GEORGE ORWELL’S “ANIMAL FARM”

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Lecturer: Dr. Siti Drivoka Sulistyaningrum, M. Pd

Arranged by: Tria Mulya Utami Faiziah (1202619045)

Class : 19 DA

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION STUDY PROGRAMME

STATE UNIVERSITY OF JAKARTA
2019
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE

No. Figurative Examples Meaning

Language

1. Metaphore “Only Boxer and Clover never lost It explains that boxers and
heart”(Chapter 7 Page 22 Paragraph clovers always believe in their
2 Line 7) efforts and never waver under
any circumstances

“there was a stormy debate over the
correct retiring age for each class of
animal”
(chapter 3 Page 10 Paragraph 2 Line
14)
It shows that comparing storm
to a debate and can explain
was heated and very
passionate.

“Four legs good, two legs bad."
(Chapter 3 Page 11 Paragraph 1 Line
4)
“Four legs” means all animals
are goods and “Two legs”
refers to all human were bad.
And this metaphor is always
used in the story.

“and throughout that year a wave It means “wave” here is

of rebelliousness ran through the
countryside”
(chapter 4 page 12 paragraph 4 line
3)
“…., but of late he had fallen on
evil days”
(chapter 2 page 6 paraprahph 4 line
2)
sustainable and certain of the
rebelliousness through other
farm.
It mean that he had already
fallen to the day he could not
return.

“But no animal escapes the cruel To convey and force to relate

knife in the end.” their fate with something like
(chapter 1 pa (Chapter 1 page 3 first paragraph) cruel knives.

2. Simile “Dogs were as fierce looking as It means that the dogs looks
wolves.” like wolves.
 “Boxer was as strong as any two
ordinary horses.”
“All that year the animals worked
like slaves.” (Chapter 6 page 18
paragraph 1 line 1)
“Like suns in the sky, comrade
Napoleon! (Chapter 8 page 28 poem
Napoleon)
“He had been a hard worker even
in Jones's time, but now he seemed
more like three horses than
one…..” (chapter 3 page 9
paragraph 3 line 8-9)
“And not an animal on the farm
had stolen so much as a
mouthful.” (Chapter 3 page 9 last
paragraph 2)
“But the most terrifying spectacle
of all was Boxer, rearing up on his
hind legs and striking out with his
great iron−shod hoofs like a
stallion”
3. Metonymy “Only Boxer and Clover never
lost heart” (Chapter 7 Page 22
Paragraph 2 Line 7)
“…and nine enormous dogs
wearing brass−studded
collars came bounding into
the barn”(chapter 5 page 16
paragraph 4 line 2)
It means that Boxer was more
strong like he was three horses
in one body.
It compare the work of the
animal to slave that give animal
character.
Comparing the power of the
sun to the leader of the farm
Napoleon
It help to give reader about
visualization of the strength
boxer possessed and how
important he was on Animal
Farm.
It give a reader about theres
no animal had stolen any
foodstock. Even a little grain
It represent that boxer he go
with fearless and good
dignity.
It refers as dedication and
dignity of boxers.
It refers that they are
royal dogs loyal to
napoleon
4. Personification “As for the pigs, they could giving characters to pigs
already read and write as if they could write and
perfectly”( (Chapter 3 page 10 read like humans.
last paragraph line 1)

“With the ring of light from his Giving character as the light
lantern dancing from side to side, he can dancing side to side
lurched across the yard ...” (Chapter
1 Paragraph 1)

“Word had gone round during the Giving character as if the pig
day that old Major, the prize Middle can dream like a human.
White boar, had had a strange
dream on the previous night and
wished to communicate it to the
other animals.”

“Old Major cleared his throat and Giving character as if the pig
began to sing.” can sing like a human

“A wave of rebelliousness ran Giving character as if the wave

through the country,..” of rebelliousness can run like
human.

“It was a walking on its hind legs.” Giving character to pigs as if

(chapter 10 page 39) they could walks like humans.

“….Starvation seemed to stare them Give a picture as if hunger

in the face.”(Chapter 7 page 22 haunts them.
paragraph 3 last line)

5. Allegory The Manor Farm is an allegory of Russia under

the communist party.

