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    Animal Farm One of America’s most famous presidents‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ once said‚ "Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power." This statement stands through all of history as countless world leaders have abused their power constantly. This also shows in the novel by George OrwellAnimal Farm. The pigs in power‚ and especially Napoleon‚ tend to constantly abuse their power and be corrupted by it. Three ways power affects the novel are the corruption

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    deaths is a statistic’.” In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ Napoleon is directly described because Stalin and Napoleon were both extremely paranoid and killed their own people to stay in power. Animal Farm is an allegorical story that symbolizes the Russian Revolution meaning that all the characters and battles represent the real people and events that lived and occurred during this time. Since Animal Farm is an allegory‚ there is extreme personification going on because the animals talk and plan like people

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    Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell Throughout history‚ writers have written about many different subjects based on their personal experiences. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair. He is one of the most famous political satirists of the twentieth century. He was born in Bengal‚ India in 1903 to an English Civil Servant and died in 1950. He attended Eton from 1917 to 1921‚ and served with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927 before moving

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    and that’s what George Orwell shows in the book Animal Farm. Many people take knowledge for granted and don’t appreciate it. The people that don’t appreciate knowledge are the people that don’t know what’s going on and are not prepared. Knowledge can be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands because knowledge gives people power and power is everything. In the book Animal Farm it shows clearly how knowledge can give you the power. The pigs are the smartest bunch of the animals so they use their

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    prevent these ideas from going forth. In Animal Farm‚ Snowball’s ideas are never put to plan. Seeing what a great speaker he is‚ his competitor‚ Napoleon‚ runs Snowball off the farm so he can become the leader of animalism. Although he is a ruthless boar who is an articulate and persuasive speaker‚ Snowball is extremely naïve to the evils‚ which surround animalism. Every person and animal has a distinct personality‚ which will pave his or her path in life. The gifted orator in Animal Farm Snowball had

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    Animal Farm Research Paper In the book‚ Animal Farm the author uses animals and a farm to symbolize the events that occurred during the Russian Communist Revolution. The author‚ George Orwell‚ connects the book to the event in creative ways to help you to really grasp the idea of what happened. The Animal Farm symbolizes event from the Russian Communist Revolution and shaped Russia. The Russian Communist Revolution took place in 1917‚ during the final phase of

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    changing of Power in Animal Farm Imagine a life in which one had no say in things‚ where life was completely controlled. In the book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ is an example of this. Orwell used farm animals in the plot of the book to show many themes of the Russian Revolution‚ one of these being power. He took his knowledge of the Russian Revolution and broke it down with farm animals to get the point across easier‚ he gave us a look at what life was probably like back in the time. Power played

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    The increase of power most of the time leads people to become corrupt. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ the reader sees the pig’s gain power which corrupts them. In the early chapters of the book the pigs already divided themselves among the animals‚ even though the purpose of this story is to create a community of equality that has not adopted human vices. Corruption increases in the pigs as the story moves on. Power and corruption are seen in the United States law enforcement. All across

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    atomic bomb. The story‚ “Animal farm” is an allegory based on the Russian revolution and when Russia became a communist government. Every character represents someone from that time. For example‚ the boar Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin‚ the dictator who was cruel to his citizens‚ Old major represents Vladimir Lenin‚ who started the revolution and finally Boxer‚ the working horse represents the working class. In the story it is demonstrated how a person changes ones gaining power. A person cannot adhere

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    Writing Prompt In George Orwell’s‚ Animal Farm‚ we find an example of a vital character being explicitly slandered. This plays out when a leader‚ Napoleon‚ falsely accuses Snowball of exaggerating his role in the farm and not being as loyal as he claims to be. The result of this act is a taunted image of Snowball and his complete exile. Surprisingly enough‚ slanderment happens quite often in all forms of culture. In fact‚ a great example is the playwright‚ Gone Girl‚ by Gillian Flynn. The main plot

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