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The Dystopian Elements in Animal Farm 　　【Abstract】Animal farm ，written by George Orwell， describes an “animal” revolution， including the course of brewing， the rise and final transformation. The novel， as a political fable， include many dystopian elements， which are mainly reflected in the term of the allusive meaning of characters and the satire of utopian social form. 　　【Key words】Dystopian Elements； Animal Farm 　　Dystopian societies appear in many fictions and are often used to draw attention to real-world issues regarding society， environment， politics， economics， corporations religion， psychology， ethics， science， and/or technology. Animal farm， written by George Orwell， describes an “animal” revolution， including the course of brewing， the rise and final transformation. Many scholars researching the novel mainly focus on the political indication and few pay more attention to the dystopian elements. 　　1. Overviews of Dystopia 　　Dystopia is derived from the term Utopia， which was coined by Thomas More in his book in 1516. Utopia means an ideal society which owns a high material civilization， and in the ideal society everyone is equal and everyone happy， while dystopia is the bad side of the ideal society， which was first used by J. S. Mill in one of his Parliamentary Speeches 1868. He said， “It is， perhaps， too complimentary to call them Utopians， they ought rather to be called dys-topians， or caco-topians. What is commonly called Utopian is something too good to be practicable； but what they appear to favor is too bad to be practicable.” Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization， totalitarian governments， environmental disaster， or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. 　　2. Dystopian elements 　　2.1 The allusive meaning of main characters 　　In Animal Farm， the ideal utopia is a farm. Animals in the farm engage in a revolution for their rights and freedom. The author uses the allusive way to show the past， the p