Animal Farm

The novel, “Animal Farm” is one that uses such a simple structure. The reason that the book uses a simple structure is that it seeks to address or show the effect of betrayal by leaders and the impact of autocratic leadership. The book is therefore organized in a manner whereby from one chapter to the other, the reader is not left wandering around in order to connect the different acts of the book. There is a visible transition from one activity in the book to the other that explains the way that events change within the book. Indeed the book could be said to be just composed of two parts of a play which are the rising action and the climax. In a funny way, the play ends at the climax where the animals are left suffering under their own rule just like they suffered under the rule of mankind.

Orwell in the first chapters of the story tries to build the rising action of the story. The rising action of a story is the genesis of the plot or the beginning of the conflict that the play dwells in. It is the place where the author introduces the matter of concern that the story is going to go around. In that essence, therefore, Orwell spends some instrumental amount of time trying to show how one of the animals was intelligent to lead the others in a rebellion against the harassment of Mr Jones. Unfortunately, the initiator of the movement dies but the animals decide not to relent and hence they are led by Snowball and Napoleon. The rising action gets more interesting where Napoleon is hungry for leadership and decides to chase away Snowball so s to lead the kingdom alone.

From the part where Snowball is excommunicated, the rising action comes to a fateful conclusion. The author then builds on the climax of the story by explaining that Napoleon was just like the man whom the animals were revolting against. Against the principles of democracy, Napoleon announces himself as president and the top executive in the animal farm. A true reign of terror similar to that of the human being who used to own them arises. The author creates the climax in such a way that the reader does not expect things to get better. In any case, the reader could only expect that things get out of hand not unless Napoleon is also ousted.  Napoleon is however not ousted and the animals are forced to live in turmoil just like they used to live under the reign of Mr Jones. The climax of the story is therefore denoted when the animals continue suffering.  

In the story, Orwell strains himself to maintain a simple organization as hard as he could. The reason he maintains a simple structure is because the story does not just denote experiences of animals. Orwell is however concerned of the people and how leaders whom they expect to lead well betray them and cause them immense suffering. By using the simple structure, Orwell realizes two things. One he allows every reader to follow closely and understand his message. Secondly, he evokes emotions from the reader making them relate to the animals that were betrayed and their lives hostage by their fellow animal. The simple organization of the story was therefore quintessential in delivering the hidden message in the story. 

ReferencesOrwell, G. (2003). Animal farm. Penguin UK.