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Marxist Criticism through George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Marxist Criticism through George Orwell's Animal Farm  Here's the YouTube link for reference which will help you understand the literature more:  https://youtu.be/tD201OQwsFI?si=qy3om1x-dds0q389 In his novella Animal Farm, George Orwell addresses social oppression, slavery, propaganda, and exploitation, characterizing Napoleon as the enforcer of the regime. This piece of literature can thus be considered political, focusing on the relevancies of the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of Marxism as a literary doctrine via the lens of Russian literary criticism. A cursory look may lead one to think that this is a fable with animals as the characters since it brings to mind some fables. However, further analysis evokes the latent meaning of the work. There is a distinct character that stays true to the foundations of the Marxist cause across the pieces. Orwell, in the book, made a pig called old major who is the pig king in the story. The plotline of Ru...