“So‚ children what is the genre of Animal Farm?”asked the teacher. “A fairy tale!” one student shouted. Another student yelled‚ “A fable!” “No‚ you buffoons! It’s a satire!” argued another. “I think it’s an allegory!” exclaimed the final student. Since the release of George Orwell’s famous book Animal Farm‚ people have struggled to decide the genre of the story. Throughout the book‚ Orwell uses different elements like talking animals from fables‚ universal truths from fairy tales‚ criticism on
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The book‚ Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ was an allegory of how Stalin harshly ruled over the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. Animal farm follows a group of animals who wanted a utopia and while striving for this goal‚ made a dystopia. When the animals took over the farm‚ the leaders became the pigs since they were the most intelligent. Overtime a pig named Napoleon took complete control of Animal Farm using various methods of deception. Napoleon stays in charge of Animal Farm by using Animalism
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Point of View In Animal Farm‚ George Orwell shows why the animals find the disappearance of the milk to be a mystery by using third person omniscient to create dramatic irony. Although the animals agree that “all animals are equal” (Orwell 16)‚ Napoleon and the pigs believe “with their superior knowledge it is natural that they should assume leadership” (Orwell 17). Napoleon convinces the other animals that he strives for equality of all animals when he really only strives for his own
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Orwell’s Animal Farm: Summary of Characters Stalin’s five-year plan was made to upgrade Russia and bring it current with the rest of the world within a five-year period. In Orwell’s book Animal Farm‚ Napoleon - Snowball thinks up the idea of constructing a windmill which looks like it is designed to bring the farm up to current technology. In both cases‚ Stalin and Napoleon come off trying to sell their ideas with the impression that it is to better the lives of the people and the animals
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Animal Farm is a movie that uses animals to make fun of humans. The movie starts out with a the highest animal‚ Old Major‚ the pig‚ telling all the animals they must unite and leave the humans‚ and that the humans should not boss them around anymore. However‚ before that can happen‚ Old Major is killed. The animals do succeed‚ though‚ in scaring off the humans. Because O ld Major has died‚ it is time for a new leader. Snowball‚ a pig ‚ and Napoleon‚ another pig‚ both try to lead the animals
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Animal Farm Ch 1-4 Chapter 1 1. The animals act as animals do (e.g.‚ cows chewing their cuds) but because they think and speak‚ they also seem to represent types of humans. What type of people do Boxer‚ Mollie‚ and the cat appear to represent? 2. Keeping in mind the Russian Revolution‚ whom do the animals collectively represent? Again thinking of the allegory‚ what person does Old Major represent? 3. Beginning on page 6‚ when Old Major addresses the animals‚ what emotions is Orwell
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My scrapbook on Animal Farm. A brief summary of Animal Farm. Old Major‚ the old boar on the Manor Farm‚ summons the animals on the farm together for a meeting‚ during which he refers to humans as parasites. When Major dies‚ two young pigs‚ Snowball and Napoleon‚ assume command and consider it a duty to prepare for the Rebellion‚ which the old boar had mentioned. The animals revolt and drive the drunken and irresponsible farmer Mr. Jones from the farm‚ renaming it "Animal Farm". The pigs elevate
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The novel‚ Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ is the story of a group of animals who rebel against their farmer‚ whom they characterize as a tyrant. Under the command of the two main characters‚ Napoleon and Snowball‚ both pigs‚ the animals revolt and form a new type of government called Animalism. Orwell’s premise in the book is that if one person is given great power‚ that power will not only change the person‚ but also change his moral outlook on life. Similarly‚ this premise has been posited in
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over think useless things and be manipulated or controlled. Of course‚ they do this to draw in listeners and cause conversations. We see that the media affects the characters’ thoughts and knowledge in the allegoric novel‚ Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell. By reading Animal Farm‚ it shows us that we must be aware of the media’s reports‚ for they can easily manipulate us for the worst. A lot of the time‚ the media can exaggerate stories for us to be intrigued. For instance‚ Napoleon makes up
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Propaganda in Animal Farm Animal Farms propagandist techniques are constantly called on by the pigs to make the other animals bend to there will. Forms of propaganda used in Animal Farm are repetition‚ lying‚ rhetorical questions‚ pinpointing the enemy‚ and intimidation. Squealer especially uses propagandist techniques such as “Jones would come back‚ yes Jones would come back.” This is a form of repetition and like many other things helps the pigs have ultimate control over the animals. Squealer
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