“Political Power grows out of the barrel of a gun” -Chairman Mao- QUESTION: To what extent does this quote connect to the message regarding power in each of your texts? Write a synthesis essay that deals with the quote above and Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Orwell’s Animal Farm. In your essay ensure that you specifically refer to each of texts including quotes and analysis. “Political Power grows out of the Barrel of a Gun” The idea of power and especially political power has its many
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Power Is The Cause Of All Corruption Power gives people a sense authority and strength. Too much power can help create dictatorships among power thirsty individuals. It opens up an opportunity for governments to become corrupt. In "Animal Farm"‚ George Orwell highlights different kinds of trades in animals and relate them back to various groups of people who keep trying to corrupt society today. With help of his bold and brutally honest writing Orwell does not miss to mention the individuals
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INTRODUCTION The following entry presents criticism of Orwell’s short novel Animal Farm‚ which was published in 1945. Animal Farm (1945) is considered one of Orwell’s most popular and enduring works. Utilizing the form of the animal fable‚ the short novel chronicles the story of a group of barnyard animals that revolt against their human masters in an attempt to create a utopian state. On a larger scale‚ commentators widely view Animal Farm as an allegory for the rise and decline of socialism in the Soviet
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Hughes English 11 May 23‚ 2012 Animal Farm 1st Draft In George Orwell’s Animal Farm the pigs on the farm found a way to corrupt power over all the animals on the farm. Lord Acton once said “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” (“Lord Acton” sec. 15) The pigs on the farm figure out a way to adjust the seven commandments and shot fear into the animal’s eyes. In Animal Farm the seven commandments that were made for the animals to follow‚ have changed in a way
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Describe how Napoleon gains power and explain how he maintains his power? Throughout the novel “Animal Farm” Napoleon uses many ways to gain and maintain his power. He uses propaganda‚ lies and intimidates and manipulates the animals on the farm. But can he keep control of his power? Napoleon uses many strategies to gain power on animal farm for eg. Using the dogs as his own army and scaring snowball of the farm. From the start of the Novel we see that he is trying to gain power by doubling the ration
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often a result of unbridled power. In both Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Animal Farm by George Orwell there are various aspects of power present. The fight for power between Snowball and Napoleon that Orwell showed us‚ is somewhat similar to the power struggle between Hamlet and Claudius presented by Shakespeare. Although‚ in Hamlet the power struggle is mainly because of lineage and in Animal Farm it is more of a political clash in opinions that causes the fight for power. In both texts‚ the main
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AO3 = explain links between the texts‚ evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects Focus on progression of power Compare the way George Orwell and William Shakespeare present and develop power and attitudes to power in Animal Farm and Macbeth. Writer’s sharing of attitudes other characters and writers AO1 = respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations AO2
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Power and Corruption in Animal Farm "No question now‚ what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man‚ and from man to pig‚ and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which" (Orwell 97). In George Orwell’s Animal Farm‚ the struggle between pigs’ path to power over the other barnyard animals is symbolic of the Russian Revolution. After the animals overthrow the human leader‚ they attempt to establish a government based on
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Animal Farm‚ written by George Orwell‚ is a satire‚ which criticizes the Russian leaders‚ government‚ communism‚ and world powers. It shows how an uneducable lower class can lead to social corruption in the fictional world and real world. Orwell shows Stalin and Trotsky as the leaders of Russia‚ in a way‚ in which the nation of Russia and the world had never seen before; he portrays the world leaders as animals on a farm that wish for a rebellion. Mr. Jones treats the animals on the farm atrociously
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“So‚ children what is the genre of Animal Farm?”asked the teacher. “A fairy tale!” one student shouted. Another student yelled‚ “A fable!” “No‚ you buffoons! It’s a satire!” argued another. “I think it’s an allegory!” exclaimed the final student. Since the release of George Orwell’s famous book Animal Farm‚ people have struggled to decide the genre of the story. Throughout the book‚ Orwell uses different elements like talking animals from fables‚ universal truths from fairy tales‚ criticism on
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