Compare and Contrast the authorial intent of George Orwell in 'Animal Farm' and H.G.Wells in 'Stolen Bacillus'. How do they achieve their aims?

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Compare and Contrast the authorial intent of George Orwell in 'Animal Farm' and H.G.Wells in 'Stolen Bacillus'. How do they achieve their aims?

H.G.Wells was born in 1866 and died in 1946; he was the author of many books including 'Time Machine', 'The Invisible Man' and 'The Stolen Bacillus'. He wrote stories that were fantasy and science fiction. He was born in Bromley, Kent where he was the youngest of three sons. When his father injured himself whilst playing professional cricket Wells was forced into work at the age of thirteen. His mother started work as a housekeeper where Wells secretly spent time studying the books in the library. He went on to win a scholarship to study science at the present, Imperial College, London. He was concerned about social justice and so joined the 'The Fabian Society' where they wanted to bring about a fairer society.

George Orwell, who was born in 1903, had a pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. He wrote 'Animal Farm' in 1945 to reflect his lifelong distrust of the autocratic government. After his contribution in the Spanish Civil War his thoughts on communism were disillusioned. These thoughts encouraged him to write his books. Most of his books are based on his views or beliefs and his experiences during his life.

Both Wells and Orwell wanted a better society and they both used the same method to get it. In each of their novels they used allegories to represent people in the real world.

Orwell used a simple story about animals taking over a farm so that people couldn't object to it because on top that's all it is, just a story. The truth can only be seen when looking deeper into the text. Orwell wanted a fairer society and he knew that this couldn't be achieved by violence or revolution.

Wells also realised this and used more satire in his story to put his point across. He wanted to show that people shouldn't be afraid of others who tried to change the world by violence and that it never works, also for them to stand up to these people. He knew that by using satire he could make fun of people without being nasty to anyone in particular. He did want revolution but in a peaceful way. He knew that violence brought nothing. He showed this by using the anarchist and how his plan failed miserably.

'Animal Farm' is a book written to show what was really happening in the Russian Revolution. When the book ended the Second World War had just ended. There is a point in the book where Napoleon-the leader-is trying to decide which of his neighbours to sell a pile of timber to. This represents Stalin and his decision whether to join up with Hitler-Mr Frederick- or Churchill-Mr Pilkington. When Stalin does decide to join up with Hitler when he is double-crossed, Mr Frederick giving Napoleon forged money so that he gets the timber for free represents this.
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In 'Animal Farm' Stalin is represented by Napoleon who gets power in several ways. One of these ways is when there is an enemy, Napoleon uses that enemy as a way to keep the animals from rebelling against him so they will follow him and believe whatever he says. An example of this is shown when the pigs start to sleep in the farmhouse beds. Squealer blackmails the animals into letting them sleep in beds by telling them that if they don't sleep well they wouldn't get any rest so the 'paperwork' wouldn't get done. He finishes his ...

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