Widemon Friday‚ November 22‚2013 Animal Farm Extended Essay The idea of rebellion is planted by Old Major‚ who is at the end of his life; he has a vision of a farm owned by Animals‚ who work together for the common good. His ideas are taken and expanded by the pigs‚ led by Snowball and Napoleon; Snowball is an idealist‚ while Napoleon seeks personal power. When Jones forgets to feed the animals‚ they rebel and drive all the humans off the farm‚ and believe themselves to be on the verge of a better future
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of Animal Farm‚ the author: George Orwell‚ writes it as an allegorical fiction to the real life event of the Russian Revolution. Throughout the story‚ the reader can see how much Napoleon and Joseph Stalin have in common. This can be seen in the book and in real life during the expulsion of Snowball/Trotsky‚ the executions of Napoleon/Stalin’s enemies‚ and in the plan to improve the farm/country. From history and the books‚ both can inform us of how power can change a person. In Animal Farm‚ Orwell
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The use of propaganda techniques played a vital role in the rise of the new regime created by Napoleon. These techniques led to the blind faith that the animals had in Napoleon but they did not realize what was actually happening. This blind faith gave Napoleon power that was used to indoctrinate the animals into accepting and being apart of this totalitarian government. Napoleon did this to become powerful and in turn became just like Jones and started acting like the cruel humans they so despised
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Animal Farm: The Nature of Power Describe at least one idea that was worth learning about. Explain why the idea was worth learning about in the text. In George Orwell’s book Animal Farm an idea that was worth learning about was the corruptive nature of power‚ and the effects it has on those who wield it. “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” -Lord Acton. This is important because it gives the reader an insight on Orwell’s theory on why most communist revolutions and
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Animal Farm by George Orwell is a sensational book and teaches readers that it is sometimes ok to question authority‚ and to stand up for your beliefs. If not‚ you could be taken advantage of like the animals of the farm. The main protagonist‚ Napoleon‚ is a tyrant and uses fear and propaganda to control the animal by making them obey orders‚ motivating them to work‚ using their intelligence against them‚ uses Squealer to implement his plans and push ideas‚ and blames the farm failures on snowball
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Animal Farm’s Satire Orwell uses satire as a genre for Animal Farm. He accomplishes this by using the animals to represent different people in Russian society. For example‚ Old Major symbolizes Marx and Lenin‚ Snowball represents Trotsky‚ and Napoleon embodies Stalin. One example of satire in Animal Farm is when Napoleon uses military power to keep the other animals under his control‚ exactly as Stalin had. He first showed this power by having his dogs execute anyone who had had any contact
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authority. In the book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell the author portrays how “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. From the death of Old Major‚ Snowball‚ Napoleon‚ and Squealer replaced him. At first things started off pretty well; the harvest was very good the first year and the reading and writing system had helped some‚ but had limited success on others. In time‚ the leaders of animal farm started to have mixed feelings. Snowball and Napoleon were in constant
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happened because of people. Animal Farm describes the non-picturesque society built up by the corruption of leaders and the ignorant and highly susceptible animals/people. Napoleon represents a leader’s contribution to a dying society and Boxer represents the working class and someone who is not very educated and is easily swayed. . The foolish sheep started giving Napoleon the title‚ “Our Leader‚ Comrade Napoleon” (Orwell 93). Before the revolution‚ the majority of animals were treated with the barest
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Madeline Leme English IV April 26th‚ 2013 Animal Farm Paper “Without Questioning” In the book Animal Farm‚ writer George Orwell reflects the life of a small group of animals living together on a farm. As the story progresses‚ readers will notice that the plot closely reflects the beliefs by Karl Marx‚ a great social and economical philosopher of Russia. Orwell illustrates the four concepts of Marxism‚ the theory of history‚ the labor theory of value‚ the nature of the state‚ and the dictatorship
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I believe that the animals’ lives have not changed significantly from the beginning Animal Farm to the end of it. Life for the farm animals in the novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ started out dreary‚ short‚ and somewhat hopeless. By the end of the book‚ the humans have been chased out of their farm‚ but the animals are now led by the pigs. However‚ the pigs have slowly progressed to become just like the humans‚ so the living conditions of the animals have not changed. Their leaders remain the
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