6. Paradox “All animals are equal, but some It is stated equal and more
are more equal than the others.” equal which opposite in one
sentence.
7. Hyperbole “Napoleon is always right.”(chapter
5 page 17 paragraph 5 last line)
“Twelve voices were shouting in
anger, and they were all alike.
No question, now, what had
happened to the faces of the pigs.
The creatures outside looked
from pig to man, and from man to
pig, and from pig to man again;
but already it was impossible to
say which was which.”
”He suddenly roared in a voice
of thunder”(Chapter 6 page 21
paragraph 5 line 2)
“…..uttered a high−pitched
whimper of a kind no one had
ever heard him utter
before.”(chapter 5 page 16
paragraph 3 last line)
“This single farm of ours
would support a dozen
horses, twenty cows, hundreds
of sheep−and all of them
living in a comfort and a
dignity that are now almost
beyond our
imagining”(Chapter 1 page 2
paragraph 5 line 4-5)
The others said of Squealer
that he could turn black into
white.(Chapter 2 page 5
paragraph 2 last line)
Someone "always" being
right is an exaggeration in
itself, however when
regarding Napoleon (who
is almost never right, in
my opinion) it is a huge
exaggeration.
It is exaggeration that all
of the twelve voices were
all alike, and it is also
exaggeration that the pig
and the man can’t be
distinguished.
His voice wasn't actually as
loud as thunder. This was
used to emphasize the
emotion and the intenseness
of the emotion during this
period of the story.
Its impossible that no one
have heard that’s totally
exaggeration.
Old Mayor uses an
hyperbole to emphasize the
situation and to make sure
he gets the audience.
This demonstrates a sort
of exaggerated ability of
Squealer.
8. Onomatopoeia “The hens woke up squawking
with terror.”
9. Irony “It was about this time that the
pigs suddenly moved into the
farmhouse and took up their
residence there.”
10. Apostrophe “….Oh, how my soul is on”
(Chapter 8 poem comrade napoleon)
11. Understatement “…,and in fact he was not of
first−rate
intelligence,..”(chapter 1 page
2 paragraph 3 line 13)
“And so, almost before they
knew what was happening,
the Rebellion had been
successfully carried through:
Jones was expelled, and the
Manor Farm was
theirs.”(Chapter 2 page 7
paragraph 2 last line)
."Jones's shot only grazed
him. I could show you this in
his own writing,..”(Chapter 7
page 24 paragraph 3 line 2)
Squawking is the sound of
hens.
The pigs are just so
exhausted from doing all
the brainwork that they
need to sleep in beds. You
can’t get the sleep you need
in a pile of hay.
It expressed on poem
napoleon and this means
that he feel like live on.
This is understatement of
boxer that means he is
stupid.
This passage minimalizes
the fact that a group of
discontented animals
have overthrown a
human and taken
complete control of a
farm.
This understatement
means that snowball was
bleeding heavily.
The Connection between Animal Farm and The Russian Revolution

Year Russian Revolution Animal Farm

1859 Marx and Engels publish The Old Major lists the tenets of Animalism
Communist Manifesto.

1917 March Czar Nicholas II abdicates. Animals drive out Jones.

A provisional republic is
established.
November Bolsheviks seize
power.

1918 The Communist Party is established. Pigs take control of the farm.

1918- Red Army, led by Trotsky, Animals, led by Snowball, defeat Jones at
1920 defeats Whites in the Civil the Battle of the Cowshed.
War.

1924 Lenin grows ill; Stalin and Trotsky Napoleon and Snowball compete for
compete for power. power.

1925 Trotsky is ousted and goes into Snowball is driven off the farm.
exile.

1928 Stalin crushes revolt by farmers Napoleon crushes revolt by hens who
who refuse to surrender their refuse to surrender their eggs.
harvests.

1932 Massive famine in Soviet Union Animals suffer from hunger after farm
after farm production drops. harvest declines.

1933 Soviets begin limited trading with Napoleon begins limited trading with
the West. humans.

1934- Great Purge: Stalin uses secret Napoleon uses dogs to eliminate
1938 police to eliminate opposition. opposition.

1939 Stalin signs Non-Aggression Pact Napoleon makes timber deal with
with Hitler. Frederick.

1940 Germans invade Soviet Union. Men, led by Frederick, invade the farm
Russians stop the invasion but and destroy the windmill. The animals
suffer heavy losses. drive them off but suffer heavy losses.
 1943 Western leaders, led by Roosevelt Pilkington and other humans have dinner
and Churchill, meet with Stalin. with Napoleon.

(Comparison of Russian Revolution and Animal Farm)

The Implication of Animal Farm to Me as a Person

After I read ‘Animal Farm’ I could reflected myself with Clover. Clover was a loyal,
strong, caring horse who like to give comfort to the other animals, and could sense hypocrisy
but she was not good with words. Same with me, I like to caring people around me, and I
have so many thought in my mind, but because of my shy personality, I can’t express it with
words.

The Comparison of the Leadership of Indonesia’s Second President and the Leadership
of Animal Farm

In the early years of New Order, Indonesia’s second president, Seoharto focused
mainly on the development of the country. While on the next period, he was able to
concentrate on the growth of the economy by indirectly doing business in every sector.

Indonesia’s second gained the president position in 1966 during the instable situation
when the communist are accused as the main cause of the trouble. He replaced Soekarno, the
first President of Indonesia. The process of replacement is still be a controversy until now.
Similarly to Napoleon, Seoharto became the chief leader that went through almost the same
process in getting that top position.

The first cabinet composed in early new order still represented the spirit of reform.
While in the second cabinet which started since the fifth period, there occurred the
relationship between businessmen and the governmental people. In its development, people
in later cabinet was composed of those who were in the government whom were also the
businessmen. This is also happened in ‘Animal Farm’ when the pigs which represented the
welfare group that fully enjoyed the facilitate.

In relation to Napoleon’s government, there was a similarity between Napoleon and Seoharto
in terms of using the military force as the useful component to protect the leader’s position as
well as existence. Napoleon in ‘Animal Farm’ used the dogs as the armed guards to
frightened the other animals especially to those who wanted to rebel.