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    On the surface‚ George Orwell’s novel Animal farm written in 1966‚ is about a group of neglected farm animals who overthrow their owner and take control of their farm. However‚ under the surface‚ the novel is an allegory to the Russian revolutionary war. Using animals to represent some important people‚ Orwell made his point clear about power being able to corrupt. In Animal farm the author uses common diction making it known to us that he intended to write for an everyday person. In addition‚ Orwell

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    Introduction:Animal Farm is a short story written by George Orwell in 1945. He had a lot of difficulty getting it published due to its underlying criticism of the political situation in Russia at the time. The story takes place on a farm somewhere in England. The owner of the farm‚ Mr.Jones‚ comes into conflict with the animals. The animals rebel‚ and finally scare him away. Two of the strongest animals‚ Napoleon and Snowball (two pigs)‚ think that they can run the farm. Napoleon:

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    In Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ the animals on a certain farm overthrow their human owner. As they begin to control and run the farm‚ the pigs‚ who are the smartest animals‚ take charge and write out new rules that define their “animalism”. However‚ as time passes‚ the animals forget about the revolution. The farm becomes corrupted as power slowly changes the animals. The author‚ George Orwell‚ delivers a message on how power corrupts people by using farm animals to represent the 1917 Russian Revolution

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    justice to its people. This occurs in Animal Farm‚ especially during the windmill dispute where Napoleon took control of the farm. Animal Farm contains a significant amount of propaganda‚ but there was one that proved to be the most effective. In the novel Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell‚ fear was the most effective propaganda throughout the story because all of the animals allowed the pigs to do anything‚ and Napoleon was able to take control of Animal Farm. One reason why fear was the most

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    The novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition‚ I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’ s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts‚ their rise to power‚ Stalin’s Five Year Plan‚ and their use and abuse of authority. <br> <br>When Lenin

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    Animal Farm Animal Farm by George Orwell expresses the idea of self-government through the animals in the story. Animal Farm is an allegory through which George Orwell demonstrates the psychological foundation of the Russian revolution. An allegory is defined as a form of extended metaphor‚ in which objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a narrative‚ are equated with the meanings that lie outside the narrative itself. Thus an allegory is a story with two meanings‚ a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning

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    The animals on the farm feel restless and held down due to Mr.Jones’s unacceptable restrictions on the farm society.The restlessness that arose inside the animals can be credited to the factor of how when “the very instant that [the animals] usefulness [comes] to an end [the animals] are slaughtered with hideous cruelty.”(2). It can be seen that the animals also can be shown to be caused by how “[the animals] lives are miserable‚ laborious‚ and short”(2) also depicting how bad and uncomfortable the

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    1. Writing as if you were speaking in Napoleon’s voice talking to the other animals‚ explain why Boxer is sent to the Knacker’s. Comrades of Animal Farm! We are gathered here today not to mourn Boxer but to understand him. You see‚ Boxer was a great worker‚ he had two great ways of looking at life. 1) "I will work harder!" and 2) "Napoleon is always right!" In these two ways‚ Boxer was right. But you see‚ Boxer was not who we thought he was. Boxer was a mischievous horse and he working for Snowball

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    Halleigh Shackelford  Blog Post Essay  3/2/15    Is  Animal  Farm still relevant today? Yes‚ and in a few ways. First‚ one element of  the  story  is  how  power  can  corrupt  any  leader.  Power  hungry  leaders  are  almost  completely  normal  in  our  society  today.  Secondly  the  book  has  an  element  of  human  nature. Humans  have  a  selfish  side as shown by some of the animals‚ but also a  caring  side  as  shown   by  other animals.  Finally‚  Animal  Farm  is relevant today  because  it  has  an element of 

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    Essay Character Study of Napoleon and Snowball. (Compare and Contrast) Both Napoleon and Snowball play pivotal roles in Animal Farm after the rebellion. They are both highly regarded by the animals and are seen as leaders of Animal Farm. However‚ both Napoleon and Snowball are very different in their personalities and leadership styles. Napoleon prefers to work behind the scenes to build his power through manipulation and deal-making

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