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    Chloé Winston Ms. McDaniel Honors English 9/6th period 2 September 2014 Societal corruption can be shown through Animalistic Behaviors. Thesis: In the classic novel Animal Farm‚ the author‚ George Orwell shows how societal corruption can occur through propaganda‚ pride‚ and hypocrisy. The book opens with a rebellion being led by the cows on the farm as they fought for their rights and better treatment. This rebellion began with secret meetings being held with all the animals on the farm. Snowball

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    It is no doubt great if people could view change as a positive outcome‚ but in most cases‚ it is ineluctable to see it as negative. In Collection 3‚ the Chinese proverb states‚ “When the wind of change blows‚ some build walls while others build windmills‚”which is proven to be true as a result of daily lives. The three selections that best exemplify the negative response to change are Metamorphosis‚ Siddhartha‚ and “Spring to Come.” After thoroughly analyzing these selections‚ it is explicit that

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    you’re Angela. Write a formal letter to the Council of Limerick‚ asking for help to improve circumstances for the family. Title of text for analysis: Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt. London: Harper Perennial‚ 2005. 1-425. Print. 10 Windmill Street Limerick Ireland Limerick‚ 22nd may 1939. Council of Limerick 79 O’Connell Street Limerick Ireland Dear Sir or Madam‚ First‚ let’s introduce myself. My name is Angela McCourt. I am married with Malachy Sr. McCourt. Together

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    having more knowledge than the rest of the animals on the farm and this was helpful to each of them in their goal of becoming leader of the farm throughout the story. Snowball was able to put together these specific‚ tedious plans for constructing the Windmill. Napoleon used his intellect in hope of gaining trust from the rest of the farm by framing Snowball. He wrote a fake letter that Snowball supposedly wrote‚ saying that he agreed to be a spy for Foxwood Farms. The lack of intellect among the animals

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    In this controlled assessment I am going to explain in my own words and by using quotes from the book how George Orwell refers to at least three conflicts in the fable Animal Farm. George Orwell wrote the controversial book Animal Farm‚ and very nearly didn’t get it published. But in 1945 Secker and Warburg published the book and has since become one of the most read and talked about books of our time. Orwell tells his story which refers to the Russian revolution by using an allegory form of

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    Better or Worse? In George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm‚ the animals demonstrate several ways of how humanity behaves. The novel is an allegory with animals illustrating human behaviour during the Russian Revolution. Throughout this time‚ the main aspect of human behaviour in the novel is the animals showing the worst of their intentions‚ however there are also good qualities exposed. The better quality that was showed most was loyalty meanwhile the awful qualities revealed was greed‚ and the

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    the group is unable to decide what to do with their new found freedom‚ in this case‚ the construction of the windmill. He ousts his rival‚ and when the animals to not agree with him‚ he uses his power to win their support. He spreads rumours about Snowball‚ saying: Comrades‚ do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL! Snowball has done this thing!" He uses these lies to create a strong coalition in his favour and make

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    George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm is a great example of allegory and political satire. The novel was written to criticize totalitarian regimes and particularly Stalin’s corrupt rule in Russia. In the first chapter Orwell gives his reasons for writing the story and what he hopes it will accomplish. It also gives reference to the farm and how it relates to the conflicts of the Russian revolution. The characters‚ settings‚ and the plot were written to describe the social upheaval during that period

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    With that mindset‚ they continued to deceive the animals to make themselves out to be good leaders. When Napoleon drove away Snowball‚ another potential leader‚ from the farm‚ he took credit for his idea of building a windmill to lessen the animals’ labor and “seemed to oppose the windmill‚ simply as a manoeuvre to get rid of Snowball”‚ making him out to be a bad influence with the help of Squealer who simply describes Napoleon’s action a “tactic.” With this in mind‚ Squealer is an important figure

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    various other items they needed for food‚ with a dozen eggs and some cream they could buy enough groceries to eat for a week. His family had a garden that was irrigated through a windmill‚ they had watermelon‚ cantaloupe‚ green beans‚ and peas most of which they canned. For water he had to haul water into the house from the windmill and everyone drank from the same ladle. They had plenty of pork which they salted to preserve it and the beef they would hang in the barn in the winter until it got warmer than

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