflict and sorrow, but to do so they burned books and destroyed individual thinking. Another similarity is how they used propaganda and fear to control their people. In Animal Farm Squealer used his persuading speech to manipulate and the dogs to intimidate the other animals on Animal Farm. On the other hand, Fahrenheit 451 uses the Mechanical Hound and entertainment devices to keep people under control and ignorant toward what was really going on.

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This painting is a representation of the animal revolution against Mr. Jones, that establishes the principles of Animal Farm and soon the corrupted government of Napoleon. The illustration presents an interesting take of the event and uses proportions and brush strokes to create the depth and paint the environment that is depicted in the book.

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Who Let The Dogs Out  Citation: YouTube, youtu.be/wdzPiYDL9JA. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025. 

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"Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?
Who let the dogs out?"

These lyrics are kind of ironic and perfect for Animal Farm. In the book Napoleon takes some puppies to train and brainwash becoming killers. The dogs are used as a fear tactic to get others to comply and follow Napoleon. The best comparison between the lyrics and the books is when Napoleon lets the dogs out and Snowball is chased from the farm. This moment is a huge power shift from one pig to the next.

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Soviet Supreme Council Meets (1949) Citation: YouTube, youtu.be/wdzPiYDL9JA. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025. 

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Animal Farm is based on the Russian Revolution, so it only seems right to include the inspiration for Orwell's novel. This video clip is from the Soviet Supreme Council in 1949. In this video the Russian dictator named Stalin gives a compelling speech to the rest of his party. This dictatorship and persuasive control is exactly like Napoleon had on his own people. Napoleon was convincing and used fear, from the ferocious dogs, to get the other animals to do what he wanted. Stalin did the same with his speeches and his dreaded Red Army.

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Adapted from George Orwell's novel, the 1999 live action movie, directed by John Stephenson, was a video representation of the events described in the book. The plot of both the book and movie are actually pretty similar with Napoleon taking over and Snowball being chased out, but there are some key differences. In the movie a dog named Jessie is the main character, there are a couple of seven commandments that are not the same as the book, and the ending is slightly different from the book's conclusion.

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Animal Farm (1999) Trailer #1 | Ian Holm, Kelsey Grammer, Pete Postlethwaite

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"We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal." (Bradbury 58)

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Fahrenheit 451 was published by Ray Bradbury in 1953. Bradbury sets the scene with a fireman named Montag who lives in a very government controlled society. These firemen are not the typical ones that we have, instead of extinguishing burning houses, they set books on fire. The book travels through Montag's inner conflict between his traditional routine nature, and the reason behind why it seems so natural. His reasoning starts when a girl named Clarisse challenges him with the question "Are you happy?" (Bradbury 10) This leads to Montag second guessing his profession on a fireman and whether books are truly bad and dangerous. Soon his curiosity gets the best of him and he takes some books secretly so that he can discover what was hidden in the texts. His little secret is soon found out by his boss named Beatty. Montag kills Beatty and becomes a criminal of the city while being chased down by the government. Fortunately for Montag he escapes the city without being caught before a bomb from a neighboring nation blows up his previous dystopian town.

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"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." (Orwell, 134)

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George Orwell

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Animal Farm is a famous fable written by George Orwell and published in 1945. This novella starts with an ancient pig in Manor Farm, named Old Major, giving a speech about his vision that someday the animals will live without any human oppression or control. Old Major taught about new ideas as well as the animals of a new song called "The Beasts of England." A few days after the meeting Old Major died, leading three pigs named Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer took these ideas and principles and combined into a philosophy named Animalism. A couple of nights later the animals rebel against their farmer named Mr. Jones by chasing him off the land.

The Animals rename Manor Farm to Animal Farm and devote their efforts to accomplishing Old Major's vision. Boxer, a strong, muscular horse particularly devotes himself to helping the cause by using his great strength to work hard for the betterment of the community. A pig named Snowball starts to teach the "dumber" animals how to read, while another pig named Napoleon took some young puppies to teach them about Animalism. Mr. Jones does try to retake his farm, but is defeated. During the battle the Animals take Mr. Jones' gun as a trophy for the victory.

Snowball and Napoleon struggled to agree on any topic while both of them wanted the power and influence that could of been had over the animals. Later, Snowball developed the idea of an electric producing windmill and gives a passionate speech to the rest of the animals supporting his idea. Napoleon strongly disagreed with the windmill idea, and after his short response Napoleon calls the dogs he was raising and they chase Snowball out from the farm. After Snowball's expulsion, Napoleon changes his mind about the windmill and the animals, especially Boxer, devote their efforts to building the windmill. One day the windmill was destroyed, and Napoleon used this to blame Snowball and create more skepticism over Snowball's character. This event sparks Napoleon's massacre of animals that supposedly help Snowball with his plan. The mass killing sparks fear into the animals and created an environment that was built on "Napoleon is always right." During the next few days we see Napoleon acting more like a human by sleeping in beds, drinking alcohol, and negotiation with other farmers, which were all against the seven commandments that were established during the early stages of Animal Farm. The animals are confused about Napoleon's actions, but Squealer always seems to persuade the animals that Napoleon's actions are justified.

While the animals tried to rebuild the windmill it was attacked and demolished by another farmer. Boxer injuries weaken his strength, and while working on the windmill for the third time he falls down. Boxer is taken to a "hospital" and peacefully dies there, at least that was the lies Squealer told the animals. What actually happened was Boxer was taken to a glue maker in return for money that Napoleon used to buy alcohol.

After Boxer's death, years pass until we hear about Animal Farm. New generations are born and the old teach them the principles of Animal Farm. The pigs become more like humans by walking on their hind legs, carrying whips, and wearing clothes, The seven commandments are completely disregarded and condensed to one new commandment, "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." The book ends with Napoleon talking with the other farmers and the animals not being able to tell the pigs apart from the human beings.

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Proverbs 28:3 NIV

A ruler who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.

This verse explains that when a leader of higher authority treats those under him or the poor people with wrong intentions or disrespect then it is like basically killing them. This verse can be applied to how both governments in Animal Farm and Fahrenheit 451 treated their people. The were corrupt, self-centered, and power-focused, leading to the oppression and deaths of the populations.

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George Orwell based his book on the Russian Revolution. Many of his characters represent other political figures and groups that were important during 1917. Orwell takes the historic event and reiterates it as an allegory to teach future generations. I chose this book because the power dynamics and the use of propaganda were interesting. The book's ending was also much better than Fahrenheit's because it concluded the final thoughts and summed up the lesson that was trying to be conveyed in an ironic way.

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One theme of Animal Farm is how quickly leaders in power can become corrupted and selfish. In Animal Farm Napoleon is the leader of the entire farm. At first he persuaded the naive farm animals that his ideas were good and for their benefit, but quickly his ideas became self-focused and single-sided. This dramatic shift creates a more harsh and challenging environment for the inhabitants in Animal Farm. Today we can see this in other nations. Plenty of leaders promise a better life for their people, but become corrupt and actually make the living conditions for the workers much worse.

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"The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership." (Orwell, 27)

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He looked with dismay at the floor. 'We burned an old woman with her book'" (Bradbury 49)

This quote is showing how the irrational and cruel principles established by a government can lead to terrible outcomes, in this case the loss of life for reading a book.

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Pigs and Firemen have a special connection... hmmm... interesting.