Symbols in Animal Farm
The novel, Animal Farm, consists of many symbols. The symbols represent something else and can be used to tell the author¡¯s ideas through indirect method. The symbols are like the presents; they can be just figures or things, however sometimes they have deeper meanings. In the novel, Animal Farm Orwell uses a variety of symbols to represent ¡®Animalism¡¯, humanization and tyranny that are present among the animals. ... The most important figure; the windmill is build at the highest point on the farm. This significant building represents another important element in the Animal Farm; Animalism. ... Orwell cleverly uses the windmill to symbolize the Animalism in the novel, Animal Farm Orwell uses several symbols such as the gun, the farmhouse, clothes, alcohol, and cigarettes to represent the humanization taking place among the animals, especially the pigs. ... Orwell uses whips, flag and other symbols to indicate tyranny in Animal Farm. ... ¡°After that it did not seem strange when next day the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters.