Convenor : Dr. Benjamin Keatinge Title of the Assignment: “In what ways does Orwell criticize Soviet Communism in Animal Farm and to what extent is his analysis based on real historical events?” George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” is a master piece where as politics and satire are concerned. It is a tale where animals as individuals are oppressed by their owner Mr. Jones. The animals‚ which can speak and actually share a lot of human characteristics‚ are being mistreated and neglected having wanted
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Animal Farm Personally‚ I believe that the classic book‚ Animal Farm‚ is one that all should enjoy and prosper from. It is written by Eric Blair‚ or as he is better known‚ George Orwell. The whole book is a giant metaphor comparing the corruption of the Soviet Union (under the rule of the Communist Party) into the form of animals on a farm. Each animal represents a specific leader in that time. This utopian novel also has many unique themes that mostly everyone can relate to. They range from
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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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Breaking news: Ron Burgendy/ Me: Hello‚ this is Ron Burgendy from AF at ten here with exclusive coverage of Animal Farm. Napoleon’s dogs have just run Snowball out of Animal Farm! Here’s some footage of this event. (Dog chasing Snowball. Snowball goes out of footage.) Snowball: HELP MEEEEEEE!!!!!! Me: I cannot believe that Napoleon has just done this to Snowball. It is truly astonishing. Me: Later I found Snowball and interviewed him. His location is not being revealed for the sake of his safety
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six others from the neighbouring farms were attacking the farm‚ hoping to regain control over animal farm. They were all armed with sticks except for Jones himself‚ who carried a gun. Thank goodness I had read up on the battle earlier and was well prepared‚ both mentally and physically. Though not expecting it‚ all of you did your part perfectly‚ except for Mollie‚ who was hiding behind her stall the whole time during the Rebellion. The pigeons alerted the animals that Jones and his men were going
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Michael Lu Mr. Lu Period G December 13th‚ 2012 When the ‘animal farm’ compare with ‘I have a dream’ Last week I read Martin Luther King’s speech‚ I have a dream and I read the animal farm. These two books took a big shock to my mind. This two speech have many same opinions‚ and I will talk you about their similarities. The king’s speech I have a dream was made in Washtington on 10.28 1963 and this speech took a big impact to American society and citizen‚ and his speech represent
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Animal Farm is both an allegory and a fable that uses personified animals to tell of struggles of a communist society that leads to a dystopian future. An allegory is a story or poem in which characters‚ setting‚ and events stand for other people or events or for abstract ideas or qualities. Animal Farm accurately portrays the Russian Revolution by using animals to stand for people and the pigs represent the powerful leaders of a Communist nation. A fable is a very short story told in prose or poetry
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Animal Farm is a fable that represents Stalinism in Russia. Also‚ it can be related to how many world leaders‚ and politicians get away with things that others don’t because of their position in the world. I think the main theme is that absolute power corrupts absolutely which we see once the pigs become identical to the humans at the end of the book. I think that Orwell is trying to tell us that even people who start out very idealistic can become corrupted. You can see this in how the pigs start
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Animal Farm Journal Napoleon - “It was notices that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had been use to do to Mr. Jones.” (49) Napoleon may not have the brains but he sure as that cunning personality that makes him powerful. He never took part in any of the rebellion acts. In the Battle of the Cowshed‚ Napoleon was the only one injured while Snowball‚ the pig so called to be a traitor‚ was shot in the back. He never shows interest in the rebellion until Snowball
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The major characters in George Orwell’s allegorical novel‚ Animal Farm‚ are important because their actions have large impacts on the development of the plot in the story. Although it is less obvious‚ the minor characters also play a big role in the novel‚ displaying several significant themes. Old Major gave the other animals the image of his ‘ideal’ England‚ demonstrating the theme of idealism. The sheep showed loyalty by agreeing with the pigs‚ and following Napoleon’s orders. The dogs exhibited
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