Observation In Animal Farm Essay
An Observation of Human Society through Animal Society in Animal Farm
“The importance of enlightenment to resist totalitarianism”
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Lingnan(University) College, Sun-Yat-Sen University
Abstract：Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever necessary. 1Is totalitarianism an unavoidable nightmare? Through three questions pointing towards Animal Farm, I want to figure out the importance of enlightenment to resist totalitarianism.
Key words：Enlightenment/reason/totalitarianism
Introduction：
It is acknowledged that George Orwell seemed to hold the pessimistic belief that totalitarianism …show more content…
After Major’s death, they are the pigs that take on the task of organizing and mobilizing the other animals because they are “generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals”. By the sharp contrast, however, the other animals are so stupid that they do not even realize Jones has been exploiting them. The worse thing is, that most of the animals never learn more than a few letters of the alphabet. Revealing that they have taught themselves to read and write from an old children’s book, pigs definitely become the only ones that have the ability to translate Major’s vision of the future into the Seven Commandments of Animalism. And once the pigs set up their status as the educated elite, they use their mental advantage to manipulate the other animals. So right from the very beginning of the novel, we start to become aware of intelligence and education’s role in stratifying Animal Farm’s …show more content…
In political terms, the Enlightenment provided American Revolution and the French Revolution with the revolutionary ideas of freedom, which in the text represents as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Citizenship. Due to the enlightenment people realize their Human Nature and Human Rights. Enlightenment leads human being to the road of democracy and
“The importance of enlightenment to resist totalitarianism”
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Lingnan(University) College, Sun-Yat-Sen University
Abstract：Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life whenever necessary. 1Is totalitarianism an unavoidable nightmare? Through three questions pointing towards Animal Farm, I want to figure out the importance of enlightenment to resist totalitarianism.
Key words：Enlightenment/reason/totalitarianism
Introduction：
It is acknowledged that George Orwell seemed to hold the pessimistic belief that totalitarianism …show more content…
After Major’s death, they are the pigs that take on the task of organizing and mobilizing the other animals because they are “generally recognized as being the cleverest of the animals”. By the sharp contrast, however, the other animals are so stupid that they do not even realize Jones has been exploiting them. The worse thing is, that most of the animals never learn more than a few letters of the alphabet. Revealing that they have taught themselves to read and write from an old children’s book, pigs definitely become the only ones that have the ability to translate Major’s vision of the future into the Seven Commandments of Animalism. And once the pigs set up their status as the educated elite, they use their mental advantage to manipulate the other animals. So right from the very beginning of the novel, we start to become aware of intelligence and education’s role in stratifying Animal Farm’s …show more content…
In political terms, the Enlightenment provided American Revolution and the French Revolution with the revolutionary ideas of freedom, which in the text represents as the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Citizenship. Due to the enlightenment people realize their Human Nature and Human Rights. Enlightenment leads human being to the road of democracy and