Animal Farm Personally‚ I believe that the classic book‚ Animal Farm‚ is one that all should enjoy and prosper from. It is written by Eric Blair‚ or as he is better known‚ George Orwell. The whole book is a giant metaphor comparing the corruption of the Soviet Union (under the rule of the Communist Party) into the form of animals on a farm. Each animal represents a specific leader in that time. This utopian novel also has many unique themes that mostly everyone can relate to. They range from
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Animal Farm is both an allegory and a fable that uses personified animals to tell of struggles of a communist society that leads to a dystopian future. An allegory is a story or poem in which characters‚ setting‚ and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Animal Farm accurately portrays the Russian Revolution by using animals to stand for people and the pigs represent the powerful leaders of a Communist nation. A fable is a very short story told in prose or poetry
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When it Hit the Fan To the animals on Animal Farm things seem to be perfectly fine. But how are they supposed to know? They have been brainwashed by their meticulous leader Napoleon. They believe every single one of his little lies. The only one that doesn’t fall for it is Benjamin and he doesn’t get involved. The animals have no idea that the things that they have been working their butts off for are being stolen and used for selfish wants. Very few of the animals remember the times before the
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Following is an excerpt from a letter from George Orwell to Dwight Macdonald‚ written in December 1946‚ soon after the publication of Animal Farm in the US. According to the editor of the letters‚ Peter Davison‚ who also supplied the footnotes‚ Macdonald wrote Orwell that anti-Stalinist intellectuals of his acquaintance claimed that the parable of Animal Farm meant that revolution always ended badly for the underdog‚ “hence to hell with it and hail the status quo.” He himself read the book as
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“The farm was more prosperous now‚ and better organized; it had even been enlarged by two fields which had been bought from Mr. Pilkington. The windmill had been successfully completed at last‚ and the farm possessed a threshing machine and a hay elevator of its own‚ and various new buildings had been added to it” [p.128]. All of these modern new machines had been due- according to Squealer- to Napoleon’s hard work and love for the animals on the farm. When in reality it had been gained on the backs
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Animal Farm - Karl Marx Is based on the work of the German Philosopher Karl Marx Karl Marx was a German Philospher Ms F Grech - Form 3 “The worker becomes all the poorer the more wealth he produces‚ the more his production increases in power and range...” 1 Animal Farm - Karl Marx “The worker becomes an ever cheaper commodity the more commodities he creates...” What does this mean? A useful or valuable thing Karl Marx was talking about Capitalism
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English period 2 November 14‚ 2012 Animal Farm "Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk‚ he does not lay eggs‚ he is too weak to pull the plough‚ and he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals. He sets them to work‚ he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving‚ and the rest he keeps for himself." -George Orwell. In the classic satire Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell. The author paints
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have full control over everyone. A world where people can be swayed away from the truth with one sentence. How can innocent people fight the helplessness of the world‚ is it with weapons and words? Or could it be the education of people to help them question and take down radical leaders. The pigs had full control over the other animals because of their persuasive language‚ education for pigs only‚ and the animals carelessness to not question the pigs actions. The pigs had full control over the animals
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regarded by the other animals. He began the whole idea of the revolution. * Boxer was a huge‚ strong horse‚ not very smart but of good character. Clover was a motherly‚ middle-aged mare. * Benjamin was a donkey‚ the oldest animal on the farm. He was skeptical‚ cynical‚ and never laughed. Also‚ he was friends with Boxer. * Mollie was a "foolish‚ pretty white mare" who liked sugar and pretty ribbons. 2. For what purpose did Major call the meeting of the animals? He wanted to tell them
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Major uses some techniques of propaganda in his speech to the animals - he identifies humans as the enemy‚ and attempts to unite them all against this common enemy. He promises that their lives will be better and easier if they do what he suggests and overthrow the humans. He also teaches them a simple‚ easy-to-remember song‚ Beasts of England‚ to inspire them with his ideas. Although he genuinely believes that he is acting in the animals’ best interests and is not trying to deceive them‚ this is all
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