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    Animal Farm Extended Essay

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    Cited: Page * . "Trotsky‚ Leon." wikipedia. the Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc‚ 21 N. Web. 25 Mar 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky>. * . "Animal Farm." News Speak dictionary. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. 25 Mar 2012. <http://www.newspeakdictionary.com/go-animal_farm.html

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    org/studies/student/99_spring/interactive/tai/theory3/purchase.html Why do human beings make the decisions that they do‚ and what triggers a person to take action at any given point? These questions can be answered by evaluating the Cognitive Dissonance Theory. Leon Festinger developed this theory in order to explain why people attempt to reduce dissonance and try to maintain constant relationships. A dissonant relationship exists between elements that are in disequilibria with one another. Cognitive dissonance

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    Marx who invented communism. These two guys got the people to revolt against their leaders. Old major and Karl Marx died right before the revolutions began. Snowball was second in charge after Major died; Leon Trotsky was also next in command of Red October after Karl died. The Snowball and Leon both fought in civil war and “The battle for Cow shed” for Animal and Russia. Snowball wanted to build a windmill to help the farm prosper and get the animals a good life‚ Trotsky had a set of five year plans

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    IdealsExamples of the theme of corruption of socialist ideals can be seen throughout Animal Farm. Once Napoleon takes over as the leader of the farm‚ his reign becomes corrupted. In the book Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin andSnowball represents Leon Trotsky. The struggle between Stalin and Trotsky during the rise of Stalin is seen in the rivalry between Napoleon and Snowball. In both the book and history‚ the more politically power and spiteful Stalin (Napoleon) banishes the more idealistic Trotsky

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    Cognitive Dissonance

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    Cognitive Dissonance How do human beings make decisions? What triggers a person to take action at any given point? These are all questions that I will attempt to answer with my theoretical research into Leon Festinger’s theory of cognitive dissonance‚ as well as many of the other related theories. We often do not realize the psychological events that take place in our everyday lives. It is important to take notice of theories‚ such as the balance theory‚ the congruency theory and the cognitive

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    Yhamen Krayem Professor Scott Morley phD 15 May 2013 Joseph Stalin and Animal Farm Towards the climax of the novel‚ readers witness Napoleon rising to power on Animal Farm. What readers may not realize is the resemblance of this character’s qualities and those of Joseph Stalin during the Russian Revolution. These similarities and how writer George Orwell expresses them will be discussed in this paper. Animal Farm is an allegory using the character Napoleon to represent Joseph Stalin. To begin

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    Major initially laid out for Animalism. He attempts to improve the animal’s lives. He also set up committees to help include the lesser animals in the community. The rift between Napoleon and Snowball mirrors the difference between Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. The

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    conditions are just as miserable as before. There is a major connection between Animal Farm and Russian communism. The pigs are one of the most significant of these connections‚ representing the communist rulers of Russia‚ like Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Their traits‚ personalities‚ and actions are similar to the actual men in power. In the novel Animal Farm‚ the pigs represent the communist leaders of Russia in the early 1900s. Old Major‚ the creator of animalism‚ represents both the

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    Juan Ponce De Leon Juan Ponce De Leon he was born in 1474 in the village of Santervas del Campo . He died July 1521 in Havana‚ Cuba for an arrow after of the travel to Florida. He was an explorer and conquistador the first to discovered Florida. He was military occupation and colonial ruler general rank participated in the war of Granada. The surname de “Leon” does not refer to it’s place of original‚ but was added by the descendants of Pedro Ponce De Cabrera. In the thirteenth century

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    Snowball vs. Napoleon We are first introduced to Snowball after the pigs take charge of spreading Old Major’s message on the farm. We learn‚ “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon‚ quicker in speech and more inventive‚ but was not considered to have the same depth of character” (2.2). It is hard to know exactly what the narrator means by “depth of character.” If he means anything like moral character‚ then it becomes clear‚ as the story goes on‚ that Snowball is no more lacking than Napoleon

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