the book. On a scale of 1-10‚ I would rate the book 4 stars because the story includes themes on violence‚ lack of equality‚ and even the corrupt use of power. First of all‚ brutality is portrayed by Napoleon because he requires innocent animals and even his rivals to confess their crimes and be murdered publicly. For example‚ according to Animal Farm‚ the text states‚ "Immediately the dogs bounded forward‚ seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them‚ squealing with pain and terror‚ to Napoleon’s
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Whatever goes upon four legs‚ or has wings‚ is a friend. 3. No animal shall wear clothes. 4. No animal shall sleep in a bed. 5. No animal shall drink alcohol. 6. No animal shall kill any other animal. 7. All animals are equal. The Seven commandments of the animal farm serves as the basic principles of animalism. These commandments were studied and worked out by the pigs‚ in which it is an “unalterable law” that all animals on Animal Farm must live for. At first‚ this law is the foundation of their
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like Old Major had a great idea. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the animals on the farm could live without the tyranny of men? They could be happy‚ free‚ well fed‚ and treated with dignity. To get this‚ they would first need to overthrow the humans who own them. To succeed‚ they would have to completely become equal with one another; and most importantly‚ they could not take on human behaviors. The animals portrayed in “Animal Farm” were unable to achieve their utopian state for many reasons. These
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Animal farm was short but definitely not sweet. I watched the movie when I was six years old and I found it frightening. I liked that I could learn from the mistakes that the animals made‚ and I even enjoyed the book despite my past experience with the story. The characters were extreme and strangely believable. The author did a fantastic job of creating the characters‚ they made me laugh‚ feel pity and cringe. He successfully transformed the pigs into humans‚ and the other animals into victims
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Critical Questions: Written Assignment 1 7. In Animal Farm the author George Orwell uses animals to represent the Russian revolution. One of the differences in the novel and the two films were old major’s death. In the novel he dies of natural causes however in the movies he calls a meeting to tell all the other animals about his point of view on the rights of animals and man. He teaches them the song (their anthem) “beats of England” and mr.Jones hears them all singing in the night and to settle
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Jose Ramon Hernandez INGL 3128 0U1 The Russian Revolution and Animal Farm In Hitler’s book‚ Mein Kampf he writes‚ “All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt to the perception of the least intelligent of those whom it intends to direct itself.” No one proves this more than George Orwell in his book Animal Farm. This book‚ posing as a children’s fairy tale is actually a rebellion against the Russian Revolution and Stalin. Orwell shows how people can be fooled by tyrants to believing
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Character Analysis Animal Farm Animal Farm is an allegory of the Bolshevik Revolution written by George Orwell. Most of the allegorical characteristics in the novel can be found within the characters and their actions. Most of the characters and events that take place in the story allude to historical figures and events surrounding the time period of the Bolshevik Revolution. In a sense Orwell is mocking the rebels of the Revolution because once they defeated the Russian Czar. Who they
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Shelley once said‚ “Power‚ like a desolating pestilence‚ pollutes what’er it touches.” He meant that when somebody acquires a reasonable amount of control or power over others‚ that dominance will eventually corrupt them. The corruption can quickly get to the point of extreme savagery emerging over respectable leadership‚ causing the people who are being ruled to suffer great hardship. This is exemplified in the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ by William Golding and in the film‚ Animal Farm‚ directed by John
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Animal Farm Study Guide Characters Old Major - old pig that has a visionary dream inspires the animals to revolt. Snowball - idealistic pig‚ along with Napoleon‚ becomes early leader of Animal Farm...his ideas are not always practical but they are grand. Napoleon - aggressive pig‚ along with Snowball‚ becomes early leader of Animal Farm...eliminates Snowball...increase powers and privileges...controls the animals. Squealer - young pig who is the persuasive speaker for Napoleon.
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that the animals are not smart enough to realize that the pigs drank the milk. Orwell is stereotyping the working class by saying that they are too dumb to know what is really going on. They just believe that the person in charge is doing the best for everyone and not just themselves. In Animal Farm‚ all of the animals trust Napoleon with the milk because they have been told to trust him so therefore they trust him. He shows the readers this because we as readers know where the animals are at all
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