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    Animal Farm By George Orwell Book Report by Aaron Andrews July 24‚ 2014 Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell‚ is a classic story about a revolution between farm animals and their owner. The main characters Napoleon‚ Jessie‚ Bluebell‚ and Squealer portray a great deal of personification which includes tyranny and manipulation. It can be said that this satiric drama takes place during the Russian Revolution at Manor Farm. This story is different from other stories because

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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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    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 applying solely to Russia and not making any larger statement about the philosophy of revolution. “I’ve been impressed with how many

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    Animal Farm George Orwell who wrote Animal Farm uses animals to show how the influences and nature of power can be used for ultimate good or absolute evil. George attempts to show how the good idea of communism can be easily corrupted by the greed of the leader. It is about a group of animals that rebel against the farm owner in order to gain control of the farm and to be treated with more respect. Old Major explains was one of the most respected animals in the farm. He called a meeting one

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    For what purpose did George Orwell write “Animal Farm” ? Discuss your understanding of it’s purpose with detailed reference to the novella’s construction of character. George Orwell’s famous allegory of Animal Farm is an exposé of the atrocities that occurred after 1917 Russia. Published in 1945‚ Animal Farm contradicted the usual procedure when writing a political satire‚ as it was written while the event was still in progress. This made it very hard for Orwell to get his work published because

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    perceptions of totalitarianism. After Old Major’s death‚ the changes to government in Animal Farm made the majority happier - the farm had a sense of equality and self-subsistence. However‚ this was not long-lasting; everything began to change when Napoleon became power hungry‚ and used his superior intelligence for self-gain. Comparatively‚ ANTZ showed individualism and rebellion against dictatorship in a positive light. The colony was saved because of it. By the end of Animal Farm‚ the majority

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    Orwell states “The English Language is in a bad way”; He uses “Animal Farm” to show practical examples of his claim through the Pigs’ use of dying metaphors‚ pretentious diction and meaningless words. Throughout the book‚ the animals that had the most influence over the others on the farm used visually descriptive phrases that no longer meant what their original meanings were‚ to express themselves; Orwell uses this as a form of satire to insult the lack of the originality within the English language

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    from the farm. Despite Napoleon’s clearly bullying tactics‚ Orwell’s text doesn’t allow us to perceive Snowball as a preferable alternative. Snowball does nothing to prevent the consolidation of power in the hands of the pigs‚ nor does he stop the unequal distribution of goods in the pigs’ favor—he may even‚ in fact‚ be complicit in it early on. Furthermore‚ the ideals of Animal Farm—like Orwell’s ideal version of socialism—are rooted in democracy‚ with all of the animals deciding how their collective

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    Animal Farm Research Paper George Orwell is the author of the book called Animal Farm‚ and he is probably most famous for this allegory that is based on the events of the Russian Revolution. George Orwell wrote some of the best satirical fiction of the twentieth century and was a man of strong opinions. Animal Farm is an anti soviet satire and displays his view on the Russian revolution through this story (George Orwell 2). In this story “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ the characters and events

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    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 a grim picture of how those

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