Animal Farm is an allegorical fable of the workers revolt and the rise to power of the communist party in the former Soviet Union shortly after World War I and in particular the rise to supremacy of Joseph Stalin‚ as told in the form of a story of the farm animals of Manor Farm who overthrow the drunken farmer Jones and seize control of the farm for themselves. In this allegory‚ farmer Jones represents the Russian aristocracy and the animals represent the peasants‚ working class‚ and some elements
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Animal Farm is set on the Mannor Farm‚ during the chaotic time of an animal revolution. The main characters include Snowball‚ a inventive‚ effervescent pig‚ who took over after Jones left. Napoleon is a Berkshire Boar and is vastly different from Snowball. He’s strong minded‚ selfish‚ and pompous. He and snow ball are in constant conflict until Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. Other character’s include Jones‚ the owner of the farm‚ who was constantly drunk and treated the animals
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Compare and contrast Napoleon and Snowball. What techniques do they use in their struggle for power? Does Snowball represent a morally legitimate political alternative to the corrupt leadership of Napoleon? As Joseph Stalin did‚ Napoleon prefers to work behind the scenes to build his power through manipulation and deal-making‚ while Snowball devotes himself‚ as Leon Trotsky did‚ to winning popular support through his ideas‚ passionate speeches‚ and success in debates with his opponent. Snowball
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full title · Animal Farm: A Fairy Story author · George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair) type of work · Novella genre · Dystopian animal fable; satire; allegory; political roman à clef (French for “novel with a key”—a thinly veiled exposé of factual persons or events) language · English time and place written · 1943–1944‚ in London date of first publication · 1946 publisher · Harcourt Brace & Company narrator · Animal Farm is the only work by Orwell in
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Name last name Date: 05/12/12 Period: 1 Literary Analysis Animal Farm Symbolism’s in Animal Farm The characters and events that George Orwell put in his novel‚ Animal Farm‚ can be incorporated to the similar events and people affiliated with the Russian Revolution. People like Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky can be analyzed and exemplified by the two pigs‚ Napoleon and Snowball‚ in Orwell’s Animal Farm. By authoring this novel‚ Orwell aimed to expose the truth behind the totalitarian-type
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context‚ characters‚ and events in the novel. Thesis Statement There are many parallels between the Russian Revolution and ensuing Communist takeover and the events in George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. It was a time when a totalitarian government came to power and thus a climate of fear existed. Even when the more discerning animals questioned the pigs’ actions‚ they were trapped into a submission of power due to the manipulation of language and propaganda tactics employed by the pigs. Animal Farm
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Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ the character Napoleon is a victim towards the fact that he let the power he gained get to his head. The interviews Frye and Twelve Foot Ceiling help to prove the forms of corruption that invade Napoleon’s mind-affecting his form of leadership. Where there is power corruption is sure to follow if you let it. Napoleon‚ one of the main pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ started to think that he was more important than the other animals. Snowball‚ another pig from Animal Farm
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Animal Farm Journal Napoleon - “It was notices that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been use to do to Mr. Jones.” (49) Napoleon may not have the brains but he sure as that cunning personality that makes him powerful. He never took part in any of the rebellion acts. In the Battle of the Cowshed‚ Napoleon was the only one injured while Snowball‚ the pig so called to be a traitor‚ was shot in the back. He never shows interest in the rebellion until Snowball
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Orwell’s novel‚ Animal Farm shows the overlaying theme of the corruption of power. Power‚ more often than not‚ causes the bearer to become corrupt‚ which causes them to lose most sense‚ besides that‚ which will get them more power. In the beginning of the novel we are introduced to Old Major. He holds power on Manor Farm. Old Major uses his power to introduce Animalism and the Seven Commandments. He dies before we can see if his power corrupts would him. Napoleon who takes control of the farm next lives
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ANIMAL FARM Chapter One: Summary As the story opens on Mr. Jones’s farm‚ the farm animals are preparing to meet after Mr. Jones goes to sleep‚ to hear the words that the old and well-respected pig‚ Old Major‚ wants to say to them. The animals gather around as Old Major tells them that he had a dream the previous night and senses that he will not live much longer. As the animals prepare for his speech‚ the narrator identifies several of the animals which
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