Examples Of Allegory In Animal Farm
Animal Farm is a allegory, which is a plot in which concrete and particular characters and conditions set for other characters and conditions so as to fabricate a point about them. “The animal residents of Manor Farm stimulated on by the dream of the pig, Old Major, determine they will alternate their “laborious, miserable, and short” lives. They overthrow Mr. Jones, their master, and take over the management of the farm. Rather than living under the heel of their human master, the animals of Manor Farm decide that they will take control of the products of their labor, working for the good of the farm and other animals, rather than for the good of humans.” In chapters 1-2 it describes the characters and how they operate . For example, “The
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farmer Mr. Jones is the Russian Czar,the owner of Manor Farm, Old Major was a Middle White Boar but had been displayed as Willingdon Beauty he was twelve years young and had lately bloom rather stout but he was still a majestic-looking pig with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut. “The three dogs Bluebell Jessie, and
Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. The two cart-horses, Boxer and
Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw. Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.
Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey. Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark--for instance, he would say that
God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed. If asked why, he would say that he saw nothing to laugh at.” In chapter 2 it describes the other animals and how they operate “The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals. Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking
Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way. Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character. All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers. The best known among them was a small fat pig named
Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive.
The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.” The two cart-horses, were Boxer and Clover. Both of them had great difficulty in brainstorming anything out for themselves, but having once received the pigs as their instructors, they assimilated everything that was old, and passed it onto the other animals by simple disputes. Both were unfailing in their attendance at the secret conferences in the barn, and led the chanting of ‘Beasts of England’,with which the conferences always terminated.
1b.) Many of the occurrence at Manor Farm are closely linked to political events in Russia during the first half of the twentieth century. The animal who constantly made use of the rhetorical device is the Pig Squealer. Squealer spoke very persuasively, always explained a lot when he talked to the animals. In chapter 3 Squealer was sent to fabricate the essential explanations to the others. “Comrades!” he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved …show more content…
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Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades," cried
Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?" In chapter 5 Squealer was sent round the Manor Farm to explain the brand new arrangements to the other animals “Comrades," he said, "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?
Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills--Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?" He also explained that Bravery was not enough to Napoleon and Snowball "Bravery is not enough," said Squealer. "Loyalty and obedience are more important. And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated.
Discipline, comrades, iron discipline! That is the watchword for today.
One false step, and our enemies would be upon us. Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?" In chapter 7 Squealer has speeches to tell to the animals For example, "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon," announced Squealer, speaking very slowly and firmly, "has stated categorically--categorically, comrade--that
Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning--yes, and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of." Another example is “And do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'Death to Humanity!' and sank his teeth in Jones's leg? Surely you remember THAT, comrades?" exclaimed Squealer, frisking from side to side.”
1c.) The use of allegory as a rhetorical device is different from simply laying out a non-fictional account is by the rhetorical device being the art of discourse, wherein a writer or speaker attempts to inform, persuade or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
Rhetoric typically provides heuristics for understanding looking and developing arguments for particular situations, such as Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals pathos, logos, and ethos. Five canons of rhetoric which trade the traditional tasks in designing persuasive speech. Non-fictional account is real life events and about news that occured in the past. Non-fiction talks about stories that happened in the past about real life people, and animals, etc.. Non fiction can be all kinds of things-histories, memoirs, biographies, how-to-books, self-help, books on business, even books on
writing.
1d. I think Orwell’s use of allegory rhetorically was used successfully because it explained how Allegory rhetorical device operates throughout the story. Allegory was explained properly in the beginning, middle, and end. For example In the beginning of the story in Chapter 1 it describes all of the animals, what they are about, what they look like, and how they function. In the middle of the story it explains what the animals are doing in their lifetime, and what is happening in the Animal Farm. In the end of the story there are a few animals that passed away but there still were other animals in the farm still laboring. Rhetorical device was properly used in the story because there were a lot of arguments and speeches that caught my attention. Almost every chapter the porker pig Squealer had a persuasive speech to tell to every animal and explain to them why is the argument necessary.
farmer Mr. Jones is the Russian Czar,the owner of Manor Farm, Old Major was a Middle White Boar but had been displayed as Willingdon Beauty he was twelve years young and had lately bloom rather stout but he was still a majestic-looking pig with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut. “The three dogs Bluebell Jessie, and
Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud. The two cart-horses, Boxer and
Clover, came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw. Clover was a stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal.
Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together. A white stripe down his nose gave him a somewhat stupid appearance, and in fact he was not of first-rate intelligence, but he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work. After the horses came Muriel, the white goat, and Benjamin, the donkey. Benjamin was the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark--for instance, he would say that
God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies. Alone among the animals on the farm he never laughed. If asked why, he would say that he saw nothing to laugh at.” In chapter 2 it describes the other animals and how they operate “The work of teaching and organising the others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were generally recognised as being the cleverest of the animals. Pre-eminent among the pigs were two young boars named Snowball and Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather fierce-looking
Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation for getting his own way. Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character. All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers. The best known among them was a small fat pig named
Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive.
The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.” The two cart-horses, were Boxer and Clover. Both of them had great difficulty in brainstorming anything out for themselves, but having once received the pigs as their instructors, they assimilated everything that was old, and passed it onto the other animals by simple disputes. Both were unfailing in their attendance at the secret conferences in the barn, and led the chanting of ‘Beasts of England’,with which the conferences always terminated.
1b.) Many of the occurrence at Manor Farm are closely linked to political events in Russia during the first half of the twentieth century. The animal who constantly made use of the rhetorical device is the Pig Squealer. Squealer spoke very persuasively, always explained a lot when he talked to the animals. In chapter 3 Squealer was sent to fabricate the essential explanations to the others. “Comrades!” he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved …show more content…
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Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back! Surely, comrades," cried
Squealer almost pleadingly, skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, "surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?" In chapter 5 Squealer was sent round the Manor Farm to explain the brand new arrangements to the other animals “Comrades," he said, "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure! On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?
Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills--Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?" He also explained that Bravery was not enough to Napoleon and Snowball "Bravery is not enough," said Squealer. "Loyalty and obedience are more important. And as to the Battle of the Cowshed, I believe the time will come when we shall find that Snowball's part in it was much exaggerated.
Discipline, comrades, iron discipline! That is the watchword for today.
One false step, and our enemies would be upon us. Surely, comrades, you do not want Jones back?" In chapter 7 Squealer has speeches to tell to the animals For example, "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon," announced Squealer, speaking very slowly and firmly, "has stated categorically--categorically, comrade--that
Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning--yes, and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of." Another example is “And do you not remember, too, that it was just at that moment, when panic was spreading and all seemed lost, that Comrade Napoleon sprang forward with a cry of 'Death to Humanity!' and sank his teeth in Jones's leg? Surely you remember THAT, comrades?" exclaimed Squealer, frisking from side to side.”
1c.) The use of allegory as a rhetorical device is different from simply laying out a non-fictional account is by the rhetorical device being the art of discourse, wherein a writer or speaker attempts to inform, persuade or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
Rhetoric typically provides heuristics for understanding looking and developing arguments for particular situations, such as Aristotle's three persuasive audience appeals pathos, logos, and ethos. Five canons of rhetoric which trade the traditional tasks in designing persuasive speech. Non-fictional account is real life events and about news that occured in the past. Non-fiction talks about stories that happened in the past about real life people, and animals, etc.. Non fiction can be all kinds of things-histories, memoirs, biographies, how-to-books, self-help, books on business, even books on
writing.
1d. I think Orwell’s use of allegory rhetorically was used successfully because it explained how Allegory rhetorical device operates throughout the story. Allegory was explained properly in the beginning, middle, and end. For example In the beginning of the story in Chapter 1 it describes all of the animals, what they are about, what they look like, and how they function. In the middle of the story it explains what the animals are doing in their lifetime, and what is happening in the Animal Farm. In the end of the story there are a few animals that passed away but there still were other animals in the farm still laboring. Rhetorical device was properly used in the story because there were a lot of arguments and speeches that caught my attention. Almost every chapter the porker pig Squealer had a persuasive speech to tell to every animal and explain to them why is the argument necessary.