post#6: Allegory

Allegory is a type of literary device where the characters, plot, setting and etc. are used to represent ideas and concepts. Through the book Animal Farm allegory is used to represent the Russian government at the time. It showed to the readers that the Russian communism is like the government in the book, harsh, cruel, and to sum it up they both had tyrants. Allegory is a good tool to help the reader understand a concept because it gives an example in which they can relate to. In the author's own words he stated that the people of Europe did not understand the Russian government well and so he made Animal Farm as a means to resolve this problem. The characters in the book were also made to represent political figures in the Russian revolution. In example the character Napoleon can be related to Joseph Stalin as they both came into power through violent means and from there become tyrants. Dang does everything i write sound monotone? Hah writing for academic reasons is just no fun.