Why has the revolutionary‚ idealistic novel Animal Farm remained such an interesting piece of literature?[d][e] It encourages readers to think about the Soviet Union in a new way. Orwell took his in-depth[f] understanding[g] to create a setting using symbols‚ metaphors‚ themes‚ and characterization to embody the events of the Russian Revolution. He helped the readers to understand the accounts of the rise and development of soviet communism in the form of an animal tale. Thus[h]‚ throughout the novel
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Animal Farm Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell is an allegory based on the Russian Revolution. The novel warns us about the abuse of power and how people use it to brainwash others. In this essay‚ I will analyse what makes animal farm more than just a ‘fairy story’. Animal Farm is a novel about animals taking over their farm. However‚ this is only the surface of the story. At the beginning‚ the animals are like Communists and work as one. But as the novel progresses‚ the pigs create a totalitarian
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Orwell George. Animal Farm. New York: Signet(1946‚1996). Print. Miner Merrit Steven. Stalins’s Holy War: Religion‚ Nationalism‚ and Alliance Politics‚ 1941-1945. Chapel Hill and London: The University of North Carolina Press‚ 2003. Print. “Trotsky Leon” International Encyclopedia of the Socio Sciences. 1968. Web. 15 May. 2013.
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note example of allegory. They stand as the major leaders of the Russian Revolution. 1. Evidence “Napoleon and Snowball‚ the pigs who are primarily responsible for this elaboration of ideas into doctrine‚ represent Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky‚ respectively”
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Evan Porter Kerstin Devlin English 9 Honors June 4‚ 2013 Animal Farm Research Paper The novel Animal Farm was cleverly written by George Orwell to make fun of the Russian government. Orwell made all of the events in the book relate to an event during the Russian revolution. The rebellion in George Orwell’s Animal Farm represents the Russian revolution during the reign of Joseph Stalin. This novel is an allegory that can be taken as a children’s book or a book with a serious political
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Gretchen Choe Ortiz‚ Alberto PIB609 23 March 2010 The Regime of Stalin During the 1900s‚ a man under the name of Stalin rose to power‚ making him‚ contrary to popular belief‚ the worst dictator in that period. Unlike the infamously renowned Hitler who had attempted to eliminate all the Jews in the 1900s‚ Stalin made all the wrong decisions from the very start. Before he came to power‚ he used trickery and guile in order to gain his place at the top. Then‚ when he found his way to being the ruler
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happened before the rise of Stalin to supreme power. The characters in the novel stand for significant figures in twentieth-century Russian history. Napoleon stands for Josef Stalin the ruthless dictator who eliminated his close friend and associate Leon Trotsky. Snowball who is forced to flee "Animal Farm" represents Trotsky who had to flee Russia. Also Frederick represents Germany. Secondly‚ the rhetorical components of this allegory is the fact that the animals learned from fellow comrades. The
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Cognitive Dissonance Student Name PSY/400 Instructor Date Situation and Subsequent Behavior Richard is driving along a lonely road late at night after working late that day. He has a 4-year-old daughter who he has not spent much time with the entire week because of the long project that makes him work late. Similarly‚ he has not been having dinner with his family because he always gets home past dinner time. On this particular day‚ Richard leaves work a bit earlier in an attempt to get
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like Marx‚ dies before the revolution occurs‚ but whose teachings inspired the revolution. After the revolution‚ two pigs: Snowball and Napoleon‚ rise to prominence in the ruling pig class. Snowball was Orwell’s portrayal of the intellectual orator Leon Trotsky‚ who was outmanoeuvred for the leadership of the Russian communist party after the death of Lenin by Stalin‚ who is represented in Animal Farm by Napoleon. Snowball‚ like Trotsky‚ comes to be portrayed by the ruling forces as an anti-revolutionary
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aniRonald Benitez Ms. Lara English 2 01/16/2013 Have you ever heard about the Russian Revolution and other important events of Russia? George Orwell‚ amazing author‚ published a novel in 1947‚ called Animal Farm‚ that intelligently satirized animals in a farm to the events that occurred during the Russian Revolution and the events surrounding the Russian Revolution. Through the character Napoleon and his use of terror and propaganda on the citizens of the Animal Farm‚ George Orwell castigates
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