Module C: Satire Part A: Discussion Essay: “While the satirist makes us laugh‚ the main objective of the satirist is to cause us‚ by the use of various techniques‚ to reflect on ourselves as humans. In reflecting upon ourselves we learn important lessons about people‚ about issues confronting society and about life in general.” Question: In an essay of about 1800-2000 words‚ demonstrate the truth of this quotation by referring to George Orwell’s Animal Farm and two related texts of your own choosing
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Question 3: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” To what extent does this saying apply to George Orwell’s Animal Farm? The quote “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” made by Lord Acton relates to the novel Animal Farm significantly. This quote expresses the fact that power can be abused and some infamous cases in history has shown that this can end in a tragedy. Power is a way through which authority and control is developed. It can be attained through the
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Zinn 5 Paragraph Essay In “A People’s History of the United States‚” by Howard Zinn‚ Zinn states “To emphasize the heroism of Columbus and his successors as navigators and discovers‚ and to deemphasize their genocide‚ is not a technical necessity but an ideological choice. It serves-unwittingly-to justify what was done‚” this quote is true to all extent. True‚ Columbus and his followers founded Central America‚ but they were obviously not the first or the “native” Americans would have not been
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Essay Question: Those in power will inevitably become corrupt. To what extent do you agree? George Orwell’s novel‚ Animal Farm shows the overlaying theme of the corruption of power. Power‚ more often than not‚ causes the bearer to become corrupt‚ which causes them to lose most sense‚ besides that‚ which will get them more power. In the beginning of the novel we are introduced to Old Major. He holds power on Manor Farm. Old Major uses his power to introduce Animalism and the Seven Commandments
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Animals are not the brightest or powerful thing on earth‚ but in this case this pig is very intelligent and knows how to abuse and misuse power. Napoleon used brilliance‚ cunning‚ treachery‚ propaganda and a lot of other skills to gain‚ create and maintain power. He succeeded. Animal farm remained under his cruelty throughout the novel. In the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell‚ explains the three ways that the pigs‚ particularly Napoleon‚ manages to overtake the farm is by the use of fear‚ manipulation
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Have you ever imagined a farm ran by greedy pigs? Animal Farm is a novel that shows why animals cannot govern themselves. The novel was written by George Orwell. George Orwell was an English novelist and critic. Most of his work was on the government. He often criticized it as shown in the novels Animal Farm and 1984. George Orwell’s Animal Farm portrays the futility of the Russian Revolution through the themes of abuse of power‚ greediness‚ and ignorance. Animal Farm portrays the theme of abuse
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Animal Farm Persuasive Essay Side: Napoleon Imagine rolling hills of golden wheat‚ orchards filled with juicy ripened fruit dangling from green trees‚ a cheery red barn with mountains of soft hay‚ animals happily roaming the vast farm with not a single human in sight. Not one other farm has ever accomplished what we have. Hello‚ my name is Velvet and I am a horse who has been born and raised on the farm. I was there when Old Major gave his famous speech and I too fought against Jones and his
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Animal Farm George Orwell Submitted By: Ryan Jay Enclona H3-Justice Submitted To: Ms. Aila Velasquez Table of Contents I. Biography of the Author………………………………………………….………1 II. Background of the Story………………………………………………………….2 III. Characters (Tell me about the characters in the book. You are to include their role in the book‚ a physical description of their appearance and a description of their personality) IV. Setting (*Describe the setting in detail. *Be as specific as possible
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(chapter 5-6) Life before and Life after the Rebellion In this journal entry I will be comparing and contrasting how life was before and after the revolution on animal farm. Even though a lot of things changed after the rebellion‚ I find that overall everything is still just as difficult for most animals‚ while some animals have higher power on the farm. The first thing that the animals changed about the farm is the name. They changed the name of the farm from Manor farm‚ to Animal farm. They all
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Major uses some techniques of propaganda in his speech to the animals - he identifies humans as the enemy‚ and attempts to unite them all against this common enemy. He promises that their lives will be better and easier if they do what he suggests and overthrow the humans. He also teaches them a simple‚ easy-to-remember song‚ Beasts of England‚ to inspire them with his ideas. Although he genuinely believes that he is acting in the animals’ best interests and is not trying to deceive them‚ this is all
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