Editing Animal Farm (section)

== Genre and style ==
George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' is an example of a political satire and an allegory that was intended to have a "wider application", according to Orwell himself, in terms of its relevance.<ref name=":22">{{Cite journal|last=Dwan|first=David|date=2012|title=Orwell's Paradox: Equality in ''Animal Farm''|journal=ELH|volume=79|issue=3|pages=655–83|doi=10.1353/elh.2012.0025|s2cid=143828269|issn=1080-6547}}</ref> Stylistically, the work shares many similarities with some of Orwell's other works, most notably ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', as both have been considered works of [[Jonathan Swift|Swiftian]] satire.<ref name=":32">{{Cite journal|last=Crick|first=Bernard|date=31 December 1983|title=The real message of '1984': Orwell's Classic Re-assessed |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/1139870DADC7F880|journal=[[Financial Times]]|location=London}}</ref> Furthermore, these two prominent works seem to suggest Orwell's bleak view of the future for humanity; he seems to stress the potential/current threat of dystopias similar to those in ''Animal Farm'' and ''Nineteen Eighty-Four''.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web|url=https://rosariomariocapalbo.wordpress.com/2011/04/10/george-orwell-dystopian-novel-1984-animal-farm/|title=George Orwell: Dystopian Novel – 1984 – Animal Farm |last=rosariomario|date=10 April 2011|website=Spazio personale di mario aperto a tutti 24 ore su|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref> In these kinds of works, Orwell distinctly references the disarray and traumatic conditions of Europe following the Second World War.<ref name=":52">{{Cite journal|last=Orwell|first=George|title=Politics and the English Language|journal=Literary Cavalcade|volume=54|pages=20–26|id={{ProQuest|210475382}}}}</ref> Orwell's style and writing philosophy as a whole were very concerned with the pursuit of truth in writing.<ref name=":02">{{Cite journal|last=KnowledgeNotes|date=1996|title=Animal Farm|journal=Signet Classic|id={{ProQuest|2137893954}}}}</ref>

Orwell was committed to communicating straightforwardly, given the way that he felt words were commonly used in politics to deceive and confuse. For this reason, he is careful, in ''Animal Farm'', to make sure the narrator speaks in an unbiased and uncomplicated fashion.<ref name=":02" /> The difference is seen in the way that the animals speak and interact, as the general moral animals seem to speak their minds clearly, while the wicked animals on the farm, such as Napoleon, twist language in such a way that it meets their insidious desires. This style reflects Orwell's proximity to the issues facing Europe at the time and his determination to comment critically on Stalin's Soviet Russia.<ref name=":02" />