The Cyclical Nature of Oppression

• How History Repeats Itself in Animal Farm

  • The novel ends with the pigs and humans playing cards, showing that the pigs have become just like the humans they overthrew.
  • Orwell warns that revolutions often replace one dictator with another.
• Final Scene Analysis

  • The animals cannot tell the difference between the pigs and humans.
  • Orwell suggests that without true systemic change, history repeats itself.
• Historical Parallels

  • French and Russian Revolutions:
  • Both started with ideals of equality but resulted in new forms of oppression.