Situation and Free Choice—An Interpretation of Animal Farm With the Perspective of Sartre’s Existentialism

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10.2991/assehr.k.201023.031How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Animal Farm, George Orwell, Existentialism, Situation, Free Choice

Abstract

Animal Farm, a political allegorical novel written by George Orwell three years after his conception, was a huge sensation when published. Orwell from his unique perspective reveals the alienation of revolutionaries by power and presents the establishment process of totalitarian rule, showing that even socialism will have the risk of totalitarianism, which has great enlightenment to later generations. Attributing to the similar living background and life experience, Orwell’s pursuit of free liberation embodies part of Sartre’s existentialism, based on which some more objective interpretations different from the traditional of this animal farm, an epitome of a real society full of absurdity can be achieved. In light of Sartre’s existentialism theory, this paper deems that the situation where animals live is not the culprit of their tragic fate but what they pursuit decides the farm’s nature of oppression. And there is no good or bad of animals’ different free choices, because all of which actually clearly reflect their being-for-itself.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ruilin Yang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/06
TI  - Situation and Free Choice—An Interpretation of Animal Farm With the Perspective of Sartre’s Existentialism
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 5th International Conference on Modern Management and Education Technology (MMET 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 156
EP  - 161
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201023.031
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201023.031
ID  - Yang2020
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