Q3

Who are the main characters in the novel?Do you like them?Why or why not?What is special about them?What do they reveal about the universal human experience?

The main characters of Animal Farm are Napoleon, Snowball, and the rest of the animals in the farm. Napoleon and Snowball might seem like antagonists but the novel is telling the story in a way that tells typical events that happened during some amount of time. Thus, there is no an actual antagonist or protagonist that you can tell and nobody can argue about it. I, personally, do not like any of the main characters or characters of Animal Farm since they are all stupid and their actions are nothing but imitation of Stalin, Stalin’s rivals, and the Russian civilians during the Russian Revolution. I also do not like any stories that are out of mind because they have no credibility. What am I talking about? I am talking about that pigs can not walk on their hind legs, and speak and interact with humans, for example. The whole story of the novel is retelling and criticizing the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution in more simpler and different form, by using humans as the tsars and animals as the communist leaders and the civilians. The characters may not have any special facts about them, however, through their actions, they do reveal some universal human experiences. For example, Napoleon’s obsession over power and his craftiness of changing the Seven Commandments are examples of human wanting more power and untruthfulness. In addition, the idea of the revolution is an example of humans not wanting to be ruled over. Moreover, the animals plainly following Napoleon’s orders shows part of how stupid can humans be.